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1. Investigation · Fact Investigation Platform
Three false narratives targeting the Firebird AI facility
FIP attributes the campaigns to Storm 1516. Its reporting does not establish that the facility was halted or quantify persuasion.
Publication: 2026-07-15 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: fip-firebird
Location in source: Earthquake, electricity-system and alleged Iranian-strike sections2. Threat-intelligence investigation · Alethea
How state actors and AI slop are amplifying data-center revolt
Researcher attribution and selected campaign artifacts; not a measured estimate of construction or opinion effects.
Publication: 2026-07-09 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: alethea-data-center-revolt
Location in source: Storm 1516 / Armenia section and the preserved imitation-publication examples3. Threat-intelligence investigation · Mandiant / Google Cloud
DRAGONBRIDGE targets rare-earth mining companies
Documents a pro-PRC network and limited genuine engagement. It does not establish that ordinary project critics belonged to the network or that the campaign stopped a facility.
Publication: 2022-06-28 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: mandiant-rare-earths
Location in source: Lynas, Appia and USA Rare Earth sections; figures showing impersonation and calls to protest4. Platform investigation · Google Threat Analysis Group
Over 50,000 instances of DRAGONBRIDGE activity disrupted in 2022
Network-wide engagement is not the measured reach of the rare-earth subcampaign.
Publication: 2023-01-26 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: tag-dragonbridge-2022
Location in source: Audience and engagement discussion for the broader 2022 network5. Council minutes · City of Chandler
Chandler council minutes: Price Road Innovation Campus
An application decision, not a prohibition on every data-center use in Chandler. Appended public comments are statements by their authors.
Publication: 2025-12-11 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: chandler-price-decision
Location in source: Items 37–38, PLH24-0046; participant statements on pages 35–36; denial motion and vote on pages 37–386. Reported company statement · WTMJ, reporting QTS’s statement
QTS announces withdrawal of the DeForest proposal
Reports a company withdrawal. The January report does not establish the outcome of the later February 3 meeting.
Publication: January 2026 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: qts-deforest-withdrawal
Location in source: Updated story and QTS statement; distinguishes withdrawal from the forthcoming annexation vote7. Meeting reporting · AZPM
Tucson ends work on Project Blue’s city route
This city decision did not end the separate project in unincorporated Pima County.
Publication: 2025-08-06 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: tucson-blue-vote
Location in source: Council vote ending city work on the proposed annexation and service route8. County enforcement announcement · Pima County
County documents Project Blue site preparation
Documents active site preparation, not an operating data center. A notice of violation is not a final adjudication.
Publication: 2026-05-13 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: pima-blue-site-work
Location in source: “County cites Project Blue contractor for air quality violation”; May 8 and 11 inspections9. Contractor response · Ames Construction, published by Pima County
Project Blue contractor responds to the dust notice
The contractor’s response, not proof of agency acceptance or closure of the notice.
Publication: 2026-05-15 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: pima-blue-response
Location in source: Response to NOV PC2605-064 and mitigation measures10. Participant account of council decision · Southern Environmental Law Center
Pittsylvania board denies the Balico rezoning application
SELC participated in opposition. Its report establishes its account of the decision, not a quantified share of influence.
Publication: 2025-04-15 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: selc-balico-denial
Location in source: Board’s 6–1 rezoning denial and participants’ response11. Council minutes · City of Sand Springs
Project Spring: February 3 council minutes
Land-use approvals do not establish completed construction, operation or the outcome of subsequent litigation.
Publication: 2026-02-03 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: sand-springs-approval
Location in source: Items 3–4, Ordinance 1442 / SSZ-517 / PUD-039; final votes on pages 5–612. Regulatory decision announcement · Michigan Public Service Commission
MPSC rejects rehearing of Saline data-center contracts
Electricity-contract approval is distinct from zoning, construction completion and the disposition of appeals.
