{
  "schema_version": "0.2",
  "last_reviewed": "2026-09-10",
  "method": "Each claim is classified independently. Evidence level records who supplied the support; company-reported delivery is not described as independently observed.",
  "status_vocabulary": {
    "announced": "A public statement, design, projection or proposed term; not necessarily enforceable or delivered.",
    "contractually-committed": "A duty verified in a controlling agreement, order or equivalent record.",
    "not-yet-due": "A verified commitment whose trigger or deadline has not arrived.",
    "supported-as-delivered": "Available evidence materially supports delivery; evidence_level states whether support is company, government or independently reported.",
    "partially-delivered": "Available evidence supports only part of the promised scope.",
    "contradicted": "Reliable evidence conflicts with the claim.",
    "not-verifiable": "The reviewed record cannot support a conclusion. This never means zero."
  },
  "projects": [
    {
      "id": "meta-lebanon",
      "name": "Meta Lebanon",
      "state": "Indiana",
      "project_state": "under construction",
      "assessment": "No operating outcomes are due. Headline figures remain announced plans; the underlying community-payment and utility agreements have not been obtained.",
      "sources": [
        {"id":"meta_2026_announcement","publisher":"Meta","type":"company announcement","published":"2026-02-11","url":"https://about.fb.com/news/2026/02/metas-new-data-center-lebanon-indiana-marks-milestone-ai-investment/","supports":"Investment, capacity, jobs, cooling, infrastructure, water-restoration and cost-allocation claims."},
        {"id":"iedc_2026_groundbreaking","publisher":"Indiana Economic Development Corporation","type":"government announcement","published":"2026-02-11","url":"https://iedc.in.gov/events/news/details/2026/02/11/gov.-braun-breaks-ground-on-10b-meta-data-center-campus-at-leap-district","supports":"Phases, jobs, city-payment description and sales-tax exemption thresholds."}
      ],
      "claims": [
        {"topic":"investment","value":"More than $10 billion","status":"announced","evidence_level":"company and government announcement","source_ids":["meta_2026_announcement","iedc_2026_groundbreaking"],"verification_gap":"Completed or placed-in-service capital."},
        {"topic":"permanent jobs","value":"Approximately 300","status":"announced","evidence_level":"company and government projection","source_ids":["meta_2026_announcement","iedc_2026_groundbreaking"],"verification_gap":"Operating payroll and delivery schedule."},
        {"topic":"construction jobs","value":"More than 4,000 at peak","status":"announced","evidence_level":"company and government projection","source_ids":["meta_2026_announcement","iedc_2026_groundbreaking"],"verification_gap":"Observed peak, period and job-years."},
        {"topic":"power","value":"1 GW designed capacity","status":"announced","evidence_level":"company design claim","source_ids":["meta_2026_announcement"],"verification_gap":"Contracted, energized and measured load."},
        {"topic":"city impact payment","value":"$1.5 million annually per completed phase, up to six phases","status":"announced","evidence_level":"government-described term","source_ids":["iedc_2026_groundbreaking"],"verification_gap":"Executed agreement, phase-completion definition, first due date and receipts."},
        {"topic":"state sales-tax exemption","value":"35 years, extendable to 50","status":"announced","evidence_level":"government-described performance thresholds","source_ids":["iedc_2026_groundbreaking"],"verification_gap":"Controlling agreement and exemptions claimed."},
        {"topic":"cooling water","value":"Closed-loop liquid cooling; zero cooling water for most of the year","status":"announced","evidence_level":"company design claim","source_ids":["meta_2026_announcement"],"verification_gap":"Operating configuration, total site water and measured consumption."},
        {"topic":"ratepayer protection","value":"Meta says it will pay its full energy and utility costs","status":"not-verifiable","evidence_level":"company statement only","source_ids":["meta_2026_announcement"],"verification_gap":"Utility contract and regulatory cost-allocation record."}
      ],
      "watch": {"trigger":"first phase completion or executed agreement publication","date":null,"reason":"City payment and operating outcomes are not testable before a phase trigger."}
    },
    {
