How we research U.S. data center projects.

What is included

Radar brings together data center project records, source documents, and development updates. Coverage evolves as records are added, reviewed, and updated. Public previews show general location, a headline, and recorded stage. Membership unlocks developer and contractor information, recorded project specifications, source collections, and available timelines. Research depth and verification vary by record.

What a source link establishes

Source references are associated with specific research fields. A planning document might support a location or a decision; an owner announcement might support a stated investment. A source link does not verify every claim on a page. Readers should check the document’s date, scope, and relationship to the named site.

How to read the dates

Base research reviewed is the review date recorded for the underlying research. Event date is the date of a documented milestone. Evidence checked is when that event’s supporting document was reviewed. Publishing a briefing or refreshing a page does not create a new project event.

Recorded stages

Recorded stage describes the evidence associated with a record. Early-stage labels can overlap; they do not form a guaranteed sequence.

• Announced: a developer, operator or public body has announced a project or phase.
• Planned: a proposal or intended development is recorded; construction has not been established.
• In development: the source uses a broad development description without enough detail to assign a narrower stage. It does not mean construction has started.
• Approved: the cited approval is recorded. Other permits or conditions may remain.
• Under Construction: the source describes construction for the identified project or phase.
• Operational / Partially operational: the source describes operation for all or part of the identified scope.
• Stage under review: conflicting or incomplete evidence needs resolution. This label groups earlier “Status under review” and “Status needs reconciliation” display labels without changing the underlying evidence.

Status and uncertainty

Status is a research classification, not a promise that construction will proceed. Where the source record contains conflicting approval information, the page says that reconciliation is needed. A temporary moratorium, a recommendation, or a withdrawn application is not automatically treated as permanent cancellation.

Approval events and community concerns

Where documented, an approval event records its type, deciding body, event date, source link, current disposition, and source-check date. A hearing, lawsuit, moratorium proposal, or withdrawal is recorded separately from its effect on project stage. An optional stage connection requires supporting evidence; filing a lawsuit does not automatically mean construction is delayed. Unknown dispositions remain identified as unknown, and historical source checks are not presented as current verification.

Privacy in public records

We identify public bodies, applicants, and officials where their official involvement matters. We omit private residents and opposition organizers from published summaries and structured records, including quoted hearing or comment material. Approval summaries require a separate privacy review before public display. Original source documents may contain names we do not reproduce.

Location and company names

Reviewed location corrections take precedence over imported locations. Those corrections apply to location only. Member company pages group the named developers in these records; they do not establish current ownership, legal entity relationships, or complete corporate portfolios.

Evidence labels apply to claims

Primary-source supported means a specific claim is supported by a government record or an operator document. Reported means it is supported by an attributed news report. Both require the document date, review date, and the site or phase the evidence covers. An application supports a proposal; it does not establish approval. Unverified lead describes a discovery claim awaiting source review. A linked source alone is labeled as source-linked, not verified. Historical workbook review dates do not certify current project status.

AI source review and independent AI cross-checks are identified as AI work. Model agreement does not replace the owner approval required for stage upgrades, legal and approval events, or merges.

How we count

Tracked-record totals include discovery leads and source-linked profiles. Public-preview totals describe the published subset. These are counts of research records, not verified projects, unique campuses, current construction jobs, or open bids. Charts identify their scope. Early project leads are starting points for investigation; we do not claim they all precede public announcements. Published previews can still contain unresolved fields. Statistics show the latest catalog publication date. Counts update from saved public profiles as records are published or withdrawn. A record contributes once to its set’s total; records with a known state or status also contribute to that category. Separate campus phases may have separate records. These figures describe Radar’s coverage, not national industry totals.

External research resources

Our free source guide links to public maps, downloadable datasets, and original-record research routes. External listings are discovery resources; they do not establish Radar verification or unrestricted reuse rights.

Corrections and newer evidence

Send the project name or record ID and a source URL to support@datacenterradar.com. A dated filing, meeting record, owner announcement, or original report gives us a concrete basis for review.

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