Claim desk · last changed 12 September 2026

Claim Desk

50 claims · 18 tested readings · 32 record claims. Verdicts: 1 Supported · 7 Partially supported · 16 Company claim · 7 Contradicted · 4 Outdated · 7 Not independently verified · 6 Unknown · 2 Not yet due.

A verdict applies only to the wording shown.

Company claims are shown as stated; they are not findings.

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IN

Statewide count · IN · IN

Contradicted

Common reading; no one is quoted

Checked 10 September 2026

Treating CAC's queue of roughly 60 proposed hyperscale projects as 60 operating physical buildings.

What the evidence supports

Citizens Action Coalition says approximately 60 large hyperscale data centers were proposed over two years and that only several are operating. Its public index is a useful proposal-discovery queue, including 18 entries it labels withdrawn—not a verified count of operating physical buildings. DataCenterData cites the queue but does not adopt it as a statewide facility total.

Still unknown

Independently reconstructed statewide operating-facility count.

Confidence: medium — Institution; Institution · 1 sources

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Project status · IN · aws-new-carlisle

Partially supported

Common reading; no one is quoted

Checked 11 September 2026

Treating AWS Project Rainier's operation as proof that the full New Carlisle campus is complete.

What the evidence supports

Amazon says its multi-site Project Rainier compute cluster is operational and identifies New Carlisle as one site. That supports an operating milestone, not completion of every planned New Carlisle building or the full announced investment scope.

Still unknown

None recorded

Confidence: medium — Company; Institution · 1 sources

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Power / timing · IN · meta-lebanon

Contradicted

Common reading; no one is quoted

Checked 11 September 2026

Reading Meta Lebanon's 1 GW design as current measured grid demand.

What the evidence supports

Meta describes a 1 GW campus and reported a February 2026 groundbreaking. The reviewed sources do not establish current metered load, a completed buildout or a comparable utility-service commitment.

Still unknown

None recorded

Confidence: medium — Company; Institution · 1 sources

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Water / cooling · IN · meta-lebanon

Partially supported

Common reading; no one is quoted

Checked 11 September 2026

Closed-loop liquid cooling means the Meta Lebanon campus will use no water.

What the evidence supports

Meta says the design will recirculate cooling water and use zero water for a majority of the year. That is narrower than zero annual or total campus water use and remains a future design claim until operating measurements exist.

Still unknown

None recorded

Confidence: medium — Company; Institution · 1 sources

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Entity / lifecycle · IN · digital-crossroads-hammond

Contradicted

Common reading; no one is quoted

Checked 11 September 2026

The expiration of Hammond's CoreWeave agreement means the existing Digital Crossroad data center closed.

What the evidence supports

Hammond says the separate agreement for the proposed 301 Digital Crossroads expansion expired. City records identify CoreWeave as an existing tenant at the operating 100 Digital Crossroads facility. The failed expansion and existing DX-1 site are not the same lifecycle event.

Still unknown

None recorded

Confidence: medium — Gov. record; Gov. record · 2 sources

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Jobs / timing · IN · microsoft-la-porte

Not yet due · trigger: First-phase completion notice or a payroll record

Common reading; no one is quoted

Checked 11 September 2026

Microsoft La Porte already has more than 600 permanent Microsoft jobs.

What the evidence supports

Microsoft's June 2026 update describes more than 600 permanent jobs in the first phase, while Indiana's 2024 announcement said up to 200 jobs by the end of 2032. Groundbreaking is supported; observed project employment and the changed scopes are not yet reconciled.

Still unknown

Observed employment; whether the 200-by-2032 and 600+ first-phase figures describe the same scope.

Confidence: medium — Company; Gov. record · 2 sources

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Jobs / unit · IN · meta-jeffersonville

Contradicted

Common reading; no one is quoted

Checked 11 September 2026

Meta Jeffersonville's hundreds of construction jobs are hundreds of permanent operating jobs.