Publication: 2026-03-27 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: mpsc-saline-rehearing
Location in source: DTE / Green Chile Ventures contracts and rehearing discussion13. Litigant announcement and linked brief · Michigan Attorney General
Attorney General briefs the Saline electricity-contract appeal
The Attorney General’s legal arguments are allegations for the court to decide; the filing is not an order stopping work.
Publication: 2026-08-07 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: ag-saline-appeal
Location in source: Brief filed August 6 challenging conditional approval of DTE contracts14. Reporting on university announcement · Source New Mexico
New Mexico Tech drops the Green Data proposal for now
Reports an agreement not being extended; the university remained open to future discussions. Multiple reasons were given.
Publication: 2026-06-02 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: nmt-socorro-withdrawal
Location in source: Campus-wide email from university president Michael Jackson and reasons given15. Meeting reporting · Mirror Indy
Google withdraws its Franklin Township rezoning proposal
This concerns the Franklin Township petition, not all Google construction in Indiana.
Publication: 2025-09-22; updated 2025-09-23 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: indy-google-withdrawal
Location in source: Withdrawal announcement at the September 22 City-County Council meeting16. Meeting reporting · North Cass Herald
Peculiar removes data centers from light-industrial permitted uses
A reported zoning amendment affecting the proposed site. This source is not a continuously updated city code register.
Publication: 2024-10-25 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: peculiar-zoning-decision
Location in source: October 21 Board of Aldermen decision following the public hearing17. Industry reporting · Data Center Dynamics
Provident withdraws the Chesterton application
Reports the withdrawal with attribution to local reporting; does not rule out a future new application.
Publication: 2024-06-14 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: chesterton-withdrawal
Location in source: Withdrawal notified June 10; separate annexation application and council objections18. Amended hearing notice · Fauquier County
Catlett Project withdrawn from the Planning Commission agenda
Establishes the application withdrawal, not the permanent disposition of the property.
Publication: 2024-07-18 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: catlett-withdrawal
Location in source: Notice that rezoning and special-exception applications were withdrawn19. Cross-project research · Data Center Watch
Data Center Watch: initial project case records
Selected contested-project research. The older case record is not a live census or a current national cancellation rate.
Publication: Research through March 2025 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: dcw-initial-projects
Location in source: Named-project entries for Tract in Goodyear and Catlett Station; distinguish later Buckeye project20. Operator announcement · Microsoft
Microsoft completes its first Mount Pleasant facility
Operator-reported milestone for the first facility, not completion of all planned campus phases.
Publication: 2026-06-23 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: microsoft-mount-pleasant-complete
Location in source: Completion of the first datacenter facility and equipment startup21. Operator update · Meta
Meta identifies four AI data centers under construction
Company-reported construction status. Planned capacity and employment are not realized output or verified benefits.
Publication: 2026-04-28; updated 2026-08-04 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: meta-construction-update
Location in source: “Meta’s Data Centers”: Richland Parish, Lebanon, El Paso and Tulsa22. Operator announcement · Meta
Meta breaks ground in Lebanon, Indiana
Groundbreaking is not operation; forecasts are commitments rather than measured results.
Publication: 2026-02-11 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: meta-lebanon-groundbreaking
Location in source: Groundbreaking announcement; campus and planned capacity23. Regulator status page · Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
Minnesota PUC review of Xcel and Echo Zone’s agreement
Regulator page still lists the agreement for review and the September 8 comment date. That date is not a decision. Separate transmission docket 26-135 has its own notice.
Publication: Checked 2026-09-09 · Checked: 2026-09-09
Source record: minnesota-pine-island-review
Location in source: Docket 26-170: agreement filed April 14; public comment through September 8, 202624. Research tracker — public summary · Data Center Watch / 10a Labs
Q1 2026: reported data-center project disruptions
Counts blocked and delayed projects together. Proposed investment is not realized loss. The public summary is not a census of every US proposal.
