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No advertised clean energy, uptime, capacity or current role is independently certified." } }, "notes": [ "Blockfusion current original story names its Niagara Falls conversion project, while its hosting and AI pages describe companywide offerings. The captured service pages do not explicitly bind present customer deployment or AI commissioning to the inherited Niagara Falls component. Marketing about a completed conversion, technical availability and future client pipeline does not reconcile the exact current physical phase. No advertised clean energy, uptime, capacity or current role is independently certified.", "Source dates, physical milestones, legal dispositions and current facility phase remain distinct. 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This is not certification of current operation, ownership, a separate physical building, technical capacity or a precise parcel. Missing fields remain unknown. Named original reporter/issuer context with current versus historical stage explicit.. Spectrum originalJune4,2026 mayorinterview explicitly sayspreviousnightdecisionwas LAND/LITIGATIONAGREEMENT, NOT approvalofDC. June3 isweekdayinference, notoriginalminutes. NiagaraFallsRedevelopment1.5Bdigitalcampus remainspotential, financing/starttimelineunknown. 10acres transferredforCentennialPark/eventcenter arecitypublicprojectscope, notdigitalcampusfootprint. Eminentdomainsettlementnotalllanddevelopmentpermits. Residentcancer/miscarriage/watercontaminationclaims are unverifiedmeetingtestimony, not causalfindings. Proposedstate1yearmoratoriumbillnotadoptedlaw. Not everyfield/currentphysicaloperation/paidfunds/issuedpermit/exactITcertified.", "date": "", "events": [], "timeline": [], "opened": "", "tier": "", "sources": [ { "url": "https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/buffalo/news/2026/06/04/contentious-niagara-falls-city-council-meeting-leads-to-approval-of-new-data-center", "host": "spectrumlocalnews.com", "date": "", "published": "", "checked": "2026-10-15", "date_kind": "publication date not established", "label": "Reviewed source" } ], "loc": { "lat": 43.19383, "lng": -78.78035, "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." }, "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": [ "Spectrum originalJune4,2026 mayorinterview explicitly sayspreviousnightdecisionwas LAND/LITIGATIONAGREEMENT, NOT approvalofDC. June3 isweekdayinference, notoriginalminutes. NiagaraFallsRedevelopment1.5Bdigitalcampus remainspotential, financing/starttimelineunknown.", "10acres transferredforCentennialPark/eventcenter arecitypublicprojectscope, notdigitalcampusfootprint. Eminentdomainsettlementnotalllanddevelopmentpermits. Residentcancer/miscarriage/watercontaminationclaims are unverifiedmeetingtestimony, not causalfindings. Proposedstate1yearmoratoriumbillnotadoptedlaw.", "Not everyfield/currentphysicaloperation/paidfunds/issuedpermit/exactITcertified." ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/buffalo/news/2026/06/04/contentious-niagara-falls-city-council-meeting-leads-to-approval-of-new-data-center", "host": "spectrumlocalnews.com", "date": "", "published": "", "checked": "2026-10-15", "date_kind": "publication date not established", "label": "Reviewed source" } ], "whole_record_certified": false } ], "manual_source_reviewed": true, "whole_record_certified": false, "field_evidence_present": false, "inventory_label_retained": true, "precision_label": "Exact site not published; shown at county level", "summary": "Niagara Falls · Niagara · 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": "36063" } }, { "id": "terawulf-lake-mariner-ny", "state": "ny", "kind": "facility", "name": "TeraWulf Lake Mariner", "group": "operating", "status": "Operating", "raw_status": "operating", "status_field": "current_status", "crypto": true, "type": "Crypto/HPC (inventory classification)", "counties": [ "Niagara" ], "city": "Barker", "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. Field or source context only. Undated operator portfolio page, checked October 14. Total/contracted/open are explicitly critical IT capacity, not measured consumption. Planned total capacity at an operating campus does not mean every advertised MW is energized. Former generating-station MW are excluded. Fields can apply to shared campus, regional or historical context; consult source review before assigning to a building. Named-site current agency/operator stage, reviewed October 15, 2026. This stage does not establish that every future expansion is complete. Contracted/open capacity and the former power-plant size are not present measured IT load. Publication date of this current page is not established; the review date is not an event date. Displayed status uses the explicitly reviewed current status field; it is a source statement, not a physical inspection.", "date": "", "events": [], "timeline": [], "opened": "", "tier": "", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.terawulf.com/our-sites", "host": "terawulf.com", "date": "", "published": "", "checked": "2026-10-14", "date_kind": "publication date not established", "label": "Reviewed source" } ], "loc": { "lat": 43.17869, "lng": -78.71181, "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." }, "reviewed_evidence": [ { "overlay": "primary-events-round3-2026-10-14.json", "scope": "Field or source context only", "fields": { "operator_status": "Operating", "critical_it_total_mw": 600, "critical_it_contracted_mw": 438, "critical_it_open_mw": 162 }, "notes": [ "Undated operator portfolio page, checked October 14. Total/contracted/open are explicitly critical IT capacity, not measured consumption. Planned total capacity at an operating campus does not mean every advertised MW is energized. Former generating-station MW are excluded.", "Fields can apply to shared campus, regional or historical context; consult source review before assigning to a building." ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.terawulf.com/our-sites", "host": "terawulf.com", "date": "", "published": "", "checked": "2026-10-14", "date_kind": "publication date not established", "label": "Reviewed source" } ], "whole_record_certified": false }, { "overlay": "Atlas targeted primary-source follow-up", "scope": "Named-site current agency/operator stage, reviewed October 15, 2026", "fields": { "current_status": "operating", "status_basis": "TeraWulf explicitly labels Lake Mariner in Barker, New York as Operating." }, "notes": [ "This stage does not establish that every future expansion is complete. Contracted/open capacity and the former power-plant size are not present measured IT load. Publication date of this current page is not established; the review date is not an event date." ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.terawulf.com/our-sites", "host": "terawulf.com", "date": "", "published": "", "checked": "2026-10-15", "date_kind": "publication date not established", "label": "Reviewed source" } ], "checked": "2026-10-15", "capture_sha256": "9679cb0785478c67bd8607fa55ff831728a7642e1004484300bf1bc31332eb84", "events": [], "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": "Barker · Niagara · 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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