What the evidence supports

Indiana's project announcement separates approximately 100 operational jobs from hundreds of construction jobs. Neither category is treated as observed until employment evidence and the relevant due date are established.

Still unknown

None recorded

Confidence: medium — Gov. record; Institution · 1 sources

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Power / cost allocation · IN · sabey-indianapolis

Partially supported

Common reading; no one is quoted

Checked 10 September 2026

One Indianapolis developer cost commitment proves no Indiana data center can affect other customers' electricity costs.

What the evidence supports

The reviewed Indianapolis filing says Sabey will pay costs related to the project's substation, generation, transmission and distribution needs. That is meaningful site-specific evidence; it does not establish every tariff, wholesale-market effect or project in Indiana.

Still unknown

None recorded

Confidence: medium — Gov. record; Institution · 1 sources

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investment · IN · meta-lebanon

Not independently verified

Said by Meta (company) on 2026-02-11 in Meta.

Checked 11 September 2026

More than $10 billion

What the evidence supports

More than $10 billion

Still unknown

Completed or placed-in-service capital.

Confidence: medium — company and government announcement · 2 sources

Source → Company Source → Gov. record

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permanent jobs · IN · meta-lebanon

Not independently verified

Said by Meta (company) on 2026-02-11 in Meta.

Checked 11 September 2026

Approximately 300

What the evidence supports

Approximately 300

Still unknown

Operating payroll and delivery schedule.

Confidence: medium — company and government projection · 2 sources

Source → Company Source → Gov. record

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construction jobs · IN · meta-lebanon

Not independently verified

Said by Meta (company) on 2026-02-11 in Meta.

Checked 11 September 2026

More than 4,000 at peak

What the evidence supports

More than 4,000 at peak

Still unknown

Observed peak, period and job-years.

Confidence: medium — company and government projection · 2 sources

Source → Company Source → Gov. record

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power · IN · meta-lebanon

Company claim

Said by Meta (company) on 2026-02-11 in Meta.

Checked 11 September 2026

1 GW designed capacity

What the evidence supports

1 GW designed capacity

Still unknown

Contracted, energized and measured load.

Confidence: medium — company design claim · 1 sources

Source → Company

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city impact payment · IN · meta-lebanon

Not independently verified

Said by Indiana Economic Development Corporation (government) on 2026-02-11 in Indiana Economic Development Corporation.

Checked 11 September 2026

$1.5 million annually per completed phase, up to six phases

What the evidence supports

$1.5 million annually per completed phase, up to six phases

Still unknown

Executed agreement, phase-completion definition, first due date and receipts.

Confidence: medium — government-described term · 1 sources

Source → Gov. record

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state sales-tax exemption · IN · meta-lebanon

Not independently verified

Said by Indiana Economic Development Corporation (government) on 2026-02-11 in Indiana Economic Development Corporation.

Checked 11 September 2026

35 years, extendable to 50

What the evidence supports

35 years, extendable to 50

Still unknown

Controlling agreement and exemptions claimed.

Confidence: medium — government-described performance thresholds · 1 sources

Source → Gov. record

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cooling water · IN · meta-lebanon

Company claim

Said by Meta (company) on 2026-02-11 in Meta.

Checked 11 September 2026

Closed-loop liquid cooling; zero cooling water for most of the year

What the evidence supports

Closed-loop liquid cooling; zero cooling water for most of the year

Still unknown

Operating configuration, total site water and measured consumption.

Confidence: medium — company design claim · 1 sources

Source → Company

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ratepayer protection · IN · meta-lebanon

Company claim

Said by Meta (company) on 2026-02-11 in Meta.

Checked 11 September 2026

Meta says it will pay its full energy and utility costs

What the evidence supports

Meta says it will pay its full energy and utility costs

Still unknown

Utility contract and regulatory cost-allocation record.