Publication: January–March 2026 coverage · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: dcw-q1-2026
Location in source: Key Takeaway 1; research timeline25. Research tracker — public summary · Data Center Watch / 10a Labs
Q2 2025: outcomes among tracked protested projects
The percentage refers to a selected protested-project set, not all proposed data centers. The full commercial report was not purchased.
Publication: Late March–June 2025 coverage · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: dcw-q2-2025
Location in source: Key Takeaways 1 and 3: 20 disrupted projects; 30 protested projects; reported 66% share26. Applicant correspondence · HMC StratCap / DigiCo, filed with Monterey Park
1977 Saturn Street: applicant's withdrawal letter
The applicant states its own reason for withdrawal. This establishes the application outcome, not every motive behind the city's restrictions.
Publication: 2026-03-31 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: monterey-withdrawal
Location in source: Single-page letter, paragraphs 2–427. Adopted ordinance · City of Monterey Park
Monterey Park Ordinance 2278: data-center prohibition
The text distinguishes prohibited data-center uses from permitted subordinate accessory server rooms. It is an enacted zoning record, not the later ballot tally.
Publication: 2026-05-06 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: monterey-ordinance-2278
Location in source: Sections 5–11; adoption and vote on PDF pages 9–1028. Current municipal explanation · City of Monterey Park
City confirmation of the voter-adopted data-center ban
Used only to confirm the existing ban, not to support or oppose the separate November housing measure. The page is not a certified election-results table.
Publication: 2026 housing-ballot information · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: monterey-ban-confirmation
Location in source: Key Facts: Data Center Ban Affirmed; FAQ 329. Campaign disclosure register · Monterey Park City Clerk
Yes on Measure NDC: campaign filing register
Establishes a disclosed ballot-measure committee and available filings. No aggregate spending or donor-direction claim is inferred from the register.
Publication: March–June 2026 filings · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: monterey-ndc-filings
Location in source: Statement of organization, contribution reports and Form 460 entries30. Official council recap · City of San Marcos
San Marcos council: plan amendment denied, zoning item not heard
The denial is of a required plan amendment for one tract. The accompanying zoning item was not heard; this was not a citywide data-center ban.
Publication: 2026-02-17 meeting · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: san-marcos-february-decision
Location in source: Items 8 and 9: Preferred Scenario Map amendment and ZC-25-1331. First-party organizing bulletin · Save Our Springs Alliance
Save Our Springs: organizing before the San Marcos data-center hearing
Documents the organization's stated activities and concerns. Its environmental claims and predicted future meeting schedule are not independently established by this bulletin.
Publication: 2026-02-11 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: sos-february-organizing
Location in source: Data-center town hall; Other Ways to Join the Fight; What Happens Next32. Reported hearing coverage · KUT 90.5 / Leigh Walden
San Marcos hearing and land-use vote
On-the-scene reporting supplies hearing context; the official city recap establishes the exact action taken.
Publication: 2026-02-18 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: kut-san-marcos-hearing
Location in source: Opening account of the vote, turnout and public comments33. Court opinion · Court of Appeals of Virginia
Virginia Court of Appeals: Digital Gateway rezoning and notice decision
A dated appeals-court decision, not a statement that all litigation has ended. Page 53 allows further appeal while keeping land disturbance and construction prohibited under the order.
Publication: 2026-03-31 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: digital-gateway-appeal
Location in source: PDF pages 1–4: parties; pages 26–34: notice; pages 51–53: disposition and partial stay34. Participant account · Piedmont Environmental Council / Julie Bolthouse
PEC describes its opposition and court filing in Digital Gateway
PEC opposed the project. Used for its stated participation and concerns; the court opinion, not the advocacy account, establishes the legal result.
Publication: 2026-04-07 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: pec-digital-gateway-response
Location in source: Opening timeline; Why PEC Fought This Project35. Platform investigation · OpenAI
Tech and Tariffs: an influence operation and ChatGPT reputation attacks
OpenAI is both investigator and the company targeted. The China-origin assessment remains qualified, and it did not observe its models generating the alleged victims' posts.
