Connecticut · v1
A data center transparency platform, powered by hydrology.
AI and cloud data centers are being proposed, permitted, and built across Connecticut. This site tracks their water impacts using two things: a transparent, stated estimate of facility water use, and observed groundwater, streamflow, and precipitation data from nearby monitoring stations — plotted against each facility's actual timeline.
Estimated facility water use
One transparent estimate per facility: capacity (MW) × published industry water-use ratio for that facility's cooling type, shown as a range. Every estimate displays its formula, its source, and its uncertainty — never presented as a measured fact.
Time-aligned hydrologic data
Each facility's lifecycle — proposal, permitting, construction, operation — is plotted against observed data from nearby USGS and NOAA monitoring stations. This is observation and timing only. No causal or attribution claims are made.
Facilities tracked
Five Connecticut facilities spanning the full lifecycle, from land acquisition to decades of operation.