Confidence: medium — company statement only · 1 sources

Source → Company

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investment · IN · aws-new-carlisle

Company claim

Said by AWS economic-development manager (company) on 2026-07-09 in South Bend Regional Chamber.

Checked 11 September 2026

$11 billion baseline; $13.8 billion later reported

What the evidence supports

$11 billion baseline; $13.8 billion later reported

Still unknown

Eligible-capital, placed-in-service and geographic scope.

Confidence: medium — company-reported · 3 sources

Source → Gov. record Source → Company Source → Chamber

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permanent jobs · IN · aws-new-carlisle

Company claim

Said by AWS economic-development manager (company) on 2026-07-09 in South Bend Regional Chamber.

Checked 11 September 2026

At least 1,000 baseline; AWS's own July 2026 account says nearly 1,000 operations staff hired; an undated Chamber project page says 1,056 full-time AWS employees

What the evidence supports

At least 1,000 baseline; AWS's own July 2026 account says nearly 1,000 operations staff hired; an undated Chamber project page says 1,056 full-time AWS employees

Still unknown

Project-specific CF-1, payroll definition, count date, residency and contractor treatment.

Confidence: medium — company/chamber-reported · 3 sources

Source → Gov. record Source → Company Source → Chamber

Open full claim → History (1) →

buildout · IN · aws-new-carlisle

Company claim

Said by AWS economic-development manager (company) on 2026-07-09 in South Bend Regional Chamber.

Checked 11 September 2026

18 buildings reported vertical

What the evidence supports

18 buildings reported vertical

Still unknown

Final campus scope and completion.

Confidence: medium — company-reported · 1 sources

Source → Company

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local property taxes · IN · aws-new-carlisle

Company claim

Said by AWS economic-development manager (company) on 2026-07-09 in South Bend Regional Chamber.

Checked 11 September 2026

More than $1 billion over 35 years

What the evidence supports

More than $1 billion over 35 years

Still unknown

Annual gross taxes, abatements and net receipts.

Confidence: medium — company projection · 2 sources

Source → Company Source → Chamber

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water · IN · aws-new-carlisle

Company claim

Said by AWS economic-development manager (company) on 2026-07-09 in South Bend Regional Chamber.

Checked 11 September 2026

Approximately 18 million gallons per year at full buildout

What the evidence supports

AWS-authored/company-linked projection of about 18 million gallons per year at full buildout. Not permitted quantity, current metered use, or an independent delivery finding.

Still unknown

Permit quantity, current metered withdrawal/consumption, source-water mix and completion.

Confidence: medium — company projection · 1 sources

Source → Company

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community grants · IN · aws-new-carlisle

Company claim

Said by AWS economic-development manager (company) on 2026-07-09 in South Bend Regional Chamber.

Checked 11 September 2026

More than $1.5 million

What the evidence supports

More than $1.5 million

Still unknown

Recipient-level awards and payment records.

Confidence: medium — company-reported · 1 sources

Source → Company

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state incentives · IN · aws-new-carlisle

Not independently verified

Said by Indiana Economic Development Corporation (government) on 2024-04-25 in Indiana Economic Development Corporation.

Checked 11 September 2026

Up to $98.3 million is the sum of the four listed credit/grant programs and excludes the separately authorized 50-year sales-and-use-tax exemption, whose value is not stated here.

What the evidence supports

IEDC's 2024 announcement described a 50-year eligible sales-tax exemption plus up to $98.3 million in listed credits/grants and up to $7 million for roads. Those are package terms, not proof benefits were earned or paid. $98.3 million is not the total incentive-package value because the exemption value is not established here. An IEDC transparency-portal contract split was labeled current as reviewed 2026-09-11 in a review-only portal check with no recorded retrieval, so those contract-status figures are not publication-eligible here.

Still unknown

Benefits earned, claimed and received; value of the 50-year sales/use-tax exemption; executed-versus-pending contract statuses on the IEDC portal.

