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The original current provider capture and its actual October 24 retrieval receipt were reused with identical bytes, without a new request or an electricity contract being treated as operation." }, "source_read_scope": { "original_named_project_and_complete_construction_overview_read": true, "original_exact_source_capture_and_retrieval_receipt_reused": true, "no_new_network_request": true, "land_preparation_not_vertical_building_or_computing_operation": true, "summer2026_target_not_accomplished_completion": true, "fall2025_not_invented_exact_day": true } }, "notes": [ "The original named Microsoft Alviso update explicitly reports that work began in fall 2025 with earthmoving and soil remediation. This supports site development underway scoped to preliminary land work. It does not establish vertical computing building construction, a completed shell or commissioned computing. 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See public-preview, identity and date limitations.. Land purchase is not data-center construction spending, secured utility service or commissioning. Microsoft declined to disclose project details. Google's canceled proposal and Elk River Technologies' separate land sale are not this site. No MW, specific design or final opening date is established. Original approvals and later observed outcomes take precedence; future dates have no assumed result. 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No site pin, nearby distance or aerial destination is published. The original coordinate and its provenance remain in research history.", "county_display": "27141" } }, { "id": "microsoft-boydton-bn-campus-mecklenburg-va", "state": "va", "kind": "facility", "name": "Microsoft Boydton Campus (BN / Azure East US)", "group": "operating", "status": "Operating phase", "raw_status": "partly operating", "status_field": "current_status", "crypto": false, "type": "Data center (inventory classification)", "counties": [ "Mecklenburg" ], "city": "Boydton", "address": "", "who": "", "end_user": "", "mw": null, "power": "", "power_note": "", "investment": "", "jobs": "", "acres": null, "utility": "", "water": "", "incentives": "", "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 source section or explicitly limited regional context; no metered load or exact parcel automatically certified.. Source is SouthernVirginia regional fact sheet, not BN-only equipment or staffing. Upload path2021/11 does not independently prove publication day. Renewable-contract MW is not site IT demand, nor proof of hourly carbon-free operation. Water use below5% of year describes cooling use timing, not water volume. Generic no-noise/no-traffic and compliance statements are operator claims, not measured receptors, enforcement records or independent approvals. 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The dot is placed inside the county for the map and is not the site, its address or a parcel." }, "reviewed_evidence": [ { "overlay": "operator-primary-review-round16-2026-10-14.json", "scope": "Named source section or explicitly limited regional context; no metered load or exact parcel automatically certified.", "fields": { "regional_12_month_weighted_pue": 1.147, "pue_period_end": "2021-07", "regional_operations_staff_scope": "More than505 full-time employees and contractors across SouthernVirginia campuses, historical brochure.", "regional_renewable_asset_contract_mw": [ 576, 315 ], "current_site_it_mw": null }, "notes": [ "Source is SouthernVirginia regional fact sheet, not BN-only equipment or staffing. Upload path2021/11 does not independently prove publication day.", "Renewable-contract MW is not site IT demand, nor proof of hourly carbon-free operation. Water use below5% of year describes cooling use timing, not water volume.", "Generic no-noise/no-traffic and compliance statements are operator claims, not measured receptors, enforcement records or independent approvals.", "Fields can apply to shared campus, regional or historical context; consult source review before assigning to a building." ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://local.microsoft.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Boydton-datacenter-fact-sheet.pdf", "host": "local.microsoft.com", "date": "", "published": "", "checked": "2026-10-14", "date_kind": "publication date not established", "label": "Reviewed source" } ], "whole_record_certified": false }, { "overlay": "Codex 3 research cohort 13", "scope": "Microsoft current Southern Virginia page explicitly says it operates a data center in Boydton. Operating phase describes existing Boydton service. It does not certify every campus expansion, a code for each building, all regional capacity, the stage of Chase City or an exact original opening day.", "fields": { "current_stage_evidence": { "outcome": "operator_reported_existing_boydton_operation", "scope": "Microsoft current Southern Virginia page explicitly says it operates a data center in Boydton. Operating phase describes existing Boydton service. It does not certify every campus expansion, a code for each building, all regional capacity, the stage of Chase City or an exact original opening day." } }, "notes": [ "Microsoft current Southern Virginia page explicitly says it operates a data center in Boydton. Operating phase describes existing Boydton service. It does not certify every campus expansion, a code for each building, all regional capacity, the stage of Chase City or an exact original opening day.", "The review preserves existing physical identity, locations, roles, quantities and opening fields. Document and source check dates remain separate from physical milestones." ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://local.microsoft.com/communities/americas/southern-virginia/", "host": "local.microsoft.com", "published": "", "date": "", "checked": "2026-10-22", "label": "Reviewed operator source" } ], "checked": "2026-10-22", "whole_record_certified": false } ], "manual_source_reviewed": true, "whole_record_certified": false, "field_evidence_present": true, "inventory_label_retained": true, "precision_label": "Exact site not published; shown at county level", "summary": "Boydton · Mecklenburg · Source context reviewed", "status_scope": "Microsoft current Southern Virginia page explicitly says it operates a data center in Boydton. Operating phase describes existing Boydton service. It does not certify every campus expansion, a code for each building, all regional capacity, the stage of Chase City or an exact original opening day.", "location_display": { "policy": "reviewed-map-references-2026-10-23", "decision": "withheld_unreviewed_point", "scope": "The available point evidence does not establish a supported site location. No site pin, nearby distance or aerial destination is published. The original coordinate and its provenance remain in research history.", "county_display": "51117" } }, { "id": "microsoft-cheyenne-expansion-wy", "state": "wy", "kind": "facility", "name": "Microsoft Cheyenne Mega-Campus Expansion", "group": "unknown", "status": "Status unclear", "raw_status": "", "status_field": "", "crypto": false, "type": "Data center (inventory classification)", "counties": [ "Laramie" ], "city": "Cheyenne", "address": "", "who": "", "end_user": "", "mw": null, "power": "", "power_note": "", "investment": "", "jobs": "", "acres": null, "utility": "", "water": "", "incentives": "", "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. Wyoming named recipient histories and planned project scopes. Legislativeagencyrecipient narrative, not paid taxbenefit or per-buildingcensus. Phase1Meta forecast not fullcampusspend/currentjobs. Carbon-negative naturalgas phrase is unverified marketing, not measured emissions. TwoWyomingpackets repeat same narrative, not independent confirmations. 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The new applications remain scoped planning evidence while current physical stage and the individual phase match remain unclear.", "The review preserves existing physical identity, locations, roles, quantities and opening fields. 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See public-preview, identity and date limitations.. Regional tax receipts, water shares, utility load and industrial-alliance jobs cannot be assigned to the individual Microsoft Columbia campus. H5's acquisitions, cooling and workforce are other facilities. Resident health concerns are not causal findings. Transmission-voltage kV is not MW capacity, and proposed infrastructure is not spare power available to any new site. Original approvals and later 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.", "date": "", "events": [ [ "2025-03-28", "Ecology issued Approval Order 25AQ E009 for condition updates and generator bypass changes at Microsoft Columbia on March 28, 2025. 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The source reports an MOU/certificate context as of December 31, 2025, not actual payments, current certificate eligibility or a physical-site census.", "fields": { "reported_program_party": "Microsoft Corporation", "reported_program_locality": "Elk Grove Village", "mou_year_reported": 2020, "program_report_as_of": "2025-12-31", "investment_commitment_usd": 252000000, "formula_based_tax_benefit_estimate_usd": 15750000, "new_jobs_in_program_table": 20, "financial_scope": "Investment is a reported commitment within an agreed 60-month window. Tax benefit is an estimate at 6.25% of commitment, not paid benefits or verified savings. Reported job counts do not independently establish actual hiring or payroll. No amount is added to legacy investment/jobs fields.", "program_identity_scope": "Explicit facility designation or company/locality association with the existing Microsoft Elk Grove Data Center research record. 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This record uses its printed row value, with no correction or aggregate allocation." ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://dceo.