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  "source_compilation_context": {
    "ky": {
      "attribution": {
        "research": "Data Centers Atlas research from county and city records, Public Service Commission filings, company announcements and local news, linked on each record.",
        "inventory": {
          "name": "Compute Atlas",
          "creator": "Edward Kubiak",
          "url": "https://www.compute-atlas.com/api",
          "license": "CC BY 4.0",
          "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
        },
        "counties": "U.S. Census Bureau county boundaries (public domain)",
        "geocoder": "U.S. Census Bureau geocoder (public domain)",
        "geometry": {
          "license": "ODbL 1.0",
          "credit": "OpenStreetMap contributors",
          "url": "https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright",
          "note": "Matched building centers are adapted separately from the inventory; not surveyed parcels"
        }
      },
      "source_data_url": "https://datacentersatlas.com/data/ky.json",
      "updated": "2026-10-24"
    }
  },
  "scope": "Retained county context, which can be broad or unresolved. No parcel or municipal jurisdiction is inferred. Research records retain their sources, dates and location limits. Counts are not a census of operating buildings. Company name links alone do not establish ownership or operation.",
  "collection": {
    "kind": "counties",
    "key": "21067",
    "label": "Fayette County, Kentucky"
  },
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    {
      "id": "bluegrass-ow",
      "kind": "facility",
      "name": "BluegrassNet OW facility",
      "group": "operating",
      "status": "Operating",
      "crypto": false,
      "type": "colocation",
      "counties": [
        "Fayette"
      ],
      "city": "Lexington",
      "address": "",
      "who": "BluegrassNet",
      "opened": "",
      "tier": "",
      "note": "Operator names physical facility; street address not primary-source verified.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.bluegrass.net/data-center/",
          "host": "bluegrass.net",
          "date": ""
        }
      ],
      "loc": {
        "lat": 38.04264,
        "lng": -84.45876,
        "precision": "county",
        "basis": "Shown at county level only. The dot is placed inside the county for the map and is not the site, its address or a parcel."
      },
      "state": "KY",
      "precision_label": "Exact site not published; shown at county level",
      "summary": "Fayette County · BluegrassNet",
      "location_display": {
        "policy": "reviewed-map-references-2026-10-23",
        "decision": "county_context_only",
        "county_display": "21067"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "cogent-lexington-edge",
      "kind": "facility",
      "name": "Cogent Lexington Edge Data Center",
      "group": "operating",
      "status": "Operating",
      "crypto": false,
      "type": "edge",
      "counties": [
        "Fayette"
      ],
      "city": "Lexington",
      "address": "346 Lisle Industrial Avenue",
      "who": "Cogent Communications",
      "opened": "",
      "tier": "",
      "note": "",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.cogentco.com/en/cogent-louisville",
          "host": "cogentco.com",
          "date": ""
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.cogentco.com/en/network/service-locations?action=search&page=5&continent=&country=United%20States&state=&metro=&site_type=CDC",
          "host": "www.cogentco.com",
          "published": "",
          "date": "",
          "checked": "2026-10-23",
          "label": "Exact named facility CDC row, separate from network presence"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.cogentco.com/en/network/cogent-data-centers",
          "host": "www.cogentco.com",
          "published": "",
          "date": "",
          "checked": "2026-10-23",
          "label": "Provider explanation of Cogent data center and colocation relationships"
        }
      ],
      "loc": {
        "lat": 38.060092,
        "lng": -84.524291,
        "precision": "address",
        "basis": "U.S. Census match to the published street address: 346 Lisle Industrial Ave, Lexington, Ky, 40511"
      },
      "state": "KY",
      "precision_label": "Matched to the published street address",
      "summary": "Fayette County · Cogent Communications",
      "reviewed_evidence": [
        {
          "overlay": "Company role source check 28, October 23, 2026",
          "scope": "Cogent lists the named retained facility in its own CDC provider listing. Operator per source records its provider brand relationship, not legal property title, sole operation of a shared building or a separate legal entity. The source separates its data centers from other network connected buildings. No new physical site, identity merger, stage, opening date, street, county, coordinate, capacity or certification finding is adopted. Source publication dates remain unknown. Advertised service features are not independently measured outcomes. The original Kentucky company field and its source wrapper remain exact; the new reviewed relationship is stored separately.",
          "fields": {
            "company_association": {
              "name": "Cogent Communications",
              "role": "operator",
              "identity_scope": "provider_brand_only",
              "scope": "Cogent lists the named retained facility in its own CDC provider listing. Operator per source records its provider brand relationship, not legal property title, sole operation of a shared building or a separate legal entity. The source separates its data centers from other network connected buildings. No new physical site, identity merger, stage, opening date, street, county, coordinate, capacity or certification finding is adopted. Source publication dates remain unknown. Advertised service features are not independently measured outcomes. The original Kentucky company field and its source wrapper remain exact; the new reviewed relationship is stored separately."
            },
            "provider_role": "operator"
          },
          "notes": [
            "Cogent lists the named retained facility in its own CDC provider listing. Operator per source records its provider brand relationship, not legal property title, sole operation of a shared building or a separate legal entity. The source separates its data centers from other network connected buildings. No new physical site, identity merger, stage, opening date, street, county, coordinate, capacity or certification finding is adopted. Source publication dates remain unknown. Advertised service features are not independently measured outcomes. The original Kentucky company field and its source wrapper remain exact; the new reviewed relationship is stored separately."