Confidence: medium — government-described performance package · 1 sources

Source → Gov. record

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expansion design · IN · coreweave-hammond

Outdated

Said by City of Hammond (government) on 2025-06-10 in City of Hammond.

Checked 11 September 2026

450,000 square feet; 180 MW; contemplated 20-year CoreWeave lease

What the evidence supports

Development agreement expired; expansion not delivered.

Still unknown

Exact unsatisfied milestones.

Confidence: medium — city-approved proposal · 2 sources

Open full claim → History (1) →

permanent jobs · IN · coreweave-hammond

Outdated

Said by City of Hammond (government) on 2025-06-09 in City of Hammond.

Checked 11 September 2026

35 to 90 jobs paying more than $75,000

What the evidence supports

Not delivered; due status not established.

Still unknown

None recorded

Confidence: medium — city-council projection · 1 sources

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community impact payments · IN · coreweave-hammond

Outdated

Said by City of Hammond (government) on 2025-06-09 in City of Hammond.

Checked 12 September 2026

Up to $4 million per year for 20 years

What the evidence supports

Not shown due or paid.

Still unknown

Executed agreement and payment-trigger clauses.

Confidence: medium — city-council description · 2 sources

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additional payment · IN · coreweave-hammond

Unknown

Said by City of Hammond (government) on 2025-12-22 in City of Hammond.

Checked 12 September 2026

$25 million lump sum discussed

What the evidence supports

Minutes say it was not yet in the agreement.

Still unknown

None recorded

Confidence: medium — verbal concept in council discussion · 1 sources

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incentives · IN · coreweave-hammond

Outdated

Said by City of Hammond (government) on 2025-06-09 in City of Hammond.

Checked 12 September 2026

10-year construction abatement and 20-year 100% technology deduction

What the evidence supports

Claimed or received amounts not established.

Still unknown

None recorded

Confidence: medium — city-council description · 2 sources

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power agreement · IN · coreweave-hammond

Unknown

Said by City of Hammond (government) on 2025-06-09 in City of Hammond.

Checked 12 September 2026

Final NIPSCO agreement explicitly described as gating

What the evidence supports

No executed agreement located; exact failed milestones undisclosed.

Still unknown

None recorded

Confidence: medium — city-council record · 2 sources

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existing facility · IN · coreweave-hammond

Company claim

Said by Digital Crossroad (company) in Digital Crossroad Indiana data center page.

Checked 10 September 2026

DX-1 operating; operator publishes 105,000 square feet and up to 20 MW

What the evidence supports

DX-1 operating; operator publishes 105,000 square feet and up to 20 MW

Still unknown

Capacity scope is not classified as critical IT load.

Confidence: medium — operator-reported · 1 sources

Source → Company

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Cooling + water · IN · aws-new-carlisle

Unknown

Common reading; no one is quoted

Checked 11 September 2026

Source-water mix, permitted quantity, and current metered withdrawal/consumption at AWS New Carlisle.

What the evidence supports

The reviewed AWS-authored account does not establish source-water mix, a permit quantity, or current metered withdrawal/consumption. The 18-million-gallon figure is a company full-buildout projection tracked on claim:aws-new-carlisle:water.

Still unknown

Source water, permitted quantity, current metered withdrawal/consumption, and completion.

Confidence: medium — AWS-authored opinion hosted by the South Bend Regional Chamber · 1 sources

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Cooling + water · IN · google-fort-wayne

Unknown

Common reading; no one is quoted

Checked 11 September 2026

Google Fort Wayne: Not verifiable

What the evidence supports

Not verifiable. Not verifiable. Water quantity not verifiable

Still unknown

permitted or measured water quantity

Confidence: low — utility commission final order · 1 sources

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Cooling + water · IN · meta-jeffersonville

Company claim

Said by Meta (company) in Meta project announcement.

