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Personally read public named-source context only; no whole-record certification. See public-preview, identity and date limitations.. An RFI is not site selection, a lease, a permit or an operating campus. PNNL's existing AI research center is separate from the proposed infrastructure. SMR prospects are not commissioned generation; regional market capacity and an unidentified Wallula buyer are not PNNL figures. The unrelated automatic excerpt was corrected using the retained main article. Original approvals and later observed outcomes take precedence; future dates have no assumed result. 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No site pin, nearby distance or aerial destination is published. The original coordinate and its provenance remain in research history.", "county_display": "53005" } }, { "id": "trammell-crow-lewis-clark-ranch-west-richland-wa", "state": "wa", "kind": "facility", "name": "Trammell Crow Lewis & Clark Ranch Data Center", "group": "unknown", "status": "Status unclear", "raw_status": "", "status_field": "", "crypto": false, "type": "Data center (inventory classification)", "counties": [ "Benton" ], "city": "West Richland", "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. Personally read dated project context only; no whole-record certification. Preview, identity, numerical, legal-stage and future-outcome holds remain.. Initial 500 acres growing to 1000 is ultimate footprint, not 1500.7600 acre ranch plan,3800 homes and 2600 jobs in caption are broader mixed development, not DCsite/employment. Utility cost-recovery agreements/upfront deposits explicitly DO NOT mean a campus will be built or power secured; transmission studies and supply remain hurdles.18.9 billion projects-in-process/11.5 billion pipeline are company portfolio, not site capex. Wallula land price/Atlas Agro 500 million proposal are separate projects. No MW, final permit, purchase closing or RFS verified. Later original decisions and observed outcomes take precedence; future events have no assumed result. Fields can apply to shared campus, regional or historical context; consult source review before assigning to a building.", "date": "", "events": [ [ "2026-05-05", "The original May 5, 2026 City Council minute account published in the May 19 packet records approval of the Lewis and Clark Ranch subarea planning ordinances. 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