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          "changes": "Added provenance, publication-date distinctions, display-safe wording, quarantine flags and state partitioning. Original source records retained locally."
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        "counties": "U.S. Census Bureau county boundaries (public domain)",
        "research": "Field-specific source context. See the linked source and limits on each record."
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      "note": "Manual source context is available for this inherited inventory record. The inventory label and approximate geography are retained for discovery. This is not certification of current operation, ownership, a separate physical building, technical capacity or a precise parcel. Missing fields remain unknown. Personally read project-specific public context only; no whole-record certification. Regional, directory, legislative and membership sources do not verify an exact building.. Survey combines IEDA, assessors, directory and news data; not independent original-assessor verification or 2026 operation. Development-start years are not opening years. Apple 361,504 squarefeetcurrent versusover 1.9 millionultimate/fivebuildings are separate phases;1.3 billion is fullbuildoutforecast. CologixDSM 3 landpurchase had no released development plan. Microsofteachcampuscurrentlistedspace differs from futureGinger 1.8 million each; citywide 5 billioninvestment/400 employees/200 millionpublicinfrastructure cannot be copied to each campus. Assessedvalue is not capex or taxpaid. Broader 15.3 millionfeet includes operating,construction ANDproposed;14.7 billion includesplannedinvestment, not allspent. Virginia 70 percentworldcenters claim and directoryUSgrowth counts are not adopted. No siteMW/ESAverified. Later originals and observed outcomes take precedence; future dates have no assumed result. Fields can apply to shared campus, regional or historical context; consult source review before assigning to a building.",
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            "Survey combines IEDA, assessors, directory and news data; not independent original-assessor verification or 2026 operation. Development-start years are not opening years. Apple 361,504 squarefeetcurrent versusover 1.9 millionultimate/fivebuildings are separate phases;1.3 billion is fullbuildoutforecast. CologixDSM 3 landpurchase had no released development plan. Microsofteachcampuscurrentlistedspace differs from futureGinger 1.8 million each; citywide 5 billioninvestment/400 employees/200 millionpublicinfrastructure cannot be copied to each campus. Assessedvalue is not capex or taxpaid. Broader 15.3 millionfeet includes operating,construction ANDproposed;14.7 billion includesplannedinvestment, not allspent. Virginia 70 percentworldcenters claim and directoryUSgrowth counts are not adopted. No siteMW/ESAverified.",
            "Later originals and observed outcomes take precedence; future dates have no assumed result.",
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            "Apple 2026 Environmental Progress Report explicitly says it opened a data center in Waukee in October 2024. The Waukee section on PDF page 97 was visually read and the same month appears in the PDF page 95 footnote. Operating phase is limited to the opened facility described by Apple, not all planned campus buildings or future expansion. October 2024 remains a month only statement and is not converted to an exact opening date or timeline day. Renewable energy accounting, electricity quantities, claimed avoided emissions and environmental benefits are not independently certified or promoted.",
            "The review preserves existing identity, roles, locations, jurisdictions, quantities and physical opening fields. Source publication, checked dates and physical milestones remain distinct."
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      "note": "Manual source context is available for this inherited inventory record. The inventory label and approximate geography are retained for discovery. This is not certification of current operation, ownership, a separate physical building, technical capacity or a precise parcel. Missing fields remain unknown. named operator source. Dynamic headline counters appear as zero in saved text; critical load and areas remain unknown, not zero. Generator, UPS and kVA are different electrical bases, not IT MW. Built year not precise opening date. Fields can apply to shared campus, regional or historical context; consult source review before assigning to a building.",
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          "scope": "US Signal lists its specifically named IA01 Des Moines-market facility as part of its current colocation infrastructure offering. Disaster-risk, compliance and cost superlatives are excluded. This supports only the qualified stage described by the source, not an opening date, every hall being operational, full energized capacity, independently verified certification, legal ownership or parcel accuracy.",
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            }
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          "notes": [
            "US Signal lists its specifically named IA01 Des Moines-market facility as part of its current colocation infrastructure offering. Disaster-risk, compliance and cost superlatives are excluded."
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            "Current US Signal IA01 Des Moines page explicitly names IA01 at 390 N Alices Road in Waukee. Native operating status remains exact. Zero animated technical counters are not adopted as quantities.",
            "Approximate named operator service area only. Existing native status remains operating. Protected facts remain exact.",
            "Actually viewed open field, streets, nearby industrial or commercial forms and nearby residential properties. Only an approximate service area at the calculated street range is referenced. No particular residence, industrial roof or parcel is selected. Acquisition date is unknown and may predate development.",
            "The inherited inventory coordinate was never a verified street or parcel and is about 2.85 km from the unique Census match for the current exact named IA01 operator service street. The current complete address, Census county and retained Dallas county polygon all agree. This review replaces only that inherited reference with an approximate service area, not a roof, and preserves the entire prior wrapper and native operating status."
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              "date": "",
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              "date": "",
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              "date": "",
              "checked": "2026-10-22",
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        },
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          "scope": "US Signal identifies the retained IA01 facility on its current provider page. Operator per source records that provider relationship. It does not establish legal property ownership, sole operation of a shared building or a separate legal operating entity. Existing identity, stage, street, county, coordinates and quantities stay unchanged. Publication date is unknown; the source check is not an opening date. Marketing service levels, certification claims and animated zero counters are not adopted as measured facility facts.",
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            "US Signal identifies the retained IA01 facility on its current provider page. Operator per source records that provider relationship. It does not establish legal property ownership, sole operation of a shared building or a separate legal operating entity. Existing identity, stage, street, county, coordinates and quantities stay unchanged. Publication date is unknown; the source check is not an opening date. Marketing service levels, certification claims and animated zero counters are not adopted as measured facility facts."
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              "date": "",
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      "whole_record_certified": false,
      "field_evidence_present": true,
      "inventory_label_retained": true,
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