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/dceo/aboutdceo/reportsrequiredbystatute/2025-data-centers-annual-report.pdf", "host": "dceo.illinois.gov", "published": "", "date": "", "checked": "2026-10-15", "label": "Reviewed government record" } ], "checked": "2026-10-15", "whole_record_certified": false } ], "manual_source_reviewed": true, "whole_record_certified": false, "field_evidence_present": true, "inventory_label_retained": true, "precision_label": "Exact site not published; shown at county level", "summary": "Elk Grove Village · Cook · Source context reviewed", "location_display": { "policy": "reviewed-map-references-2026-10-23", "decision": "withheld_unreviewed_point", "scope": "The available point evidence does not establish a supported site location. No site pin, nearby distance or aerial destination is published. 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The previously empty company field is filled only from this explicit provider identity. Existing status, location, address, county, quantities, dates and component identity remain exact. A street in the account does not newly admit a location, parcel or roof. Publication and modification dates are not construction milestones. No personal contact or resident names are retained." }, "provider_role": "operator" }, "notes": [ "Microsoft explicitly describes its Fairwater Atlanta facility as operating. This identifies the provider brand for that retained named facility. It does not newly establish a Fayetteville street, ownership, a cloud region boundary, a customer identity, network wide quantities or measured water use. The previously empty company field is filled only from this explicit provider identity. Existing status, location, address, county, quantities, dates and component identity remain exact. A street in the account does not newly admit a location, parcel or roof. 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RobSabo/NNBW report publishedNevadaAppeal April17,2025 describes purchase300.7acres rawland atVictoryLogisticsDistrict for70.5M, citingLyonpublicrecords. Deed not directlyread. Microsoft declined to state development plans; article says DC only IF that is eventualdirection. Landpurchase mustnotbecome approved/underconstructionDC or70.5Mconstructioncapex. 1997Nevadapresence not Fernleyfacilityopening. MarkIV120Mgrading/600acres/1600acresdevelopmentready and4300acrepark are broaderparkplans, notMicrosoft-ownedacreage/spend. ProposedEaglesubstation/privategenerationnotdeliveredITorapprovedESA. 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It expressly distinguishes that proposal from the earlier Microsoft purchase on Huffaker Road. Government hosting does not turn the republished account into an independent permit or operating record. The available authority minutes URL returned 404. Neither the second proposal nor land purchase establishes Firecracker current physical stage.", "fields": { "current_stage_evidence": { "outcome": "distinct_coosa_proposal_and_firecracker_current_stage_hold", "scope": "The development authority page republishes a news report about a second proposed data center on land behind Coosa High School. It expressly distinguishes that proposal from the earlier Microsoft purchase on Huffaker Road. Government hosting does not turn the republished account into an independent permit or operating record. The available authority minutes URL returned 404. 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Microsoft Palmetto construction chronology. October2025constructiontargetnotobservedcompletionorcustomerenergization. Schoolinformation-sessionvenueandJohnsonRdviewnotverifiedfacilitystreetaddress. No MW or current construction completion in reviewed undated update. 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Existing status, location, address, county, quantities, dates and component identity remain exact. Any separately retained street is identity context only and does not newly admit a location, parcel or roof. Proposed designs, forecast schedules, contractor descriptions and community measures do not certify current physical completion, operation, permits, impacts or site ownership. Declared publication and modification dates are separate from construction milestones. No personal contact or resident names are retained in the review. Microsoft reports construction from April 2024 and names Turner Construction Company as general contractor. The elapsed October 2025 completion estimate is not a verified completion or opening; Palmetto Elementary School was a meeting venue, not the site.", "fields": { "company_association": { "name": "Microsoft", "role": "developer", "identity_scope": "provider_brand_only", "scope": "Microsoft identifies its own Palmetto data center project in the main body of the official community update. Developer per source identifies the Microsoft provider brand for this retained project only. The previously empty company field is filled from that explicit source, without assigning a legal subsidiary, landowner, contractor or current operator. Existing status, location, address, county, quantities, dates and component identity remain exact. Any separately retained street is identity context only and does not newly admit a location, parcel or roof. 