Publication: 2026-06-01 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: openai-tech-tariffs
Location in source: Actor; Behavior; Platform operations (linked-account examples); Impact36. Political organization statement · Leading the Future
Leading the Future: mission and political objectives
The organization's account of its own goals, not evidence that its preferred candidates or policies prevailed.
Publication: Current mission page · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: ltf-mission
Location in source: Mission statement and political-advertising disclaimer37. Campaign finance record · Federal Election Commission
Leading the Future: FEC committee financial summary, C00916114
A snapshot of one committee's reported finances, subject to later filings or amendments. Receipts are not ad spending; adding related committees can double-count transfers.
Publication: Coverage: August 15, 2025–June 30, 2026 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: fec-ltf-overview
Location in source: Financial summary, coverage through June 30, 2026: receipts $75,788,224.10; disbursements $44,755,780.65; contributions to other committees $40,000,000; ending cash $31,032,443.45.38. Itemized campaign finance filing · Federal Election Commission · committee filing
Leading the Future: January 30, 2026 year-end filing
The historical filing lists two individual contributions of $12.5 million. The employer field does not make an individual's contribution a corporate donation.
Publication: 2026-01-30 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: fec-ltf-2025-filing
Location in source: PDF page 6, Schedule A: Greg Brockman and Anna Brockman; September 12, 2025 receipts39. Political advertising announcement · Leading the Future · distributed by PR Newswire
Leading the Future announces associated PACs' first Texas and New York ads
A first-party announcement distributed by a newswire, not independent reporting. It establishes the announced ads and stated message, not measured audience reach or persuasion.
Publication: 2025-12-10 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: ltf-first-ads
Location in source: Opening announcement; American Mission and Think Big paragraphs; links to Texas-10 and New York-12 ads40. Corporate advocacy-funding announcement · Anthropic
Anthropic announces $20 million for Public First Action
A donor's announcement of funding and objectives, not an independently audited spending report. Read with the July statement clarifying restrictions on both donations.
Publication: 2026-02-12 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: anthropic-pfa-february
Location in source: Donation announcement and stated AI-policy priorities41. Corporate advocacy-funding announcement · Anthropic
Anthropic announces a second Public First Action donation and funding restrictions
Anthropic explicitly excludes using these donations to influence federal, state or local candidate elections. The announced $40 million is not a candidate-election advertising budget.
Publication: 2026-07-21 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: anthropic-pfa-july
Location in source: Additional $20 million announcement; paragraph restricting both donations to policy and public education42. Public advocacy platform · Public First Action
Public First Action: mission and AI-policy priorities
The recipient's self-described platform. Links to associated political committees do not establish that restricted Anthropic donations fund their election activity.
Publication: Current mission and policy page · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: public-first-mission
Location in source: About Public First; policy priorities on state legislation and federal preemption43. Legislative advocacy announcement · Office of Senator Bernie Sanders
Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez announce the AI Data Center Moratorium Act
Records the sponsors' proposal and arguments. Predictions quoted by advocates are not independently demonstrated outcomes.
Publication: 2026-03-25 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: sanders-moratorium-announcement
Location in source: Announcement and sponsors' stated reasons: safety, workers, utility costs and communities44. Proposed legislative text · Office of Senator Bernie Sanders
Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act: published Senate proposal
This is the published proposal, not an enacted-law or legislative-status record. Its definition covers AI use at scale or specified power-and-hardware criteria; it is not a blanket ban on every data center.
Publication: Released with March 25, 2026 announcement · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: sanders-moratorium-text
Location in source: PDF pages 7–8: section 3(a), covered facilities; pages 8–10: section 3(b), pause and conditions for ending it45. Legislative introduction announcement · Office of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Ocasio-Cortez introduces the House version of the AI Data Center Moratorium Act
Establishes the House introduction, not passage or enactment. The vignette's detailed mechanism is attributed specifically to the separately linked Senate proposal.
