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Solar/wind cannot firm a data center load; counted here only for a hybrid or bridging strategy."},{"factor_id":"wtr.wetbulb_profile","name":"Wet-bulb temperature profile","domain":"water","question":"How many hours per year exceed the free-cooling wet-bulb threshold?","value":230.2,"unit":"hours_above_24C_wetbulb","tier":"A","source":"open_meteo_archive","source_url":"https://archive-api.open-meteo.com/v1/archive","retrieved":"2026-09-02","age_days":1.7,"freshness":"fresh","confidence":1.0,"notes":"Design wet-bulb (0.4% exceedance) 25.4 C; mean 10.4 C. 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Reclaimed water is usually the highest score-per-dollar water intervention available: it neutralizes most community opposition and is often cheaper than potable."},{"factor_id":"clm.dry_bulb_profile","name":"Dry-bulb temperature profile and free-cooling hours","domain":"climate","question":"How many hours per year permit free (economizer) cooling?","value":7271.5,"unit":"free_cooling_hours_per_year","tier":"A","source":"open_meteo_archive","source_url":"https://archive-api.open-meteo.com/v1/archive","retrieved":"2026-09-02","age_days":1.7,"freshness":"fresh","confidence":1.0,"notes":"7272 h/yr below 24.0 C. Design dry-bulb 34.7 C. 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Weight this near zero for a training campus \u2014 over-weighting it biases site selection toward expensive metro land."},{"factor_id":"cnx.carrier_count","name":"Carrier availability","domain":"connectivity","question":"How many distinct network operators can deliver service on site?","value":60,"unit":"count_carriers","tier":"B","source":"peeringdb","source_url":"https://www.peeringdb.com/","retrieved":"2026-09-02","age_days":1.7,"freshness":"fresh","confidence":0.85,"notes":"970 network presences across 81 facilities within 50 km. Network presences at carrier-neutral facilities are a proxy for carrier availability, not a direct count of carriers able to serve this parcel."},{"factor_id":"cnx.longhaul_fiber_proximity","name":"Long-haul fiber proximity","domain":"connectivity","question":"Distance to the nearest long-haul fiber route.","value":2.06,"unit":"km","tier":"C","source":"osm_overpass","source_url":"https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright","retrieved":"2026-09-02","age_days":1.7,"freshness":"fresh","confidence":0.6,"notes":"OSM telecom route coverage is sparse and inconsistent worldwide. Tier C even when a route is found. Confirm with carriers or a paid route dataset."},{"factor_id":"com.residential_proximity","name":"Residential proximity and noise exposure","domain":"community","question":"How many residences fall within the noise-relevant buffer?","value":1133,"unit":"dwellings_within_1km","tier":"A","source":"osm_overpass","source_url":"https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright","retrieved":"2026-09-02","age_days":1.7,"freshness":"fresh","confidence":1.0,"notes":"1133 estimated dwellings from 1100 OSM residential features within 1.0 km. Apartment blocks estimated at 4 units/level. 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Nothing published substitutes for the utility saying it in writing."},{"rank":2,"factor_id":"pwr.interconnect_queue_time","question":"Realistic years from application to energization for target load.","owner":"ISO/RTO interconnection queue, then the utility","artifact":"Queue position and cluster study schedule for a comparable request","pts":7.2,"gate":true,"weeks":[4,12],"note":null},{"rank":3,"factor_id":"wtr.basin_stress","question":"What fraction of available renewable supply is already withdrawn in this basin?","owner":"Water utility or basin regulator","artifact":"Will-serve letter or withdrawal permit precedent","pts":4.2,"gate":true,"weeks":[8,26],"note":null},{"rank":4,"factor_id":"wtr.withdrawal_permitting","question":"How hard is it to obtain the legal right to the required volume?","owner":"State/provincial water regulator","artifact":"Permit precedent for comparable industrial withdrawal in the same basin","pts":3.7,"gate":true,"weeks":[10,30],"note":null},{"rank":5,"factor_id":"clm.flood_coastal","question":"Storm surge and 2050 sea level rise exposure.","owner":"Licensed civil / geotechnical engineer","artifact":"Site-specific study; global rasters are screening-grade only","pts":3.5,"gate":true,"weeks":[4,12],"note":null},{"rank":6,"factor_id":"lnd.protected_overlap","question":"Does the site intersect protected areas, wetlands, or critical habitat?","owner":"County or municipal planning department","artifact":"Zoning determination letter and title/survey","pts":1.7,"gate":true,"weeks":[4,16],"note":null},{"rank":7,"factor_id":"eco.total_cost_of_ownership","question":"All-in modeled cost per kW-year across power, land, construction, tax and ops.","owner":"Owner's cost consultant","artifact":"10-year TCO model built on the confirmed tariff, land price and scope","pts":8.2,"gate":false,"weeks":[6,16],"note":"Depends on the tariff, land price and incentive answers above. It cannot be credibly modeled before them, which is why it is usually last in the queue and first in the investment memo."