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Existing status, location, address, county, quantities, dates and component identity remain exact. Any separately retained street is identity context only and does not newly admit a location, parcel or roof. Proposed designs, forecast schedules, contractor descriptions and community measures do not certify current physical completion, operation, permits, impacts or site ownership. Declared publication and modification dates are separate from construction milestones. No personal contact or resident names are retained in the review. Microsoft reports construction from April 2024 and names Turner Construction Company as general contractor. 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Named source section or explicitly limited regional context; no metered load or exact parcel automatically certified.. Announced capacity, proposed generation and statewide4.7GW renewable contracts are different scopes, not additive IT capacity. Environmental controls, low-water design and no-current-grid-demand statements describe plans, not observed operations, issued permits or verified emissions. No guaranteed ready-for-service date, construction completion, exact water volume, actual jobs or final incentives established by announcement. 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Existing statuses and all location-withholding decisions remain unchanged.", "fields": { "company_association": { "name": "Microsoft", "role": "developer", "identity_scope": "provider_brand_only", "scope": "Company identity and developer relationship only, based on attributed first-party material. Provider brand, not a legal property owner finding. No current physical stage, service date, capacity, water quantity, parcel or map point is certified. Existing statuses and all location-withholding decisions remain unchanged." }, "provider_role": "developer" }, "notes": [ "Company identity and developer relationship only, based on attributed first-party material. Provider brand, not a legal property owner finding. No current physical stage, service date, capacity, water quantity, parcel or map point is certified. 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Named original reporter/issuer context with current versus historical stage explicit.. EricMiller WRAL June30,2026 originalcommunitymeetingreport (updatedJuly1) identifies MicrosoftPersonCountyWoodsdale/Virginiaborder mega-site;1385acres and28.85M2024landpurchase reported, notcurrentconstructionspending. Pay-own-way/lowwater promises remainvoluntary assertions inarticle, notexecutedtariff/PPA/abatement/currentmeasuredwater. No ITMW or building approval/operatingdeadline. LaterSeptemberparagraph lacks independenteventdate and doesnotmoveJune30meetingtoSeptember. Localconcerns/poll notmeasuredcampusharm. 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The dot is placed inside the county for the map and is not the site, its address or a parcel." }, "reviewed_evidence": [ { "overlay": "national-opening-land-and-approval-stage-review-round77-2026-10-15.json", "scope": "Named original reporter/issuer context with current versus historical stage explicit.", "fields": {}, "notes": [ "EricMiller WRAL June30,2026 originalcommunitymeetingreport (updatedJuly1) identifies MicrosoftPersonCountyWoodsdale/Virginiaborder mega-site;1385acres and28.85M2024landpurchase reported, notcurrentconstructionspending.", "Pay-own-way/lowwater promises remainvoluntary assertions inarticle, notexecutedtariff/PPA/abatement/currentmeasuredwater. No ITMW or building approval/operatingdeadline. LaterSeptemberparagraph lacks independenteventdate and doesnotmoveJune30meetingtoSeptember. Localconcerns/poll notmeasuredcampusharm.", "Not everyfield/currentphysicaloperation/paidfunds/issuedpermit/exactITcertified." ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.wral.com/news/local/person-county-microsoft-data-center-discussion-june-2026/", "host": "wral.com", "date": "", "published": "", "checked": "2026-10-15", "date_kind": "publication date not established", "label": "Reviewed source" } ], "whole_record_certified": false }, { "overlay": "Codex 3 research cohort 13", "scope": "Microsoft expressly places the Person County programme in planning and describes early soil sampling, surveying and road related preparation in its April 2026 update. Operator listed development describes this proposal. These limited preparations are not a verified start of vertical data center construction, completion of the forecast road work or operation.", "fields": { "current_stage_evidence": { "outcome": "operator_listed_planning_with_preliminary_preparation", "scope": "Microsoft expressly places the Person County programme in planning and describes early soil sampling, surveying and road related preparation in its April 2026 update. Operator listed development describes this proposal. These limited preparations are not a verified start of vertical data center construction, completion of the forecast road work or operation." }, "phase_scope": { "source_update_period": "April 2026", "operator_explicit_phase": "planning", "road_work_forecast_is_not_completed_occurrence": true, "vertical_datacenter_construction_verified": false } }, "notes": [ "Microsoft expressly places the Person County programme in planning and describes early soil sampling, surveying and road related preparation in its April 2026 update. Operator listed development describes this proposal. These limited preparations are not a verified start of vertical data center construction, completion of the forecast road work or operation.", "The review preserves existing physical identity, locations, roles, quantities and opening fields. 