{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "source_compilation_context": {
    "nd": {
      "attribution": {
        "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/",
          "snapshot_url": "https://www.compute-atlas.com/api/facilities",
          "retrieved": "2026-10-14",
          "sha256": "79ad432dab7c128e428234c9d0dd40933114b415a4a5d697db00095637d50f37",
          "changes": "Added provenance, publication-date distinctions, display-safe wording, quarantine flags and state partitioning. Original source records retained locally."
        },
        "counties": "U.S. Census Bureau county boundaries (public domain)",
        "research": "Field-specific source context. See the linked source and limits on each record."
      },
      "source_data_url": "https://datacentersatlas.com/data/nd.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": "38019",
    "label": "Cavalier County, North Dakota"
  },
  "records": [
    {
      "id": "bitzero-nekoma-nd",
      "state": "nd",
      "kind": "facility",
      "name": "Bitzero Nekoma Data Center (Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex)",
      "group": "unknown",
      "status": "Status unclear",
      "raw_status": "",
      "status_field": "",
      "crypto": true,
      "type": "Crypto/HPC (inventory classification)",
      "counties": [
        "Cavalier"
      ],
      "city": "Nekoma",
      "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. named government source. Acquisition agreements are not completed data-center construction. 200MW refers announced North American company buildout, not a Nekoma site allocation. Military site operational1975 is not data-center opening. Offset strategy and waste-heat greenhouse are plans, not measured environmental performance. No2026operating proof. Fields can apply to shared campus, regional or historical context; consult source review before assigning to a building.",
      "date": "",
      "events": [
        [
          "2022-07-18",
          "The original North Dakota Governor July 25, 2022 release reports that the local development authority Board accepted the Bitzero Nekoma bid on July 18, 2022. This is a reported historical bid decision rather than computing commissioning or completed redevelopment."
        ],
        [
          "2022-07-25",
          "The original North Dakota Governor release dated July 25, 2022 announces the Nekoma acquisition and redevelopment agreement. This dates the announcement without certifying that redevelopment, computing operation or planned heat reuse subsequently began."
        ]
      ],
      "timeline": [],
      "opened": "",
      "tier": "",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.governor.nd.gov/news/burgum-bitzero-signs-agreement-acquire-nekoma-pyramid-develop-it-highly-secure-data-center",
          "host": "governor.nd.gov",
          "date": "2022-07-25",
          "published": "2022-07-25",
          "checked": "2026-10-14",
          "date_kind": "publication",
          "label": "Reviewed source"
        }
      ],
      "loc": {
        "lat": 48.77236,
        "lng": -98.46471,
        "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": "government-primary-review-round7-2026-10-14.json",
          "scope": "named government source",
          "fields": {
            "historical_acquisition_redevelopment_announcement": "2022-07-25",
            "reported_bid_acceptance_date": "2022-07-18",
            "historical_expected_investment_usd_approx": 500000000,
            "historical_expected_operational_jobs_min": 35,
            "historical_expected_operational_jobs_max": 50,
            "published_site": "Stanley R Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Nekoma, Cavalier County, North Dakota"
          },
          "notes": [
            "Acquisition agreements are not completed data-center construction. 200MW refers announced North American company buildout, not a Nekoma site allocation. Military site operational1975 is not data-center opening. Offset strategy and waste-heat greenhouse are plans, not measured environmental performance. No2026operating proof.",
            "Fields can apply to shared campus, regional or historical context; consult source review before assigning to a building."