},{"rank":8,"factor_id":"eco.equipment_lead_time","question":"Lead time for transformers, switchgear, generators and chillers to this market.","owner":"OEM / EPC procurement","artifact":"Quoted delivery windows for transformers, switchgear and generation","pts":7.5,"gate":false,"weeks":[4,12],"note":null}]}},"gates":[{"gate_id":"gate.power_path_exists","name":"Credible power path to target load","outcome":"CONDITIONAL","reason":"Substation available capacity is unknown \u2014 the most common cause of late-stage project failure. 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Proximity is not capacity \u2014 read with pwr.substation_headroom."},{"factor_id":"pwr.onsite_generation_potential","name":"On-site generation potential","domain":"power","question":"Can the site self-supply or bridge with on-site generation?","value":39.3,"unit":"index_0_100","tier":"C","source":"composite","source_url":null,"retrieved":"2026-09-03","age_days":1.1,"freshness":"fresh","confidence":0.6,"notes":"Composite: gas pipeline not found km, GHI 4.27 kWh/m2/day (35% weight). Wind and land-for-generation components not yet implemented \u2014 index is therefore conservative. Solar/wind cannot firm a data center load; counted here only for a hybrid or bridging strategy."},{"factor_id":"wtr.wetbulb_profile","name":"Wet-bulb temperature profile","domain":"water","question":"How many hours per year exceed the free-cooling wet-bulb threshold?","value":356.9,"unit":"hours_above_24C_wetbulb","tier":"A","source":"open_meteo_archive","source_url":"https://archive-api.open-meteo.com/v1/archive","retrieved":"2026-09-03","age_days":1.1,"freshness":"fresh","confidence":1.0,"notes":"Design wet-bulb (0.4% exceedance) 25.6 C; mean 11.7 C. Computed from 10 yr of ERA5 hourly reanalysis via Stull (2011)."},{"factor_id":"wtr.reclaimed_availability","name":"Reclaimed water availability","domain":"water","question":"Is treated effluent available at sufficient volume and acceptable distance?","value":4.82,"unit":"km_to_wwtp","tier":"B","source":"osm_overpass","source_url":"https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright","retrieved":"2026-09-03","age_days":1.1,"freshness":"fresh","confidence":0.85,"notes":"Distance only \u2014 treated flow capacity must be confirmed with the operator. Reclaimed water is usually the highest score-per-dollar water intervention available: it neutralizes most community opposition and is often cheaper than potable."},{"factor_id":"clm.dry_bulb_profile","name":"Dry-bulb temperature profile and free-cooling hours","domain":"climate","question":"How many hours per year permit free (economizer) cooling?","value":6991.3,"unit":"free_cooling_hours_per_year","tier":"A","source":"open_meteo_archive","source_url":"https://archive-api.open-meteo.com/v1/archive","retrieved":"2026-09-03","age_days":1.1,"freshness":"fresh","confidence":1.0,"notes":"6991 h/yr below 24.0 C. Design dry-bulb 35.1 C. Indicative PUE 1.145 \u2014 a screening proxy, not a CFD-grade model."},{"factor_id":"clm.extreme_heat_trend","name":"Extreme heat trend to 2050","domain":"climate","question":"How much does design-day temperature rise over the asset life?","value":1.48,"unit":"delta_C_design_day_2050","tier":"D","source":"open_meteo_archive","source_url":"https://archive-api.open-meteo.com/v1/archive","retrieved":"2026-09-03","age_days":1.1,"freshness":"fresh","confidence":0.35,"notes":"MODELED, NOT PROJECTED: linear extrapolation of the observed 30-year trend in annual design-day temperature (+0.062 C/yr). This is a placeholder for NEX-GDDP-CMIP6 and should not be cited as a climate projection."},{"factor_id":"clm.flood_riverine","name":"Riverine and pluvial flood exposure","domain":"climate","question":"Does the site intersect a modeled flood zone, and at what return period?","value":1000,"unit":"return_period_years","tier":"A","source":"fema_nfhl","source_url":"https://msc.fema.gov/portal/home","retrieved":"2026-09-03","age_days":1.1,"freshness":"fresh","confidence":1.0,"notes":"Outside mapped FEMA flood hazard areas. Note that NFHL does not model pluvial (flash) flooding, which no widely-available dataset captures well \u2014 this is a known blind spot, not a clean bill of health."},{"factor_id":"lnd.slope","name":"Terrain slope","domain":"land","question":"Mean and 90th-percentile slope across the developable area.","value":0.76,"unit":"percent_slope","tier":"A","source":"opentopography","source_url":"https://www.opentopodata.org/datasets/copernicus/","retrieved":"2026-09-03","age_days":1.1,"freshness":"fresh","confidence":1.0,"notes":"mapzen DEM, 5x5 grid over 2.0 km. Mean slope 0.8%, p90 1.5%, relief 25 m. Below 2% is essentially free; earthwork cost rises roughly quadratically above that for a large flat-pad campus."