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The previously empty company field is filled from that explicit source, without assigning a legal subsidiary, landowner, contractor or current operator. Existing status, location, address, county, quantities, dates and component identity remain exact. Any separately retained street is identity context only and does not newly admit a location, parcel or roof. Proposed designs, forecast schedules, contractor descriptions and community measures do not certify current physical completion, operation, permits, impacts or site ownership. Declared publication and modification dates are separate from construction milestones. No personal contact or resident names are retained in the review. The page describes planning and early site preparation and road work. 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Declared publication and modification dates are separate from construction milestones. No personal contact or resident names are retained in the review. The page describes planning and early site preparation and road work. 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Ruthenium proposed project and county identity. Sixth campus in West Des Moines is not six buildings on this site. City crosses four counties; this site is specifically Madison County. Size listed TBD. No critical IT MW, final permit, current construction or actual opening established. Fields can apply to shared campus, regional or historical context; consult source review before assigning to a building.", "date": "", "events": [], "timeline": [], "opened": "", "tier": "", "sources": [ { "url": "https://gowestdesmoines.com/portfolio-works/microsoft-ruthenium-data-center/", "host": "gowestdesmoines.com", "date": "", "published": "", "checked": "2026-10-14", "date_kind": "publication date not established", "label": "Reviewed source" } ], "loc": { "lat": 41.33074, "lng": -94.01553, "precision": "county", "basis": "Shown at county level only. 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No critical IT MW, final permit, current construction or actual opening established.", "Fields can apply to shared campus, regional or historical context; consult source review before assigning to a building." ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://gowestdesmoines.com/portfolio-works/microsoft-ruthenium-data-center/", "host": "gowestdesmoines.com", "date": "", "published": "", "checked": "2026-10-14", "date_kind": "publication date not established", "label": "Reviewed source" } ], "whole_record_certified": false }, { "overlay": "Codex 3 research cohort 12", "scope": "The city project detail lists Microsoft Ruthenium with Stage Proposed and describes a future sixth campus. City listed planned development describes this proposal. 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Document and source check dates remain separate from physical milestones." ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://gowestdesmoines.com/portfolio-works/microsoft-ruthenium-data-center/", "host": "gowestdesmoines.com", "published": "", "date": "", "checked": "2026-10-22", "label": "Reviewed government record" } ], "checked": "2026-10-22", "whole_record_certified": false } ], "manual_source_reviewed": true, "whole_record_certified": false, "field_evidence_present": true, "inventory_label_retained": true, "precision_label": "Exact site not published; shown at county level", "summary": "West Des Moines · Madison · Source context reviewed", "status_scope": "The city project detail lists Microsoft Ruthenium with Stage Proposed and describes a future sixth campus. City listed planned development describes this proposal. 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Personally read public named-source context only; no whole-record certification. See public-preview, identity and date limitations.. Do not merge every parcel into one building or treat land counts as operating-site counts. Original filings, abatement agreement and water service were not read. The regional water number and claimed percentage appear inconsistent and are excluded; speculative worldwide-power forecasts and the article's Binghamton geography error are not adopted. No critical IT MW established. Original approvals and later observed outcomes take precedence; future dates have no assumed result. 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Not a physical-site census or current-stage review.", "fields": { "texas_registry_air_context": { "regulated_entity": "RN111896825", "registry_name": [ "MICROSOFT SAT 8990 DATA CENTER PROJECT SITE" ], "program_contexts": [ { "program": "AIRNSR", "identifiers": [ "182686" ] } ], "association_scope": "Explicit Microsoft SAT8990 project and Medina County match the inherited SAT89/SAT90 expansion; blank street remains unknown and AIRNSR is not signed issuance/current stage.", "limits": "Registry authorizations, emissions reporting and historical customer affiliations can overlap. ACTIVE is a registry value, not proof of signed permit issuance, current operation, title or complete campus buildout. No generator MW, coordinates, street address or physical stage is promoted." } }, "notes": [ "AIRNSR and AIROP entries are registry contexts, not substitutes for signed permits. AIREI is emissions reporting, not a permit. Customer and status dates are not opening, completion or current ownership dates.", "The extract is a selected portion of Central Registry and the name/industry query is incomplete for all generator permits. Nonmatches are not evidence of absence." ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://data.texas.gov/resource/msah-s2rv.json?%24where=%28indus_type_cd_name+like+%27518210%25%27+OR+indus_type_cd_name+like+%27541513%25%27+OR+indus_typ_cd+in+%28%27518210%27%2C%27541513%27%29+OR+indus_typ_cd_1+in+%28%277374%27%2C%277376%27%29+OR+upper%28reg_ent_name%29+like+%27%25DATA%25CENTER%25%27+OR+upper%28reg_ent_name%29+like+%27%25DATA%25CENTRE%25%27+OR+upper%28reg_ent_desc_txt%29+like+%27%25DATA%25CENTER%25%27+OR+upper%28reg_ent_desc_txt%29+like+%27%25DATA%25CENTRE%25%27%29&%24order=ref_num_txt%2Cprogram_code%2Cadditional_id_text%2Cref_num_txt_1%2Caffil_begin_dt&%24limit=5000", "host": "data.texas.gov", "published": "", "date": "", "checked": "2026-10-17", "label": "Texas Commission on Environmental Quality source context" } ], "checked": "2026-10-17", "whole_record_certified": false } ], "manual_source_reviewed": true, "whole_record_certified": false, "field_evidence_present": true, "inventory_label_retained": true, "precision_label": "Exact site not published; shown at county level", "summary": "Castroville · Medina · Source context reviewed", "location_display": { "policy": "reviewed-map-references-2026-10-23", "decision": "withheld_unreviewed_point", "scope": "The available point evidence does not establish a supported site location. No site pin, nearby distance or aerial destination is published. The original coordinate and its provenance remain in research history.", "county_display": "48325" } }, { "id": "microsoft-silver-springs-lyon-county-nv", "state": "nv", "kind": "facility", "name": "Microsoft Silver Springs Data Center Campus", "group": "building", "status": "Operator-reported site preparation", "raw_status": "under construction", "status_field": "current_status", "crypto": false, "type": "Data center (inventory classification)", "counties": [ "Lyon" ], "city": "Silver Springs", "address": "", "who": "Microsoft", "end_user": "", "mw": null, "power": "", "power_note": "", "investment": "", "jobs": "", "acres": null, "utility": "", "water": "", "incentives": "", "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. energy-infrastructure decision without exact campus match. Decision concerns NV Energy transmission right-of-way and345kVline, not a named Microsoft data-center approval or345MWload. No site capacity, current operation, campus parcel or investment adopted. June17toJuly17,2026appeal window does not establish appeal outcome. 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The dot is placed inside the county for the map and is not the site, its address or a parcel." }, "reviewed_evidence": [ { "overlay": "government-primary-review-round7-2026-10-14.json", "scope": "energy-infrastructure decision without exact campus match", "fields": {}, "notes": [ "Decision concerns NV Energy transmission right-of-way and345kVline, not a named Microsoft data-center approval or345MWload. No site capacity, current operation, campus parcel or investment adopted. June17toJuly17,2026appeal window does not establish appeal outcome.", "Fields can apply to shared campus, regional or historical context; consult source review before assigning to a building." ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.blm.gov/announcement/blm-issues-decision-silver-springs-345kv-fold", "host": "blm.gov", "date": "2026-06-18", "published": "2026-06-18", "checked": "2026-10-14", "date_kind": "publication", "label": "Reviewed source" } ], "whole_record_certified": false }, { "overlay": "encore-2026-10-17-batch1", "scope": "Limited source identity and stage review; not whole-record certification, parcel verification or a physical-site census.", "fields": { "current_stage_evidence": { "outcome": "operator_reported_site_preparation", "scope": "Microsoft reports early site preparation, earthmoving and utility relocation in September 2026. County minutes independently identify the Microsoft campus and Nighthawk infrastructure approval, not the present civil-work milestone. This is operator-reported preparation, not energized or completed buildings. The substation address and 345/120 kV voltage are not a campus building address or MW." } }, "notes": [ "Microsoft reports early site preparation, earthmoving and utility relocation in September 2026. County minutes independently identify the Microsoft campus and Nighthawk infrastructure approval, not the present civil-work milestone. This is operator-reported preparation, not energized or completed buildings. The substation address and 345/120 kV voltage are not a campus building address or MW." ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://local.microsoft.com/blog/silver-springs-datacenter-construction-update/", "host": "local.microsoft.com", "published": "2026-09-28", "date": "2026-09-28", "checked": "2026-10-17", "label": "Reviewed primary source" }, { "url": "https://www.lyon-county.