Publication: 2026-06-24 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: aoc-moratorium-introduction
Location in source: Dated announcement of House introduction and identification of the Senate companion46. Public advocacy commentary · Build American AI · Jay Burstein
Build American AI's response to the proposed data-center moratorium
An advocacy organization's argument against the proposal, not an independent estimate of its economic effects.
Publication: 2026-04-01 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: baai-moratorium-response
Location in source: Arguments on construction jobs, computing costs, access and competition with China47. Platform disclosure · X · Global Government Affairs
X's disclosure of suspected Chinese influence activity
An original statement of X's findings. The underlying account dataset and attribution telemetry were not available in the retrieved post.
Publication: August 2026 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: x-august-disclosure
Location in source: Original post body48. Platform investigation · OpenAI
Data Center Bandwagon: US-targeted influence activity
OpenAI describes activity it investigated on its services. Attribution language remains qualified; this is not independent reproduction of its investigation.
Publication: June 2026 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: openai-bandwagon
Location in source: Actor; Behavior: newspaper-based content and work reports; Platform operations: examples of posts and edited images49. Platform disclosure · OpenAI
PRC-linked influence operations are targeting AI debates in the US
The overview explicitly limits evidence of spread beyond the operation. It is related reporting from the same publisher, not an independent second investigation.
Publication: 2026-06-10 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: openai-june-overview
Location in source: Campaign descriptions and observed impact50. Government project record · Loudoun County, Virginia
Phase 2: Data Center Standards & Locations
County record of the approved project plan and ongoing review. Listed future engagement and hearing dates are scheduled, not completed decisions.
Publication: Ongoing project · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: loudoun-phase-two
Location in source: Project approval and scope; Public Engagement; Anticipated Timeline; meeting documents51. Government announcement · The White House
White House unveils America's AI Action Plan
Establishes the government's announcement and stated priorities, not delivery of every proposed action.
Publication: 2025-07-23 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: us-ai-action-plan
Location in source: Announcement and policy pillars52. Public advocacy · Future of Life Institute
Pause Giant AI Experiments: an open letter
Evidence of a public advocacy position at that time. Signing a letter does not prove hidden coordination or establish the signer's current position.
Publication: 2023-03-22 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: fli-pause-letter
Location in source: Letter and public signatories53. Public advocacy record · Future of Life Institute
Pause letter: published prominent signatories
Names and affiliations are historical to the letter; this is the same underlying advocacy record, not independent corroboration.
Publication: March 2023 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: fli-pause-signatories
Location in source: Prominent signatory list54. Operational documentation · ECMWF
AIFS Machine Learning data
Documents operational forecasting and access. Avoided damages and improved decisions require separate outcome studies.
Publication: Operational history and current data access · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: ecmwf-aifs
Location in source: Operational dates; model versions; use of output55. Original research · Nature · Abramson and colleagues
Accurate structure prediction of biomolecular interactions with AlphaFold 3
A biomolecular prediction study, not a trial of a treatment or a demonstration of human lifespan extension.
Publication: 2024-05-08 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: alphafold-three
Location in source: Abstract and Figure 1: evaluated biomolecular interaction types; study limitations56. Energy analysis · International Energy Agency
Energy and AI
Separate observed data, projections, and modeled opportunities. Data-center totals include non-AI workloads.
Publication: 2025 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: iea-energy-ai
Location in source: Report overview and energy-sector applications57. Research observatory · International Energy Agency
Energy and AI Observatory
A discovery resource. Each numerical chart requires its specific underlying data and assumptions.
Publication: Continuously maintained resource · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: iea-observatory
Location in source: Observatory overview58. Survey topline and crosstabs · Annenberg Public Policy Center
Annenberg AI survey: August 2026 topline and two-wave comparisons
Primary published estimates, not respondent microdata. Both waves use this release’s stable party grouping. NET totals use unrounded components; panel overlap and subgroup uncertainty matter.