Checked 10 September 2026

Meta Jeffersonville: Not verifiable

What the evidence supports

Not verifiable. Not verifiable. Not verifiable

Still unknown

permitted or measured water quantity

Confidence: low — company announcement · 1 sources

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Incentives · IN · microsoft-la-porte

Partially supported

Common reading; no one is quoted

Checked 11 September 2026

La Porte Common Council terminated Microsoft's local tax abatement and the state DATA exemption is executed.

What the evidence supports

The 2 March 2026 council minutes record unanimous adoption of Resolution R-3-2026, whose agenda title describes rescission of the 2024 Microsoft taxpayer agreement, including termination of the tax abatement. DataCenterData has not obtained the adopted resolution text and therefore does not independently state its full legal effect. IEDC showed the state DATA exemption as a pending accepted offer when checked.

Still unknown

Adopted resolution text and full legal effect; whether the IEDC DATA offer has been executed.

Confidence: medium — Municipal minutes describe adoption of a titled resolution; controlling signed text was not obtained. · 2 sources

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OH

Statewide count · OH · OH

Not independently verified

Said by Ohio Consumers' Counsel (advocate) in Ohio Consumers' Counsel quick facts.

Checked 12 September 2026

Ohio has more than 200 data centers.

What the evidence supports

Ohio's consumer advocate repeats a commercial directory count. It is useful as a market signal, but the underlying unit can include buildings, suites and campuses and is not a state census. The advocate's own wording also varies: its web fact sheet says more than 200, while its March 2026 PDF fact sheet says about 200. DataCenterData does not adopt 200+ as its own count.

Still unknown

None recorded

Confidence: medium — Gov. record; Institution; Gov. record · 2 sources

Open full claim → History (1) →

Power / rates · OH · OH

Partially supported

Common reading; no one is quoted

Checked 12 September 2026

Treating Ohio's 85% data-center tariff as proof that residents cannot be affected by data-center-driven power costs.

What the evidence supports

The PUCO-approved AEP Ohio tariff allocates substantial underuse and cancellation risk to new loads over 25 MW. That is real protection against stranded distribution investment; it is not proof that generation, transmission or wholesale-market costs can never affect household bills. The 85% figure is also narrower than it sounds: under AEP's published formula the contract-capacity minimum is about 72.5% at 50 MW and 82.5% at 100 MW, and 85% of contract capacity is a cap reached only near 117 MW (a separate ratchet uses 85% of the highest billing demand in the prior 11 months). AEP also reports that 12,219 of its 17,861 MW of contracted data-center load was signed before the tariff took effect.

Still unknown

Whether generation, transmission, wholesale-market or pre-tariff contracts can affect household bills remains a separate question from this distribution-tariff arithmetic.

(DataCenterData calculation from AEP published formula: 15,000 kW plus 85% above 25,000 kW up to 75,000 kW; 57,500 kW plus 100% above 75,000 kW; capped at 85% of contract capacity.)

Confidence: medium — Gov. record; Institution; Institution · 3 sources

Open full claim → History (1) →

Taxes / jobs · OH · OH

Contradicted

Common reading; no one is quoted

Checked 12 September 2026

Reading New Albany's $178 million payroll-equivalent figure as actual operator payroll.

What the evidence supports

The city calls $178 million a payroll equivalent: the amount of payroll that would yield the same revenue at its 2% income-tax rate. It is not the operator's payroll or an employee count.

Still unknown

None recorded

Confidence: medium — Gov. record; Institution · 1 sources

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Taxes / incentives · OH · OH

Partially supported

Common reading; no one is quoted

Checked 12 September 2026

Reading Ohio's equipment sales-and-use-tax exemption as meaning a qualifying project pays no taxes.

What the evidence supports

Ohio Revised Code §122.175 still supplies the eligibility framework: at least $100 million in project investment and at least $1.5 million in annual qualifying payroll, with agreement and annual verification requirements. It authorizes a complete or partial sales-and-use-tax exemption for qualifying data-center equipment. It does not by itself mean a qualifying project pays no taxes, and it does not repeal existing agreements. Whether new exemption requests remain paused is a separate claim (ohio-exemption-pause).