      "id": "aws-new-carlisle",
      "name": "AWS New Carlisle",
      "state": "Indiana",
      "project_state": "partially operational; expansion continues",
      "assessment": "AWS-linked sources report investment and staffing at or above the 2024 baselines. The claims are supported at company-reporting level; project-specific county compliance and fiscal records remain unreconciled.",
      "sources": [
        {"id":"iedc_2024_baseline","publisher":"Indiana Economic Development Corporation","type":"government announcement","published":"2024-04-25","url":"https://iedc.in.gov/events/news/details/2024/04/25/gov.-holcomb-announces-amazon-web-services-plans-to-invest-11b-to-create-a-new-data-center-campus-in-northern-indiana","supports":"Baseline investment, jobs, incentives and road contribution."},
        {"id":"amazon_rainier_2025","publisher":"Amazon","type":"company operating update","published":"2025","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws-project-rainier-ai-trainium-chips-compute-cluster","supports":"Project Rainier operation and New Carlisle site relationship."},
        {"id":"aws_chamber_oped_2026","publisher":"South Bend Regional Chamber","author":"AWS economic-development manager","type":"company-authored opinion","published":"2026-07-09","url":"https://www.sbrchamber.com/news/2026/07/09/default/amazon-s-investment-is-building-lasting-opportunity-for-st.-joseph-county/","supports":"Reported investment, operations staff, buildings, water estimate, infrastructure and community claims."},
        {"id":"chamber_project_page_2026","publisher":"South Bend Regional Chamber","type":"chamber project summary","published":"current as reviewed 2026-09-10","url":"https://www.sbrchamber.com/pages/aws-economic/","supports":"Reported 1,056 full-time AWS employees and other regional metrics."},
        {"id":"county_abatement_program","publisher":"St. Joseph County","type":"government program page","published":"current as reviewed 2026-09-10","url":"https://www.sjcindiana.com/taxabatement","supports":"General annual CF-1 compliance filing requirement; not project-specific delivery."}
      ],
      "claims": [
        {"topic":"investment","value":"$11 billion baseline; $13.8 billion later reported","status":"supported-as-delivered","evidence_level":"company-reported","source_ids":["iedc_2024_baseline","aws_chamber_oped_2026","chamber_project_page_2026"],"verification_gap":"Eligible-capital, placed-in-service and geographic scope."},
        {"topic":"permanent jobs","value":"At least 1,000 baseline; 1,056 full-time AWS employees later reported","status":"supported-as-delivered","evidence_level":"company/chamber-reported","source_ids":["iedc_2024_baseline","aws_chamber_oped_2026","chamber_project_page_2026"],"verification_gap":"Project-specific CF-1, payroll definition, residency and contractor treatment."},
        {"topic":"buildout","value":"18 buildings reported vertical","status":"partially-delivered","evidence_level":"company-reported","source_ids":["aws_chamber_oped_2026"],"verification_gap":"Final campus scope and completion."},
        {"topic":"local property taxes","value":"More than $1 billion over 35 years","status":"announced","evidence_level":"company projection","source_ids":["aws_chamber_oped_2026","chamber_project_page_2026"],"verification_gap":"Annual gross taxes, abatements and net receipts."},
        {"topic":"water","value":"Approximately 18 million gallons per year at full buildout","status":"announced","evidence_level":"company projection","source_ids":["aws_chamber_oped_2026"],"verification_gap":"Permit quantity, current metered use, source-water mix and consumption."},
        {"topic":"community grants","value":"More than $1.5 million","status":"supported-as-delivered","evidence_level":"company-reported","source_ids":["aws_chamber_oped_2026"],"verification_gap":"Recipient-level awards and payment records."},
        {"topic":"state incentives","value":"50-year sales-tax exemption plus up to $98.3 million in listed credits and grants","status":"announced","evidence_level":"government-described performance package","source_ids":["iedc_2024_baseline"],"verification_gap":"Benefits earned, claimed and received."}
      ],
      "watch": {"trigger":"annual project-specific CF-1 compliance filing","date":null,"reason":"The county program requires annual compliance reporting; the project-specific filing schedule and record remain to be retrieved."}
    },
    {
      "id": "coreweave-hammond",