Publication: 2026-08-10 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: appc-ai-august-topline
Location in source: Pages 1–2: method/party definitions; pages 3–5: AI3/AI7; page 14: change estimates59. Survey research release · Annenberg Public Policy Center
Annenberg reports increasing opposition to local data centers
Publisher’s interpretation of its own survey, not independent corroboration. The overall construction shift is reported as significant; broader AI outlook is described as stable.
Publication: 2026-08-11 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: appc-data-centers-august
Location in source: Local data-center opposition; overall AI outlook; survey methods60. Survey research release · Annenberg Public Policy Center
Annenberg spring 2026 AI survey release
Used for spring fieldwork and methods. The August comparative topline supplies both waves’ charted values so versions and party definitions are not mixed.
Publication: 2026-05-13 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: appc-ai-may
Location in source: Survey methods: field dates, sample, mode, party leaners, full-sample margin61. Survey panel methodology · SSRS / Annenberg Public Policy Center
SSRS methods for Annenberg’s Institutions of Democracy panel
The linked report describes panel recruitment and earlier fieldwork. Its older sample size/margin must not be substituted for the 2026 wave-specific figures.
Publication: 2024 panel methods, linked by 2026 releases · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: appc-panel-method
Location in source: PDF pages 3–4: citizen population, probability-based recruitment, web/phone modes62. Survey research release · Gallup
Gallup’s first local AI data-center construction poll
A national snapshot, not a Gallup time trend. The article also discusses a different April follow-up; those responses are not used as March construction-opinion data.
Publication: 2026-05-13 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: gallup-data-centers-may
Location in source: March field dates; first measurement; party differences in strong opposition63. Survey topline and crosstabs · Gallup
Gallup March 2026 data-center question and party crosstabs
The full-sample margin is not a party subgroup margin. Strong opposition is not total opposition. The local-AI wording and response options differ from Annenberg’s instrument.
Publication: Released May 13, 2026; fielded March 2–18 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: gallup-data-centers-topline
Location in source: PDF page 1: method; page 2: Q51; page 3: QN51 Party I.D. columns64. Energy analysis · International Energy Agency
Energy and AI: executive summary
2025 projections and modeled opportunities, not delivered outcomes. Transmission capacity (GW) and electricity consumption (TWh) are different quantities; data-center demand includes non-AI workloads.
Publication: 2025 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: iea-energy-ai-summary
Location in source: Electricity demand for data centres more than doubles by 2030; AI could unlock major efficiency and operational gains for the energy sector65. Form 460 campaign disclosure · Monterey Park City Clerk · committee filing
Yes on Measure NDC: semiannual campaign statement through June 30, 2026
The year-to-date totals include nonmonetary amounts and are not just the May–June reporting period. This is one committee’s reported account, not all local opposition spending or proof of persuasion.
Publication: Filed July 30, 2026 · period May 17–June 30, 2026 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: monterey-ndc-semiannual
Location in source: PDF page 3, Summary Page, column B: calendar-year contributions $23,019.13, expenditures $20,083.49; cash payments $19,740.10. Pages 5–7: period payments.66. Form 460 itemized payments · Monterey Park City Clerk · committee filing
Yes on Measure NDC: second pre-election spending statement
The scanned statement’s coverage dates control, rather than the inconsistent date embedded in its URL. The two payments are within the committee’s cumulative expenditures, not additional spending.
Publication: Reporting period April 19–May 16, 2026 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: monterey-ndc-preelection
Location in source: PDF pages 6–7, Schedule E: Mailing Pros, Inc., $3,712.38 and $3,711.42, code LIT; combined $7,423.80.67. Corporate policy proposal · Anthropic
Anthropic’s Advanced AI Framework: proposed deployment authority
The donor’s own proposal, not enacted law or proof that Public First Action paid to promote each recommendation. It proposes safeguards against overbroad authority as well as deployment restrictions.
