ScoreMyDataCenter Independent observatory What public data says about data centers, aggregated site by site. Every figure is dated, sourced and recomputable.
The figure of this edition — on the selected territory
33%
of sites sit in a basin under high water stress or water crisis.
The fleet is here. The water is already under stress.
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The fleet was built on land already taken — but connection queues keep growing.
33%
of sites sit in a basin under high water stress or water crisis.
What it meansCooling choices become a territorial question, not only a technical one.
WRI Aqueduct 4.0 · n = 1,688 · 14 sites with no published value — excluded and counted apart United States
92%
of the fleet is built on already-artificialized soil — not on farmland or natural land.
What it meansThe fleet grows mostly on already-transformed land — not every new project follows that logic.
Corine Land Cover (EEA) · n = 1,702 United States
46%
of sites face a high or critical grid-connection queue.
Grid operators' connection queues · n = 1,691 United States
13%
of sites border a protected natural area, within one kilometre.
Protected areas — EEA CDDA / Natura 2000 · n = 1,696 United States
Operators disclose their capacity.
5%
of sites disclose their electrical capacity — the basic figure of any public debate.
What it meansThe basic figure of any public debate is usually available.
Operators' public disclosures · n = 1,702 United States
The tracked fleet is already running — but what's coming doesn't always state its capacity.
83%
of the tracked fleet is already operating — we measure what exists, not only what is promised.
What it meansWe measure what exists first, not only what is promised.
ScoreMyDataCenter corpus — project status · n = 1,702 United States
99,890 MW
announced across projects not yet in service (298 projects — 213 do not disclose their capacity).
ScoreMyDataCenter corpus — announced & permitting projects · n = 298 United States
825
projects under citizen opposition or moratorium — recorded and sourced, never graded on that basis.
What it meansSourced facts, never a grade — context.
Watch layer — sourced facts, never a grade · n = 825 United States
The territory's constraints, ranked by the share of sites concerned — a descriptive ranking, never a grade.
33%
of sites in high water-stress areas.
13%
of sites within 1 km of a protected natural area.
recomputed per perimeter: share of sites concerned by each constraint
A mechanical, published selection — the most common profile, the most constrained, the best documented. Real situations behind the aggregates.
criterion: the territory's modal profile (status, grid, soil, most frequent grade)
View the fiche →criterion: highest cumulated territorial frictions in the perimeter
View the fiche →criterion: highest documentary-confidence score
View the fiche →Figures change when facts change — never to fit the story.
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