      "name": "CoreWeave / Digital Crossroads expansion",
      "state": "Indiana",
      "project_state": "expansion agreement expired; expansion not delivered; existing DX-1 operating",
      "assessment": "The proposed expansion did not clear the agreement's milestones before the extended deadline. Exact failed milestones and payment triggers were not disclosed; contemplated benefits are not labeled missed obligations.",
      "sources": [
        {"id":"hammond_approval_2025","publisher":"City of Hammond","type":"municipal announcement","published":"2025-06-10","url":"https://www.gohammond.com/hammond-approves-development-agreement-for-new-data-center/","supports":"Approval, proposed building, tenant, power requirement and contingencies."},
        {"id":"hammond_minutes_2025_06","publisher":"City of Hammond","type":"municipal meeting minutes","published":"2025-06-09","url":"https://www.gohammond.com/document_library/meeting_minutes_and_agendas/city_council/2025/06-09-25_minutes.pdf","locator":"pp. 3–4","supports":"Proposal, contemplated lease, jobs, tax terms, community payments and explicit power-agreement gating."},
        {"id":"hammond_minutes_2025_12","publisher":"City of Hammond","type":"municipal meeting minutes","published":"2025-12-22","url":"https://www.gohammond.com/document_library/meeting_minutes_and_agendas/city_council/2025/12-22-25_minutes.pdf","locator":"pp. 1–2; extension resolution at p. 10","supports":"Extension, utility negotiations and noncontractual $25 million discussion."},
        {"id":"hammond_expiration_2026","publisher":"City of Hammond","type":"municipal outcome record","published":"2026-07-01","url":"https://www.gohammond.com/hammond-announces-expiration-of-data-center-development-agreement/","supports":"Two extensions, June 30 expiration and unspecified unsatisfied milestones."},
        {"id":"digital_crossroad_dx1","publisher":"Digital Crossroad","type":"operator facility page","published":"current as reviewed 2026-09-10","url":"https://digitalcrossroad.com/data-centers/indiana-data-center/","supports":"Existing facility operation, published area and up-to-20-MW capacity."}
      ],
      "claims": [
        {"topic":"expansion design","value":"450,000 square feet; 180 MW; contemplated 20-year CoreWeave lease","status":"announced","evidence_level":"city-approved proposal","source_ids":["hammond_approval_2025","hammond_minutes_2025_06"],"outcome":"Development agreement expired; expansion not delivered.","verification_gap":"Exact unsatisfied milestones."},
        {"topic":"permanent jobs","value":"35 to 90 jobs paying more than $75,000","status":"announced","evidence_level":"city-council projection","source_ids":["hammond_minutes_2025_06"],"outcome":"Not delivered; due status not established."},
        {"topic":"community impact payments","value":"Up to $4 million per year for 20 years","status":"announced","evidence_level":"city-council description","source_ids":["hammond_minutes_2025_06","hammond_minutes_2025_12"],"outcome":"Not shown due or paid.","verification_gap":"Executed agreement and payment-trigger clauses."},
        {"topic":"additional payment","value":"$25 million lump sum discussed","status":"not-verifiable","evidence_level":"verbal concept in council discussion","source_ids":["hammond_minutes_2025_12"],"outcome":"Minutes say it was not yet in the agreement."},
        {"topic":"incentives","value":"10-year construction abatement and 20-year 100% technology deduction","status":"announced","evidence_level":"city-council description","source_ids":["hammond_minutes_2025_06","hammond_minutes_2025_12"],"outcome":"Claimed or received amounts not established."},
        {"topic":"power agreement","value":"Final NIPSCO agreement explicitly described as gating","status":"not-verifiable","evidence_level":"city-council record","source_ids":["hammond_minutes_2025_06","hammond_minutes_2025_12"],"outcome":"No executed agreement located; exact failed milestones undisclosed."},
        {"topic":"existing facility","value":"DX-1 operating; operator publishes 105,000 square feet and up to 20 MW","status":"supported-as-delivered","evidence_level":"operator-reported","source_ids":["digital_crossroad_dx1"],"verification_gap":"Capacity scope is not classified as critical IT load."}
      ],
      "watch": {"trigger":"replacement proposal, new NIPSCO docket or new development agreement","date":null,"reason":"The reviewed agreement is closed; any future project must be tracked as a new event."}
    }
  ]
}