          ],
          "sources": [
            {
              "url": "https://www.cogentco.com/en/cogent-louisville",
              "host": "www.cogentco.com",
              "published": "",
              "date": "",
              "checked": "2026-10-23",
              "label": "Named facility section and separate service street context"
            },
            {
              "url": "https://www.cogentco.com/en/network/service-locations?action=search&page=5&continent=&country=United%20States&state=&metro=&site_type=CDC",
              "host": "www.cogentco.com",
              "published": "",
              "date": "",
              "checked": "2026-10-23",
              "label": "Exact named facility CDC row, separate from network presence"
            },
            {
              "url": "https://www.cogentco.com/en/network/cogent-data-centers",
              "host": "www.cogentco.com",
              "published": "",
              "date": "",
              "checked": "2026-10-23",
              "label": "Provider explanation of Cogent data center and colocation relationships"
            }
          ],
          "checked": "2026-10-23",
          "whole_record_certified": false
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "dartpoints-lexington-fayette-ky",
      "kind": "project",
      "name": "DartPoints Lexington Data Center Campus",
      "group": "paused",
      "status": "Paused",
      "raw_status": "paused",
      "crypto": false,
      "type": "data center",
      "counties": [
        "Fayette"
      ],
      "city": "Lexington",
      "who": "DartPoints",
      "end_user": "",
      "mw": 70,
      "power": "first phase 20-30 MW, up to 70 MW",
      "power_note": "developer expansion potential, not operating load",
      "investment": "29 million acquisition price; not total development investment",
      "jobs": "",
      "acres": "29.5",
      "utility": "Kentucky Utilities (KU)",
      "water": "",
      "incentives": "",
      "note": "Acquired former Lexmark campus; expansion subject to Fayette moratorium through October 31, 2027",
      "date": "2026-10-08",
      "events": [],
      "timeline": [],
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dartpoints-acquires-lexington-kentucky-data-center-campus-to-support-ai-neo-cloud-hyperscale-and-enterprise-demand-302782916.html",
          "host": "prnewswire.com",
          "date": "2026-05-27"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.weku.org/lexington-richmond/2026-06-04/data-center-company-plans-to-expand-former-lexmark-property-for-cloud-ai-computing",
          "host": "weku.org",
          "date": ""
        },
        {
          "url": "https://smileypete.com/business/dartpoints-acquires-lexington-data-center-campus/",
          "host": "smileypete.com",
          "date": ""
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.wkyt.com/2026/06/08/dartpoints-data-center-coming-lexington-wont-get-city-incentives/",
          "host": "wkyt.com",
          "date": ""
        }
      ],
      "loc": {
        "lat": 38.05494,
        "lng": -84.47219,
        "precision": "county",
        "basis": "Shown at county level only. The dot is placed inside the county for the map and is not the site, its address or a parcel."
      },
      "state": "KY",
      "precision_label": "Exact site not published; shown at county level",
      "summary": "Fayette County · 70 MW · DartPoints",
      "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": "21067"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "qx-net-lexington-fayette-ky",
      "kind": "facility",
      "name": "QX.Net Lexington Data Center",
      "group": "operating",
      "status": "Operating",
      "crypto": false,
      "type": "colocation",
      "counties": [
        "Fayette"
      ],
      "city": "Lexington",
      "address": "",
      "who": "QX.Net",
      "opened": "",
      "tier": "",
      "note": "2659 Regency Road Suite 130 is published contact office; not independently established as server-building address.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.qx.net/",
          "host": "qx.net",
          "date": ""
        }
      ],
      "loc": {
        "lat": 38.01699,
        "lng": -84.45651,
        "precision": "county",
        "basis": "Shown at county level only. The dot is placed inside the county for the map and is not the site, its address or a parcel."
      },
      "state": "KY",
      "precision_label": "Exact site not published; shown at county level",
      "summary": "Fayette County · QX.Net",
      "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": "21067"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "uk-coldstream",
      "kind": "facility",
      "name": "University of Kentucky Coldstream Data Center",
      "group": "operating",
      "status": "Operating",
      "crypto": false,
      "type": "university",
      "counties": [
        "Fayette"
      ],
      "city": "Lexington",
      "address": "",
      "who": "University of Kentucky",
      "opened": "",
      "tier": "",
      "note": "Coldstream park identifies a university data center; no defensible published MW found.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://coldstream.uky.edu/development-opportunities/site-attributes",
          "host": "coldstream.uky.edu",
          "date": ""
        }
      ],
      "loc": {
        "lat": 38.06767,
        "lng": -84.43957,
        "precision": "county",
        "basis": "Shown at county level only. The dot is placed inside the county for the map and is not the site, its address or a parcel."
      },
      "state": "KY",
      "precision_label": "Exact site not published; shown at county level",
      "summary": "Fayette County · University of Kentucky",
      "location_display": {
        "policy": "reviewed-map-references-2026-10-23",
        "decision": "county_context_only",
        "county_display": "21067"
      }
    }
  ],
  "compilation_license": "withheld_pending_owner_decision"
}