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_03052026-1993", "host": "www.lyon-county.org", "published": "", "date": "", "checked": "2026-10-17", "label": "Reviewed primary source" }, { "url": "https://www.lyon-county.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_02102026-1977", "host": "www.lyon-county.org", "published": "", "date": "", "checked": "2026-10-17", "label": "Reviewed primary source" }, { "url": "https://www.blm.gov/announcement/blm-issues-decision-silver-springs-345kv-fold", "host": "www.blm.gov", "published": "", "date": "", "checked": "2026-10-17", "label": "Reviewed primary source" } ], "checked": "2026-10-17", "whole_record_certified": false }, { "overlay": "Company role source check59, October24,2026", "scope": "Microsoft identifies its own Silver Springs data center project in the main body of the official community update. Developer per source identifies the Microsoft provider brand for this retained project only. The previously empty company field is filled from that explicit source, without assigning a legal subsidiary, landowner, contractor or current operator. Existing status, location, address, county, quantities, dates and component identity remain exact. Any separately retained street is identity context only and does not newly admit a location, parcel or roof. Proposed designs, forecast schedules, contractor descriptions and community measures do not certify current physical completion, operation, permits, impacts or site ownership. Declared publication and modification dates are separate from construction milestones. No personal contact or resident names are retained in the review. Microsoft describes early site work and names Q&D Construction LLC as general contractor. Dust control, staggered traffic and expected construction stages are source statements, not verified effects, a completion or an opening.", "fields": { "company_association": { "name": "Microsoft", "role": "developer", "identity_scope": "provider_brand_only", "scope": "Microsoft identifies its own Silver Springs data center project in the main body of the official community update. Developer per source identifies the Microsoft provider brand for this retained project only. The previously empty company field is filled from that explicit source, without assigning a legal subsidiary, landowner, contractor or current operator. Existing status, location, address, county, quantities, dates and component identity remain exact. Any separately retained street is identity context only and does not newly admit a location, parcel or roof. Proposed designs, forecast schedules, contractor descriptions and community measures do not certify current physical completion, operation, permits, impacts or site ownership. Declared publication and modification dates are separate from construction milestones. No personal contact or resident names are retained in the review. Microsoft describes early site work and names Q&D Construction LLC as general contractor. Dust control, staggered traffic and expected construction stages are source statements, not verified effects, a completion or an opening." }, "provider_role": "developer" }, "notes": [ "Microsoft identifies its own Silver Springs data center project in the main body of the official community update. Developer per source identifies the Microsoft provider brand for this retained project only. The previously empty company field is filled from that explicit source, without assigning a legal subsidiary, landowner, contractor or current operator. Existing status, location, address, county, quantities, dates and component identity remain exact. Any separately retained street is identity context only and does not newly admit a location, parcel or roof. Proposed designs, forecast schedules, contractor descriptions and community measures do not certify current physical completion, operation, permits, impacts or site ownership. Declared publication and modification dates are separate from construction milestones. No personal contact or resident names are retained in the review. Microsoft describes early site work and names Q&D Construction LLC as general contractor. 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Tyrone dated land-use and operator water forecast summary. Local zoning approval not construction permission or operating status. June2status is dated, not independentOctober14permit search. Local abatement statement not all state/federal tax treatment.4000gpdforecast not measured use; construction may use more. No utilityMWfrom generic100MWtariff threshold. Fields can apply to shared campus, regional or historical context; consult source review before assigning to a building.", "date": "", "events": [ [ "2024-02-22", "The Town of Tyrone lists the Planning Commission public hearing for the Microsoft rezoning on February 22, 2024. A hearing is separate from the later Council zoning approval and from construction permits." ], [ "2024-03-21", "The Town of Tyrone lists the Council public hearing for the Microsoft rezoning on March 21, 2024. 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