{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "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": "21161",
    "label": "Mason County, Kentucky"
  },
  "records": [
    {
      "id": "mason-county-hyperscale-campus-maysville-ky",
      "kind": "project",
      "name": "Mason County hyperscale data center and technology campus (Meta)",
      "group": "approved",
      "status": "Approved",
      "raw_status": "approved",
      "crypto": false,
      "type": "hyperscale AI",
      "counties": [
        "Mason"
      ],
      "city": "Maysville (unincorporated Mason County outside city limits)",
      "who": "Meta Platforms; project entity Crisham LLC (Delaware LLC) per county attorney Jim Parsons; rezoning applicant was the Maysville-Mason County Industrial Development Authority",
      "end_user": "Meta Platforms (named 2026-10-13; previously described only as a 'Fortune 100' / 'Fortune 50' / 'Fortune 20' tech company under NDAs)",
      "mw": 396,
      "power": "first phase 396 MW",
      "power_note": "Initial phase from October 6 county presentation. Earlier 1200 MW / 2200 MW requests are not a verified full-buildout commitment.",
      "investment": "10 billion capital investment, with potential for more in future phases",
      "jobs": "construction: over 4,000 at peak, permanent: more than 300, potentially 400; at least 100 initial phase in county summary",
      "acres": "approximately 2,900 project acres in October summary; 2,080 acres rezoned in May",
      "utility": "East Kentucky Power Cooperative (G&T; Spurlock Station nearby)",
      "water": "City of Maysville / Western Mason Water District infrastructure, as proposed in county agreement summary",
      "incentives": "Community agreement approved October 13; includes IRB/PILOT structure. Agreement summary proposes 5 million county and 2 million school annual payments per phase",
      "note": "",
      "date": "2026-10-13",
      "events": [
        [
          "2026-10-06",
          "County attorney presents development/community benefits agreement: Crisham LLC, 396 MW initial phase, IRB/PILOT structure, at least 130M infrastructure"
        ],
        [
          "2026-10-13",
          "Judge-Executive McNeill names Meta; Fiscal Court unanimously approves agreement/resolution"
        ],
        [
          "2026-10-13",
          "WCPO reports a lawsuit has been filed over the project; no court ruling yet"
        ]
      ],
      "timeline": [
        [
          "Announced",
          "2025-05 (EKPC reported 2.2 GW request); first public IDA presentation 2025-08-12"
        ],
        [
          "Approvals",
          "Ordinance 26-01 (data center regs) 2026-02-27; Fiscal Court rezoning of 2,080 acres 2026-05-22; development and community benefits agreement / Meta resolution approved unanimously 2026-10-13"
        ],
        [
          "Construction",
          "Initial phase to begin within 36 months of executing the development agreement (no groundbreaking yet)"
        ]
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.wcpo.com/news/northern-kentucky/meta-announced-as-partner-in-2-000-acre-controversial-maysville-data-center",
          "host": "wcpo.com",
          "date": "2026-10-13"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.maysville-online.com/news/327718/meta-announced-as-data-center-project-developer-in-mason-county",
          "host": "maysville-online.com",
          "date": "2026-10-13"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://cms3.revize.com/revize/masoncountyky/Summary%20-%20Development%20%26%20Community%20Benefits%20Agreement%20-%20Mason%20Co.%20Fiscal%20Court%20Meeting%20%2810.05.2026%29%20%5BFINAL%5D.pdf",
          "host": "cms3.revize.com",
          "date": "2026-10-06"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.weku.org/the-commonwealth/2026-05-26/mason-county-gives-final-approval-on-rezoning-properties-for-data-center-construction",
          "host": "weku.org",
          "date": "2026-05-26"
        }
      ],
      "loc": {
        "lat": 38.59526,
        "lng": -83.82405,
        "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": "Mason County · 396 MW · Meta Platforms",
      "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": "21161"
      }
    }
  ],
  "compilation_license": "withheld_pending_owner_decision"
}