},{"factor_id":"lnd.contiguous_area","name":"Contiguous developable area","domain":"land","question":"Largest contiguous buildable area available at the site.","value":2591.8,"unit":"hectares","tier":"C","source":"osm_overpass","source_url":"https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright","retrieved":"2026-09-03","age_days":1.1,"freshness":"fresh","confidence":0.6,"notes":"SCREENING ESTIMATE ONLY. exurban / village (108 buildings/km2) within 5.0 km; assumed 33% developable. This is an upper bound on physically developable land and a much looser upper bound on ACQUIRABLE land \u2014 parcel fragmentation typically cuts it by half or more. Confirm against cadastral data before any decision."},{"factor_id":"cnx.ixp_proximity","name":"Internet exchange and cloud on-ramp proximity","domain":"connectivity","question":"Network distance to the nearest significant IXP or cloud on-ramp.","value":7.94,"unit":"km","tier":"A","source":"peeringdb","source_url":"https://www.peeringdb.com/fac/2071","retrieved":"2026-09-03","age_days":1.1,"freshness":"fresh","confidence":1.0,"notes":"Nearest interconnection facility 'Pixel Factory Data Center' at 7.9 km; 7 facilities within 100 km. Weight this near zero for a training campus \u2014 over-weighting it biases site selection toward expensive metro land."},{"factor_id":"cnx.carrier_count","name":"Carrier availability","domain":"connectivity","question":"How many distinct network operators can deliver service on site?","value":38,"unit":"count_carriers","tier":"B","source":"peeringdb","source_url":"https://www.peeringdb.com/","retrieved":"2026-09-03","age_days":1.1,"freshness":"fresh","confidence":0.85,"notes":"38 network presences across 6 facilities within 50 km. Network presences at carrier-neutral facilities are a proxy for carrier availability, not a direct count of carriers able to serve this parcel."},{"factor_id":"cnx.longhaul_fiber_proximity","name":"Long-haul fiber proximity","domain":"connectivity","question":"Distance to the nearest long-haul fiber route.","value":12.11,"unit":"km","tier":"D","source":"osm_overpass","source_url":"https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright","retrieved":"2026-09-03","age_days":1.1,"freshness":"fresh","confidence":0.35,"notes":"INFERRED, NOT MEASURED: no fiber routes mapped; distance is to the nearest telecom exchange or data center, used as a proxy for route presence. Tier D."},{"factor_id":"com.residential_proximity","name":"Residential proximity and noise exposure","domain":"community","question":"How many residences fall within the noise-relevant buffer?","value":0,"unit":"dwellings_within_1km","tier":"C","source":"osm_overpass","source_url":"https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright","retrieved":"2026-09-03","age_days":1.1,"freshness":"fresh","confidence":0.6,"notes":"0 estimated dwellings from 0 OSM residential features within 1.0 km. Apartment blocks estimated at 4 units/level. Noise from chillers and generator testing is the most common specific complaint in data center opposition \u2014 distance is the cheapest mitigation. Zero count may reflect sparse OSM building coverage rather than genuinely empty land; tier lowered to C."},{"factor_id":"eco.port_rail_access","name":"Port and rail access","domain":"economics","question":"Can heavy imported equipment reach the site efficiently?","value":2.44,"unit":"km_to_capable_port_or_rail","tier":"B","source":"osm_overpass","source_url":"https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright","retrieved":"2026-09-03","age_days":1.1,"freshness":"fresh","confidence":0.85,"notes":"Read together with lnd.heavy_haul_access: a nearby port is worthless if the final approach cannot carry a 300-tonne transformer. OSM port tagging is inconsistent; treat as screening-grade."},{"factor_id":"com.opposition_risk","name":"Organized opposition risk","domain":"community","question":"Is there active, organized opposition to data centers in this jurisdiction?","value":"supportive_precedent","unit":"category","tier":"C","source":"local_news_media","source_url":"https://richmondbizsense.com/2024/03/28/hanover-approves-zoning-request-for-1200-acre-data-center-project/","retrieved":"2026-09-03","age_days":1.1,"freshness":"fresh","confidence":0.6,"notes":"Hanover County Board of Supervisors approved the 1,200-acre Tract rezoning UNANIMOUSLY on 27 Mar 2024, after a unanimous Planning Commission recommendation in January. A unanimous vote is the strongest available signal of local political appetite."},{"factor_id":"lnd.zoning_status","name":"Zoning and entitlement status","domain":"land","question":"Is the current zoning compatible, and if not, how hard is the path?","value":"rezoning_routine","unit":"category","tier":"C","source":"us_local_government","source_url":"https://www.hanovercounty.