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No new computing operation, operator role, title, owner, tenant, physical milestone, quantity, certification, roof or complete campus is certified.", "The frame shows a dense downtown street grid with varied commercial roofs, surface parking and larger surrounding buildings. The Census result is a street reference only and does not select a roof or tenant floor.", "The inherited area coordinate and county display were not reviewed physical facility destinations. The original named operator facility body and complete unique literal Census street response now support only a calculated street range reference within the retained county. Earlier coordinates and complete source history remain intact. 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The provider relationship does not cover ownership or operation of the entire carrier hotel building or delivered expansion capacity.", "fields": { "company_association": { "name": "Cologix", "role": "operator", "identity_scope": "provider_brand_only", "scope": "Cologix explicitly identifies the retained named code or grouped campus in its own source. The operator role is an attributed provider brand relationship, not independently established legal ownership, whole building control or current operation of every phase. No status, location, address, physical date, capacity, water figure, safety finding, certification, environmental outcome or incentive eligibility is promoted. Current DSM1 names the Financial Center and managed suites. 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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. 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