Data Center Data Sources
Sources behind the computecompute.org data center tracker
computecompute.org documents data centers and the approvals behind them. Every record on the site links back to its source.
| Source | URL | License | Data Provided |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epoch AI Frontier Data Centers and GPU Clusters | epoch.ai/data/data-centers | CC BY 4.0 | Baseline dataset of large-scale AI data centers and GPU clusters, including location, operator, and capacity estimates |
| Wikidata | wikidata.org | CC0 1.0 | Facility identifiers, ownership, and location data used to cross-reference and disambiguate sites |
| US EPA FRS/ECHO | echo.epa.gov | US public domain | Facility registry identifiers and environmental compliance and enforcement history |
| California permit records | Air district registers, CEC SPPE/AFC dockets, CEQAnet | Public records (CPRA) | Air permits, backup generator registrations, and environmental review filings for California facilities |
| US EPA eGRID | epa.gov/egrid | US public domain | Grid region emissions factors, used as inputs to the site's clearly-labeled emissions estimates |
| Operator self-published fact pages | Individual operator websites | Facts individually cited | Facility-specific facts published by the operator, each cited to its source page |
Commercial data-center directories are not used.