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=770","retrieved":"2026-09-03","age_days":1.1,"freshness":"fresh","confidence":0.6,"notes":"Required discretionary rezoning, which carries political risk in principle \u2014 but it passed unanimously at both commission and board, so the pathway was routine in practice for this jurisdiction at that time."},{"factor_id":"lnd.price","name":"Land acquisition cost","domain":"land","question":"Expected all-in acquisition cost per hectare.","value":27500,"unit":"USD_per_hectare","tier":"C","source":"local_news_media","source_url":"https://richmondbizsense.com/2024/05/09/after-zoning-approval-data-center-developer-pays-33m-for-1200-acres-in-hanover/","retrieved":"2026-09-03","age_days":1.1,"freshness":"fresh","confidence":0.6,"notes":"Actual transaction: $33M for 1,200 acres (May 2024) = ~$27,500/ha. This is a real arms-length sale price post-entitlement, not a comparable \u2014 unusually good evidence for this factor, though still Tier C since it was read from press coverage rather than a parsed deed record."},{"factor_id":"reg.export_controls","name":"Accelerator export control exposure","domain":"regulatory","question":"Can the intended compute legally be installed and operated here?","value":"unrestricted","unit":"category","tier":"B","source":"bis_export_controls","source_url":"https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/policy-guidance/advanced-computing","retrieved":"2026-09-03","age_days":1.1,"freshness":"fresh","confidence":0.85,"notes":"US domestic deployment. Advanced accelerators may be installed and operated at a US site without export licensing; the controls govern export and re-export, not domestic use. Rule set checked 2026-09-03 \u2014 this is the fastest-moving input in the framework and must be re-verified per analysis."}],"unmeasured":[{"factor_id":"pwr.substation_headroom","name":"Substation available capacity","domain":"power","reason_id":55},{"factor_id":"lnd.brownfield_opportunity","name":"Brownfield and retired-asset opportunity","domain":"land","reason_id":46},{"factor_id":"clm.flood_coastal","name":"Coastal flood and sea level rise exposure","domain":"climate","reason_id":3},{"factor_id":"clm.seismic","name":"Seismic hazard","domain":"climate","reason_id":4},{"factor_id":"clm.wind_hazard","name":"Extreme wind, cyclone and tornado hazard","domain":"climate","reason_id":5},{"factor_id":"clm.wildfire","name":"Wildfire exposure","domain":"climate","reason_id":6},{"factor_id":"clm.air_quality","name":"Ambient air quality","domain":"climate","reason_id":7},{"factor_id":"clm.lightning","name":"Lightning 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Noise from chillers and generator testing is the most common specific complaint in data center opposition \u2014 distance is the cheapest mitigation."},{"factor_id":"eco.port_rail_access","name":"Port and rail access","domain":"economics","question":"Can heavy imported equipment reach the site efficiently?","value":4.21,"unit":"km_to_capable_port_or_rail","tier":"B","source":"osm_overpass","source_url":"https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright","retrieved":"2026-09-03","age_days":1.1,"freshness":"fresh","confidence":0.85,"notes":"Read together with lnd.heavy_haul_access: a nearby port is worthless if the final approach cannot carry a 300-tonne transformer. OSM port tagging is inconsistent; treat as screening-grade."},{"factor_id":"com.opposition_risk","name":"Organized opposition risk","domain":"community","question":"Is there active, organized opposition to data centers in this jurisdiction?","value":"organized_opposition","unit":"category","tier":"C","source":"local_news_media","source_url":"https://virginiabusiness.com/hanover-supervisors-reject-430-acre-data-center-campus/","retrieved":"2026-09-03","age_days":1.1,"freshness":"fresh","confidence":0.6,"notes":"Hanover County Board of Supervisors REJECTED the 430-acre Mountain Road Technology Park 4-3 in May 2026 after months of organized resident opposition on water use, environment, traffic and noise. 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The entitlement pathway is demonstrably contested in this specific corridor, as distinct from the same county's Beaverdam district where the same developer was approved unanimously."},{"factor_id":"reg.export_controls","name":"Accelerator export control exposure","domain":"regulatory","question":"Can the intended compute legally be installed and operated here?","value":"unrestricted","unit":"category","tier":"B","source":"bis_export_controls","source_url":"https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/policy-guidance/advanced-computing","retrieved":"2026-09-03","age_days":1.1,"freshness":"fresh","confidence":0.85,"notes":"US domestic deployment. Advanced accelerators may be installed and operated at a US site without export licensing; the controls govern export and re-export, not domestic use. 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