          ],
          "sources": [
            {
              "url": "https://www.governor.nd.gov/news/burgum-bitzero-signs-agreement-acquire-nekoma-pyramid-develop-it-highly-secure-data-center",
              "host": "governor.nd.gov",
              "date": "2022-07-25",
              "published": "2022-07-25",
              "checked": "2026-10-14",
              "date_kind": "publication",
              "label": "Reviewed source"
            }
          ],
          "whole_record_certified": false
        },
        {
          "overlay": "Codex 3 research cohort 71",
          "scope": "The complete original Governor release dated July 25, 2022 describes a binding acquisition and redevelopment agreement for the Nekoma pyramid and reports a July 18 Board decision accepting the bid. These are historical transaction and proposal accounts rather than independently verified present computing service, completed redevelopment or physical construction. The military installation operational and shutdown history is not a computing opening or closure. Planned heat reuse, jobs, investment and zero carbon descriptions are not measured present outcomes.",
          "fields": {
            "current_stage_evidence": {
              "outcome": "historical_nekoma_acquisition_and_redevelopment_current_stage_held",
              "scope": "The complete original Governor release dated July 25, 2022 describes a binding acquisition and redevelopment agreement for the Nekoma pyramid and reports a July 18 Board decision accepting the bid. These are historical transaction and proposal accounts rather than independently verified present computing service, completed redevelopment or physical construction. The military installation operational and shutdown history is not a computing opening or closure. Planned heat reuse, jobs, investment and zero carbon descriptions are not measured present outcomes."
            },
            "source_read_scope": {
              "complete_original_governor_release_body_read": true,
              "bid_and_agreement_not_present_operation": true,
              "military_shutdown_not_computing_closure": true,
              "no_measured_heat_carbon_jobs_or_capacity_export": true
            }
          },
          "notes": [
            "The complete original Governor release dated July 25, 2022 describes a binding acquisition and redevelopment agreement for the Nekoma pyramid and reports a July 18 Board decision accepting the bid. These are historical transaction and proposal accounts rather than independently verified present computing service, completed redevelopment or physical construction. The military installation operational and shutdown history is not a computing opening or closure. Planned heat reuse, jobs, investment and zero carbon descriptions are not measured present outcomes.",
            "Existing roles, identities, physical placement, jurisdiction assignments, technical quantities and exact first opening days remain unchanged. A document date does not date physical commissioning."
          ],
          "sources": [
            {
              "url": "https://www.governor.nd.gov/news/burgum-bitzero-signs-agreement-acquire-nekoma-pyramid-develop-it-highly-secure-data-center",
              "host": "www.governor.nd.gov",
              "published": "2022-07-25",
              "date": "2022-07-25",
              "checked": "2026-10-24",
              "label": "Reviewed government record"
            }
          ],
          "checked": "2026-10-24",
          "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": "Nekoma · Cavalier · Source context reviewed",
      "event_evidence": [
        {
          "date": "2022-07-18",
          "text": "The original North Dakota Governor July 25, 2022 release reports that the local development authority Board accepted the Bitzero Nekoma bid on July 18, 2022. This is a reported historical bid decision rather than computing commissioning or completed redevelopment.",
          "kind": "announced",
          "sources": [
            {
              "url": "https://www.governor.nd.gov/news/burgum-bitzero-signs-agreement-acquire-nekoma-pyramid-develop-it-highly-secure-data-center",
              "host": "www.governor.nd.gov",
              "published": "2022-07-25",
              "date": "2022-07-25",
              "checked": "2026-10-24",
              "label": "Reviewed government record"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "date": "2022-07-25",
          "text": "The original North Dakota Governor release dated July 25, 2022 announces the Nekoma acquisition and redevelopment agreement. This dates the announcement without certifying that redevelopment, computing operation or planned heat reuse subsequently began.",
          "kind": "announced",
          "sources": [
            {
              "url": "https://www.governor.nd.gov/news/burgum-bitzero-signs-agreement-acquire-nekoma-pyramid-develop-it-highly-secure-data-center",
              "host": "www.governor.nd.gov",
              "published": "2022-07-25",
              "date": "2022-07-25",
              "checked": "2026-10-24",
              "label": "Reviewed government record"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "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": "38019"
      }
    }
  ],
  "compilation_license": "withheld_pending_owner_decision"
}