How this record is built
What this site records
ComputeCompute documents data centers and the approvals behind them: the land use entitlement, the water supply agreement, the air permit for the backup generator fleet, the grid interconnection, the tax abatement. Each aspect is recorded with the authority that approved it and the public instrument that shows it.
Where the data comes from
| Source | License | What it provides |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch AI Frontier Data Centers and GPU Clusters | CC BY 4.0 | Facility identification, location, and per site power, compute, and cost figures. |
| Wikidata | CC0 1.0 | Facility identifiers, coordinates, and operator or owner links. |
| US EPA FRS/ECHO | US public domain | Facility registry identifiers and environmental permit and compliance data. |
| California permit records (air districts, CEC dockets, CEQAnet) | Public records | Land use, air, and environmental review approvals for California facilities. |
| US EPA eGRID | US public domain | Regional grid carbon intensity rates, used in the emissions estimate below. |
Attribution: Includes data from Epoch AI, used under CC BY 4.0.
Public records, within the law
Records requests behind this site are made under state public records law, scoped to what each statute allows. Our analysis of every records law: law.ungovr.org/records/us. A refusal is recorded as not disclosed. A blank is recorded as not yet requested. Neither is an accusation.
Status vocabulary
- On record
- The approval exists and its instrument has been identified.
- Pending
- The approval process has started; the facility is proposed, approved, or under construction.
- Disclosed
- A measurement has been published or recorded in a public document.
- Not disclosed
- A measurement or approval was requested, and the response, if any, did not include it.
- Not yet requested
- No records request covering this measurement or approval has been filed yet.
- Estimated
- The figure is our calculation from disclosed inputs, not a disclosed measurement itself.
Estimated emissions
Some facilities carry an estimated annual grid emissions figure. It is our calculation, always labeled as an estimate, never a disclosure: power capacity x an assumed utilization of 75 percent x 8,760 hours x the EPA eGRID carbon intensity for the facility's grid region, converted to short tons of CO2e. Every input is recorded with the estimate. Facilities that are not operating carry no estimate.
The oversight score
A per-jurisdiction score of which oversight structures exist is in progress. Until it ships, each facility page reports approval status directly.
Corrections
For errors on this site, a wrong county assignment, a broken citation, a mislinked approver, use ungovr.org/support/new.