Publication: Framework referenced in July 21, 2026 funding announcement · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: anthropic-advanced-framework
Location in source: Advanced AI Framework: scope thresholds; requirements for frontier developers; enforcement and regulatory authority.68. Official ballot information · City of Monterey Park
Monterey Park: June 2, 2026 special municipal election
Establishes the ballot date and subject. Read alongside the city’s later confirmation of the adopted prohibition; this page alone is not a certified vote tally.
Publication: 2026-06-02 election · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: monterey-june-election
Location in source: Election date and Measure NDC, Proposition to Prohibit Data Centers in Monterey Park.69. Research report · Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory / GridTracker
Queued Up: 2026 edition
Generation and storage requests through 2025, not data-center load requests. Queue volume is proposed capacity, not a construction forecast. Data licensed CC BY 4.0.
Publication: 2026-05 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: lbl-queues-2026
Location in source: Abstract, scope and key highlights; linked project-level workbook70. Court opinion · Maine Supreme Judicial Court
NECEC Transmission: referendum and vested-rights decision
The court remanded for factual findings on vested rights; this was not itself the later jury verdict or an operating authorization.
Publication: 2022-08-30 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: necec-2022-opinion
Location in source: Paragraphs 2, 20 and 51–53; disposition on pages 38–3971. Developer statement · Avangrid
Avangrid reports the NECEC jury verdict
A party’s account of the verdict, not an independent assessment of project benefits.
Publication: 2023-04-20 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: necec-2023-verdict
Location in source: Statements following the Cumberland County jury decision72. Operational analysis · U.S. Energy Information Administration
NECEC enters service; winter trade flows change
Transfer capacity is not guaranteed hourly delivery. The report describes a dated operating period, not current dispatch.
Publication: 2026-01-30 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: necec-eia-operation
Location in source: Opening paragraphs; January 16 start and January 24–27 power-flow discussion73. Supplier / operator announcement · Hitachi Energy, with Pattern Energy
SunZia transmission enters operation
The 3,000 MW figure is transmission capability, not wind-generation nameplate capacity or measured annual electricity delivery.
Publication: 2026-06-19 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: sunzia-hvdc-operation
Location in source: Opening bullets and first three paragraphs74. Developer announcement · Transmission Developers / Hydro-Québec
Champlain Hudson Power Express marks completion and operation
The release distinguishes commercial operation from temporary restrictions on contracted energy sales. It does not establish their later resolution.
Publication: 2026-06-16 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: chpe-operation
Location in source: 1,250 MW description; commercial-operation and temporary market-restriction paragraphs75. Agency announcement · U.S. Department of Energy
DOE terminates Grain Belt Express conditional commitment
The terminated commitment was conditional, not a disbursed loan. This action alone does not cancel the transmission project.
Publication: 2025-07-23 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: grain-belt-doe-withdrawal
Location in source: Opening decision and financial-conditions paragraphs76. Developer project page · Invenergy / Grain Belt Express
Grain Belt Express project description
The stated 5,000 MW is planned transmission capacity. Promotional savings and data-center equivalents are not treated as measured outcomes.
Publication: Current page; checked September 7, 2026 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: grain-belt-project
Location in source: Powering Savings section and private-sector-led investment description77. Operator financial release · Constellation
Crane restart: interconnection and fuel-license milestones
Reports regulatory milestones and a 2027 restart target, not operating output or a guarantee of completion.
Publication: 2026-08-06 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: crane-2026-update
Location in source: Recent Developments: Crane Clean Energy Center paragraph78. Operator announcement · Constellation
Crane restart and Microsoft power-purchase agreement
A power-purchase agreement is not a dedicated physical wire to a particular data center; restart remained conditional.
Publication: 2024-09-20 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: crane-restart-plan
Location in source: Restart scope, approximately 835 MW and 20-year Microsoft agreement79. Regulatory docket · U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Kemmerer Unit 1 construction-permit milestones
The milestone table distinguishes actual from target dates. A construction permit is not an operating license.
