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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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