Trace public claims to named sources.
The public Source Register supports the principal market, public-confidence, fiscal, and project claims used across Good Data Center.
Digital Realty / City of De Soto · Astra North household community investment
Supports the October 2026 announcement of a $20 million community investment for De Soto households; proposed utility and property-tax credits of up to $1,000 per household annually for 10 years; the Astra Enterprise Park project context; project scale, developer-funded electric infrastructure, cooling approach, and local development-review status.
Community investment announced Oct. 9, 2026 · Current · Verified Oct. 12, 2026 · Household credit mechanics remain under development with the City of De Soto. Company project statements remain attributed; Good Data Center comparisons and implementation analysis remain identified as analysis.
Amazon · Built Together and Amazon Data Center Commitment
Supports the October 2026 commitment of more than $1 billion in additional funding over five years for U.S. data center communities; targets for free degree access, modular skilled-trades training, home and public-building energy upgrades, locally directed funding, ratepayer protection, no government-agency NDAs, and annual energy and water reporting.
Announced Oct. 2, 2026 · Current · Verified Oct. 5, 2026 · Program targets and operating statements are company commitments; Good Data Center implementation analysis remains identified as analysis.
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity · Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh · Financing the AI Buildout
Supports the September 2026 scenario estimating $10.279 trillion of U.S. AI/data-center infrastructure investment from 2025–2032, the 3.63% GDP comparison, project-realization assumptions, 200 MW campus cost model, hyperscaler CapEx/operating-cash-flow analysis, financing-structure analysis, and modeled revenue stress tests.
BPEA conference draft, Fall 2026 · Verified Sep. 24, 2026 · Scenario/model, not forecast. Historical comparisons are approximate and use different source conventions. Good Data Center development implications remain identified as analysis.
New York State / Empire State Development · Host Community Investment Framework for Data Center Development
Supports the September 2026 voluntary $1 million-per-megawatt community-investment benchmark, the 50 MW / $50 million example, local flexibility, suggested community-investment uses, Good Neighbor commitments, NDA guidance, and ongoing reporting recommendations.
Announced Sep. 15, 2026 · Current · Verified Sep. 16, 2026 · New York State policy guidance; Good Data Center development implications remain identified as analysis.
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada · Responsible Data Centre Development Principles
Supports the September 2026 five-principle national framework, 23-industry-signatory list, project expectations around local benefits, ratepayer protection, water and environmental performance, transparency, strategic value, and company statements including Meta's Alberta project commitment.
Published Sep. 3, 2026 · Current · Verified Sep. 10, 2026 · Official Government of Canada source.
ERCOT / PUCT · Batch Zero Process for Large Load Interconnections
Supports the June 2026 approval of Batch Zero, the 75 MW qualification threshold, the system-wide study approach, more than 438,000 MW of tracked large-load requests, and the statement that nearly 89 percent are data centers.
Published June 18, 2026 · Current · Verified Sep. 2, 2026
Columbia County, Georgia · Google and Georgia Power Partnership
Supports the July 2026 project framework covering decibel limits, lighting standards, physical footprint and visibility, local water protections, end of useful life planning, project energy cost responsibility, ratepayer safeguards, and the county's stated property tax relief objective.
Published July 23, 2026 · Current · Verified Sep. 1, 2026
Georgia Power · Customer Protection Pledge
Supports mechanisms for large energy users including infrastructure cost responsibility, long term contracts, minimum bills, collateral, termination payments, and broader ratepayer protection.
Published July 15, 2026 · Current · Verified Sep. 1, 2026
JLL · North America Data Center Report, Midyear 2026
Supports 66 GW under construction, 95% precommitted, and 77% of capacity under construction in frontier markets.
Published Aug. 11, 2026 · Current · Verified Aug. 25, 2026
McKinsey · The cost of compute
Supports the estimate of approximately $6.7 trillion in cumulative worldwide data-center capital outlays through 2030.
Published Apr. 28, 2025 · Current · Verified Aug. 25, 2026
Gallup · Americans Oppose AI Data Centers in Their Area
Supports the May 2026 finding on opposition to local AI data-center construction.
Published May 13, 2026 · Current · Verified Aug. 25, 2026
Reuters / Ipsos · Americans wary of AI-driven data center boom
Supports findings on electricity-price concern, construction pace, and local opposition.
Published June 11, 2026 · Current · Verified Aug. 25, 2026
Georgia Department of Audits & Accounts / Carl Vinson Institute
Supports counterfactual analysis in evaluating the state’s high-tech data-center equipment tax exemption.
Published 2025 · Current · Verified Aug. 25, 2026
Government Technology / San Antonio Express News · How One Data Center Company Plans to Earn Texans' Trust
Supports the Aug. 2026 Good Data Center Intelligence analysis of CyrusOne's stated approach to earlier engagement, project power responsibility, closed loop cooling, noise attenuation, and community meetings.
Published Aug. 17, 2026 · Current · Verified Aug. 29, 2026 · Company operating statements remain identified as company claims.