Resources

Trackers and data

Cleanview data center tracker. Hand-researched operating and planned projects with capacity figures, by state.
Data Center Watch. Tracks local opposition and projects delayed or blocked by community action.
Data Center Map. Commercial directory of colocation facilities.
OpenStreetMap data center tagging. How the data behind this site is structured.
Overpass Turbo. Run your own queries against OpenStreetMap.
Download this site's GeoJSON. Refreshed daily.

2024 US Data Center Energy Usage Report, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The federal baseline for how much power data centers use and where it is heading.
US Energy Information Administration electricity data. Load, prices, and generation by state.
IEA: Energy and AI. Global outlook on data center electricity demand.
EPRI: Powering Intelligence. Scenarios for US data center load through 2030.

State environmental agency air permit databases. Search for backup diesel generator permits, which every large data center needs.
County planning commission and board of supervisors agendas. Rezonings and special use permits for "technology parks" or "flex industrial" often mean a data center.
Utility integrated resource plans and large-load interconnection requests filed with your state public utility commission.
SEC filings and investor decks from public developers and REITs (Digital Realty, Equinix, Applied Digital, Iron Mountain).

Data Center Watch keeps a running list of active local fights and outcomes.
Piedmont Environmental Council. Long-running work on Northern Virginia, the densest data center market on earth.
Your state's open records law. Permit applications, tax abatement agreements, and water contracts are usually public on request.