Still unknown

Net fiscal result of any named project; whether a named project complied with or received an exemption.

Confidence: medium — Gov. record; Institution · 1 sources

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Power source · OH · meta-new-albany-oh

Contradicted

Common reading; no one is quoted

Checked 12 September 2026

Reading Meta's nuclear agreements as dedicated plants directly wired to the New Albany campus.

What the evidence supports

Meta says the agreements will deliver power to regional grids supporting its operations. New Albany says the campus draws from the regional grid. That is different from a dedicated wire or plant serving only the data center.

Still unknown

None recorded

Confidence: medium — Company; Gov. record · 2 sources

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Jobs / timing · OH · microsoft-new-albany-oh

Not yet due

Common reading; no one is quoted

Checked 11 September 2026

Treating Microsoft's roughly 50 operating employees per facility as current observed employment across three sites.

What the evidence supports

Microsoft projects about 50 employees per facility once operational and says three facilities are to be operational by the end of 2029. Current construction activity and modeled jobs are not observed permanent operating headcount.

Still unknown

None recorded

Confidence: medium — Company; Company · 2 sources

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Water / permits · OH · OH

Contradicted

Common reading; no one is quoted

Checked 12 September 2026

Treating Ohio EPA's draft general permit as final blanket permission or proof of actual discharge.

What the evidence supports

Ohio EPA did not finalize draft permit OHD000001. On July 21, 2026, the agency said it would continue with individual NPDES permits instead. The abandoned draft was never blanket permission, and an individual permit is still permission—not proof of actual discharge or site compliance.

Still unknown

The direct 21 July Ohio EPA release was not retrieved. An individual NPDES permit is permission, not measured discharge or proof of compliance.

Confidence: medium — Gov. record; Institution · 3 sources

Open full claim → History (1) →

Water / capacity · OH · OH

Unknown

Common reading; no one is quoted

Checked 12 September 2026

Treating New Albany's no-additional-capacity statement as proof that facility-level water impact is negligible.

What the evidence supports

The city says it has not needed additional water capacity because of data centers. That city page still does not provide facility-level withdrawals. Google later published company-reported 2025 campus figures for New Albany, Lancaster and Lockbourne; those remain company claims with third-party limited assurance, not municipal meter audits. Independent utility/meter records, cooling share and peak-day demand remain missing for other operators.

Still unknown

Independent utility/meter records; cooling-only share; peak-day demand; operators other than Google's company-reported 2025 campus rows.

Confidence: medium — Gov. record; Institution · 1 sources

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Power / developer claim · OH · vantage-oh2-millersport

Company claim

Said by Vantage (company) in Vantage Millersport campus FAQ.

Checked 12 September 2026

The natural-gas power facility described as adjacent to Vantage's planned Millersport campus means the campus will not affect electricity costs for local residents or businesses.

What the evidence supports

Vantage says the proposed roughly 1,300 MW Fairfield Energy Center would power its adjacent campus without connecting to the local or regional grid. Fairfield Energy says it applied to the Ohio Power Siting Board as Case No. 26-0160-EL-BGN for up to 1,350 MW net gas generation and about 1,040 MW of battery storage, and that construction cannot begin until required approvals and permits are obtained. Those generation figures are not data-center IT capacity. The plans make the relationship clearer, but they still cannot establish future retail-bill effects as an observed outcome, and no post-hearing OPSB order is published.

Still unknown

None recorded

Confidence: medium — Institution; Institution · 2 sources

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Water · OH · OH

Company claim

Said by Google (company) in Google 2026 Environmental Report, p. 97.

Checked 12 September 2026

Google reported 2025 withdrawal, discharge and consumption figures for its New Albany, Lancaster and Lockbourne campuses.