Publication: Milestones through March 9, 2026 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: natrium-permit-register
Location in source: Key Milestones: March 28, 2024 application and March 9, 2026 construction-permit decision80. Regulator bulletin · U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC authorizes Kemmerer construction permit
March 4 was authorization to issue; the docket records the March 9 decision. Thermal MW and electrical MW are not interchangeable.
Publication: 2026-03-04 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: natrium-permit-scope
Location in source: Bulletin 26-028; 345 MWe, temporary 500 MWe output and separate operating-license requirement81. Operator announcement · Holtec International
Palisades begins fuel loading ahead of restart
Fuel loading is a restart milestone, not proof of commercial generation. The owner’s 805 MWe rating is retained as stated.
Publication: 2026-08-30 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: palisades-fuel-loading
Location in source: Opening paragraphs: fuel loading, Mode 6, refurbishment and 805 MWe design output82. Utility announcement · Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
LADWP reports using the new IPP generating units
Hydrogen capability is not evidence that hydrogen was already in the fuel mix.
Publication: 2025-12-04 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: ipp-gas-operation
Location in source: Paragraph describing IPP units running on natural gas and future hydrogen blending83. Utility project record · Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Intermountain Power Project: old and renewed units
840 MW describes replacement generation, not an 840 MW net addition on top of the former 1,800 MW coal plant. Future fuel-mix figures are not current observations.
Publication: Current page; checked September 7, 2026 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: ipp-capacity
Location in source: IPP / IPP Renewed comparison table and current-fuel paragraph84. Operator announcement · Primergy / Quinbrook
Gemini solar and storage reaches commercial operation
Solar power, battery discharge power and stored energy are distinct quantities. Supplier and inflation challenges are the developer’s account.
Publication: 2024-07-18 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: gemini-operation
Location in source: Opening announcement; 690 MW solar and 380 MW / 1,400 MWh storage paragraphs85. Utility announcement · Salt River Project / Plus Power
Sierra Estrella battery joins SRP’s system
The announcement covers two batteries. Only Sierra Estrella’s 250 MW is assigned to this record, not the combined 340 MW.
Publication: 2024-06 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: sierra-estrella-operation
Location in source: Sierra Estrella section: 250 MW facility; four-hour operating description86. Utility project register · Salt River Project
SRP solar and storage project register
A nameplate rating and service year are not measured daily dispatch or proof of continuous availability.
Publication: Current page; checked September 7, 2026 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: srp-battery-register
Location in source: Table: Sierra Estrella Energy Storage, 250 MW four-hour battery, 2024 commercial operation87. Operational announcement · ECMWF
AIFS operational launch: forecast skill and energy use
Reported gains depend on the forecast measure. The energy comparison concerns making a forecast, not training or the entire service lifecycle.
Publication: 2025-02-25 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: ecmwf-aifs-launch-results
Location in source: Opening results; first operational model; 28 km versus 9 km grid-spacing discussion88. Operational update · ECMWF
AIFS v2 adds snow and wave forecasts
The joint release also upgrades the physics-based IFS. IFS-only improvements must not be attributed to the AI model.
Publication: 2026-05-12 · Checked: 2026-09-07
Source record: ecmwf-aifs-v2-results
Location in source: AIFS v2 paragraphs and snow-cover comparison89. Local government status page · Prince William County Planning Office
PW Digital Gateway: status following the July 29 order
County implementation account; does not establish that every future appeal or application has ended.
Publication: 2026-08-05 · Checked: 2026-09-09
Source record: digital-gateway-county-july-order
Location in source: Update: August 5, 2026; current zoning and Next Steps.90. Government hearing notice · Minnesota Environmental Quality Board / Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
EQB Monitor: North Rochester to Skyway transmission hearings
A notice of scheduled hearings and draft-permit availability, not a completed hearing or permit decision. Separate from electric-service docket 26-170; check the official notice for changes.
Publication: 2026-09-08 · Checked: 2026-09-09
Source record: minnesota-skyway-hearing-notice
Location in source: North Rochester to Skyway High Voltage Transmission Line; docket 26-135, hearing dates and comment deadline.