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FREE RESEARCH RESOURCES

Start with a lead. Follow the source.

Public maps and datasets help you find projects. Original filings help you decide what is actually happening.

These are external resources you can use alongside Radar. Listing a resource does not mean its records have been imported into our catalog or verified by our research team. Resource access and reuse notes checked October 1, 2026.

Maps and source databases

FracTracker U.S. Data Centers Tracker ↗

Find U.S. projects and leads for local investigation.

Limits: Public dashboard. Check each project against its original evidence; bulk access and commercial reuse terms have not been established here.

ATLAS / Global Data Center Map ↗

Download facility-location leads in CSV, Excel, JSON, or GeoJSON.

Limits: The publisher permits research and commercial use with attribution. Many entries lack GPS coordinates; a city-level lead does not identify an exact site or establish its development stage.

IM3 Open Source Data Center Atlas ↗

Research existing U.S. facilities using a dataset derived from OpenStreetMap.

Limits: A facility baseline, not a proposal pipeline. Check the dataset date, license, and OpenStreetMap attribution requirements before reuse.

PeeringDB ↗

Look up interconnection facilities and network presence.

Limits: Its public API does not provide unrestricted reuse rights. Review the acceptable-use policy before copying or storing data for a commercial product.

SEC EDGAR ↗

Find operator and utility filings covering financing, customer agreements, and material commitments.

Limits: Corporate or portfolio figures may cover multiple sites. Tie a filing to the named project and distinguish commitments from completed work.

ATLAS license · PeeringDB acceptable-use policy

Environmental application and permit record tools

These selected official resources help locate documents. They are not complete inventories of every permission needed for a data center, and a resource listing does not verify a Radar project. North Carolina, Indiana and Wisconsin resource descriptions checked October 13, 2026; South Carolina and Ohio resources checked October 14, 2026.

North Carolina: pending applications and retained records

The DEQ Environmental Application Tracker follows pending applications; completed cases leave the tracker after 30 days. Use the DEQ Online Public Records index to find program document repositories. Check coverage and the responsible local authority separately.

Indiana: authorization status and source documents

IDEM's e-Services directory links authorization-status tools and its Virtual File Cabinet. Match the facility and permit identifier before comparing a status entry with its underlying documents. Local land-use decisions remain a separate research question.

Wisconsin: water notices, status and local scope

Use Wisconsin DNR's Water permit applications page to reach public notices and permit-status tracking. Select the relevant program and retrieve the decision and conditions. The waterway permit FAQ points to separate local or county zoning checks; a water record does not establish every required permission.

South Carolina: current air status and public notices

SCDES's tracker guidance warns that legacy air-application and decision statuses are no longer current. Follow its ePermitting resources. The public-notice guidance identifies the current notice route and remaining coastal-program exceptions. Match the program, site, scope and later decision; a notice is not an issued permit.

Ohio: document types and search gaps

Ohio EPA's issued-air-permit guidance distinguishes draft and final records and directs searches to eDocument. Its eDocument guidance describes search fields and incomplete online coverage. Retrieve the decision and scope; a missing result leaves the question unresolved.

North Carolina research context · Indiana research context · Wisconsin research context · South Carolina research context · Ohio research context · Keep an approval evidence register

Keep a claim-by-claim evidence worksheet

Use our free data center project evidence worksheet to match the site and phase, record hearings and decisions separately, retain capacity qualifiers, and disclose contradictions. The blank download contains no project dataset. Worksheet added October 19, 2026; external resource check dates above are unchanged.

Verify the project locally

  1. Planning and land use: search city or county planning agendas, rezoning applications, staff reports, and meeting minutes. An application or recommendation does not establish final approval.
  2. Power: inspect state utility commission dockets, special service agreements, and utility filings. Distinguish requested load, contracted supply, energized capacity, and IT load.
  3. Water and permits: check the relevant water authority and environmental agency for well permits, withdrawal limits, discharge permits, and generator air permits. A permitted maximum is not measured consumption.
  4. Public incentives: review development agreements, bond resolutions, tax abatements, and public infrastructure commitments. An authorized amount is not necessarily money spent.
  5. Project team and procurement: use dated owner announcements and actual bid or prequalification notices. A recorded contractor name alone does not establish an available package.

Before relying on a map pin

Match the project name, legal entity, jurisdiction, parcel, and campus phase. Keep the source URL, document date, and the date you checked it. Label missing information explicitly and keep discovery leads separate from reviewed project facts.

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