What the evidence supports

Google's 2026 Environmental Report p.97 publishes company-reported calendar-year 2025 figures, in million US gallons: New Albany withdrawal 1,008.1 / discharge 172.4 / consumption 835.7; Lancaster 307.1 / 171.3 / 135.8; Lockbourne 460.8 / 101.3 / 359.5. These are company-reported campus figures with third-party limited assurance, not city-meter evidence, cooling-only measures, or peak-day rates. Lockbourne is a separate source campus label and is not silently attached to the Columbus campus record.

Still unknown

Independent utility/meter corroboration; cooling share; peak-day demand; operators other than Google.

Confidence: medium — Company environmental report; not a municipal meter audit. · 1 sources

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Taxes / incentives · OH · OH

Partially supported

Common reading; no one is quoted

Checked 12 September 2026

Ohio's data-center sales-and-use-tax exemption statute has been repealed, or existing agreements were cancelled, by Governor DeWine's pause.

What the evidence supports

ORC §122.175 remains the statute and still sets the $100 million capital / $1.5 million payroll thresholds. The pause applies to new requests and does not repeal the statute or existing agreements. WOSU / Statehouse News Bureau reported on 6 August 2026 that Governor DeWine said the freeze 'will continue until I leave office.'

Still unknown

The governor's direct May communication was not independently retrieved. Official Tax Credit Authority text of the pause was not obtained.

Confidence: medium — Statute opened 2026-09-12; currentness attributed to WOSU/Statehouse News Bureau 2026-08-06, also opened 2026-09-12. · 2 sources

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Opening status · OH · vantage-oh1-new-albany

Unknown as of December 2025 target

Said by Vantage Data Centers (company) in Vantage OH1 New Albany page.

Checked 11 September 2026

Vantage OH1's first building opened by December 2025 and is now operating.

What the evidence supports

The operator page supports a planned three-building campus with 192 MW of planned critical IT load. It still carries a December 2025 first-building target and does not say the building opened. Actual opening is unknown. The passed December 2025 target is stale.

Still unknown

Whether any OH1 building has opened or is serving load.

Confidence: medium — Operator page retrieved 2026-09-11; no opening confirmation. · 1 sources

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OPSB / generation status · OH · vantage-oh2-millersport

Company claim

Said by Fairfield Energy (company) in Fairfield Energy utility-facility page.

Checked 11 September 2026

Fairfield Energy says it submitted an OPSB application for up to 1,350 MW of net gas generation and approximately 1,040 MW of battery storage.

What the evidence supports

Fairfield Energy's page says it submitted OPSB Case 26-0160-EL-BGN for up to 1,350 MW net gas generation plus approximately 1,040 MW of battery storage, and that construction cannot begin until required approvals and permits are obtained. Those are separate generation/storage figures and cannot be summed with Vantage OH2's 696 MW planned critical-IT capacity. The developer page establishes an application, not a certificate or construction authorization; no post-hearing OPSB order was located.

Still unknown

Staff report, hearing outcome and any OPSB certificate or construction authorization.

Confidence: medium — Developer page; official docket documents were not retrieved. · 1 sources

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WA

Cooling + water · WA · microsoft-quincy

Supported as of 2021–2022

Said by US EPA case study (government) on 2023 in US EPA case study.

Checked 10 September 2026

Microsoft Quincy: Supported as delivered

What the evidence supports

Government-documented operation. Government-documented mix. Estimated savings + reported flow; not total consumption

Still unknown

The EPA observation window is 2021–2022; this is not a new operating audit.

Confidence: high — government case study · 1 sources

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WI

Cooling + water · WI · microsoft-mount-pleasant

Company claim

Said by Microsoft (company) in Microsoft design disclosure.

