Energy Project Community Intelligence
AI needs power.Power needs people.
A data center can change a community for the better: new schools funded, roads rebuilt, teachers paid what they are worth, an industry where there was none. We help the people building these projects and the communities that host them become partners in that investment, so it lands where people live.
Every gigawatt lands in somebody’s backyard.
In the first half of 2026, 120 data center projects were blocked or delayed by communities: $130B in the first quarter, another $68B in the second. Opposition groups now number 843, active in 49 states.
The June 2026 check a certified Richland Parish, Louisiana teacher received once Meta's Hyperion campus began paying local sales tax. A year earlier it was $10,200. The school board's collections rose from $21.3M to $36.5M in one year.
Ten markets, scored on how the public actually feelsUpdated weekly
Every score blends the public record (council votes, utility-commission dockets, permit filings, hearing turnout, petitions and litigation) with digital signal from search behavior, local forums and news coverage tone. Standard methodology, applied the same way in every market. Full trend history and week-over-week movement available on request. Higher is better sentiment.
Four of ten published markets, as of the 7 September 2026 refresh. Markets are rescored as the public record moves. All ten markets →
Support for every stage of your project
A data center gets decided at different tables as it moves along. We stay with you from the first parcel to the years after opening, with one service for each stage, all built on the same public record and each available on its own.
Read the parcel before an option is signed.
02AnnounceCounty BriefWhat this county has been through, and who can say no.
03EntitleEngagement plan and toolkitWhat to say at the hearing, with the source beside it.
04BuildSentiment MonitoringWhich concern is gaining ground this week.
05DeliverCommunity Benefits ReportingWhat the project brought, with every line sourced.
Powering what's next, together.
Secure energy is the foundation everything else gets built on. Hyperscalers, developers, utilities, and hardware vendors are building it here, together, and local permitting officials and government stakeholders lean on the same data to make informed decisions.
Know what your county is walking into
A county dossier: what this county has been through, who actually votes, what has been promised here before, and what the record says will decide it. Built from public record, for the board that has to defend the decision.
The GridSight
The GridSightGet ahead of the fight before you break ground
Screen the parcel before you sign, know how the market will respond before you announce, and give your communications team a toolkit built on what this particular community is worried about, with every number sourced.
Bring your community with you
You would rather stay out of the community fight, and the record shows you end up at the commission anyway. A county-by-county read on the ratepayer question, scored the same way in every market, week over week.
The GridSightOne school board's sales tax, one year after Meta arrived.
Up from $21.3 million. Sourced to the school board, not the operator.
See how the story gets told →The smaller data center uses 25 times more water.
Cooling design decides water use, not size. We publish both numbers for every project we score.
See both projects →