Checked 10 September 2026

Microsoft Mount Pleasant: Announced

What the evidence supports

Company-announced design. Company design description. Milestones announced; no operating result verified

Still unknown

None recorded

Confidence: medium — company announcement · 1 sources

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OR

Cooling + water · OR · google-the-dalles

Company claim

Said by Google (company) in Google project announcement.

Checked 10 September 2026

Google The Dalles: Mixed evidence

What the evidence supports

Not verifiable. Cooling source not verifiable. Company-reported community capacity; not data-center consumption

Still unknown

None recorded

Confidence: medium — company announcement · 1 sources

Open full claim → History (0) →

Recent corrections

Correction · 11 September 2026 · internal review

Record → Statewide count

Changed correction

From Ohio's consumer advocate repeats a commercial directory count. It is useful as a market signal, but the underlying unit can include buildings, suites and campuses and is not a state census. DataCenterData does not adopt 200+ as its own count.

To Added the wording difference between OCC's web fact sheet and its PDF fact sheet. Verdict unchanged.

Why Added the wording difference between OCC's web fact sheet and its PDF fact sheet. Verdict unchanged.

Evidence Evidence →

Correction · 11 September 2026 · internal review

Record → Power / rates

Changed correction

From The PUCO-approved AEP Ohio tariff allocates substantial underuse and cancellation risk to new loads over 25 MW. That is real protection against stranded distribution investment; it is not proof that generation, transmission or wholesale-market costs can never affect household bills.

To Added how the 85% minimum-demand term works by contract size and AEP's count of pre-tariff contracted load. Verdict unchanged. The 72.5% and 82.5% shares are DataCenterData arithmetic from AEP's published formula (15,000 kW plus 85% above 25,000 kW up to 75,000 kW; 57,500 kW plus 100% above 75,000 kW; capped at 85% of contract capacity).

Why Added how the 85% minimum-demand term works by contract size and AEP's count of pre-tariff contracted load. Verdict unchanged. The 72.5% and 82.5% shares are DataCenterData arithmetic from AEP's published formula (15,000 kW plus 85% above 25,000 kW up to 75,000 kW; 57,500 kW plus 100% above 75,000 kW; capped at 85% of contract capacity).

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Correction · 11 September 2026 · internal review

Record → Water / permits

Changed correction

From Draft Ohio data-center general NPDES permit treated as if it were a final, measured water authorization.

To Ohio EPA said on July 21, 2026 that it would not finalize draft OHD000001 and would continue with individual NPDES permits. A permit is not measured discharge.

Why Correction chronology uses the recorded date, not the 21 July agency-event date.

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Correction · 11 September 2026 · internal review

aws-new-carlislepermanent jobs

Changed correction

From At least 1,000 baseline; AWS's own July 2026 account says nearly 1,000 operations staff hired; an undated Chamber project page says 1,056 full-time AWS employees

To 2026-09-11: status was 'supported-as-delivered' with value 'At least 1,000 baseline; 1,056 full-time AWS employees later reported'. The company-linked counts sit on either side of the baseline (AWS op-ed: 'We have also hired nearly 1,000 operations staff so far'; Chamber page: '1,056 full-time AWS employees', undated), so the reviewed record does not support a delivery conclusion. Evidence level unchanged.

Why 2026-09-11: status was 'supported-as-delivered' with value 'At least 1,000 baseline; 1,056 full-time AWS employees later reported'. The company-linked counts sit on either side of the baseline (AWS op-ed: 'We have also hired nearly 1,000 operations staff so far'; Chamber page: '1,056 full-time AWS employees', undated), so the reviewed record does not support a delivery conclusion. Evidence level unchanged.

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Correction · 11 September 2026 · internal review

coreweave-hammondexpansion design

Changed locator-changed

From Previous locator

To pp. 3–11 (resolution 25R-16 introduced p. 3; lease, jobs, tax terms and community impact payment p. 4; NIPSCO contingency p. 6)

Why 2026-09-11: previously 'pp. 3–4'.

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