BRIGHT WIRE / DATA CENTERS
Compute infrastructure and its effects on communities, energy and water.
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Emerging · Bright published 2026-09-25
Maryland ordered project ratings and monthly public power-and-water disclosure for certain data-center proposals of at least 25 megawatts that seek discretionary state engagement.
Source published 2026-09-23 · Evidence pack
Emerging · Bright published 2026-09-25
Pennsylvania’s February 2026 report estimates rising forgone revenue from its computer data-center equipment exemption; the figures are projections, not a net-benefit calculation.
Source published date not established · Evidence pack
Demonstrated · Bright published 2026-09-19
A Northwestern-led team used Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center’s Bridges-2 system to compare 211 childhood sudden-death genomes with 211 matched controls and reported associations for future study.
Source published date not established · Evidence pack
Emerging · Bright published 2026-09-19
East Brandywine Township’s July 2026 ordinance requires qualified preconstruction modeling and an as-built study within 180 days, including peak cooling, generators under load, low-frequency sound, calibration records, corrective action and retesting.
Source published 2026-07-16 · Evidence pack
Emerging · Bright published 2026-09-19
A December 2025 FERC order directed PJM to create service paths for large co-located loads, require payment for grid services, and assign specified reliability-upgrade costs before existing generation can redirect capacity.
Source published 2025-12-18 · Evidence pack
Deployed · Bright published 2026-09-19
Google’s 2022 profile says KP Philpot moved from contractor site-safety work on a data-center build into an environmental health and safety role at Alphabet’s Douglas County campus.
Source published 2022-10-19 · Evidence pack
Deployed · Bright published 2026-09-19
Google publishes a technician day-in-the-life video and a careers guide spanning hardware, electrical, cooling, network, logistics, and site operations. The material is useful for role orientation, not a verified worker outcome.
Source published date not established · Evidence pack
Deployed · Bright published 2026-09-19
Loudoun County reports $1.2 billion in data-center property-tax revenue for FY 2026 and projects $1.3 billion—40% of the county budget—for FY 2027, while maintaining a reserve for volatility.
Source published date not established · Evidence pack
Deployed · Bright published 2026-09-19
Mäntsälä’s utility has circulated recovered server heat into the town-centre district-heating network since 2015. Nivos said in 2025 that it supplied about one-third of the network’s heat.
Source published 2025-08-27 · Evidence pack
Deployed · Bright published 2026-09-19
New Albany’s 2024 financial report describes about 200 existing Meta campus employees and 1,200 construction workers on the expansion site, while labeling 300 employees and 1,800 construction workers as future estimates.
Source published 2025-06-27 · Evidence pack
Demonstrated · Bright published 2026-09-19
NOAA EPIC reports that one named Unified Forecast System regression test ran about 30–40% faster on Ursa than on Hera under the Intel compiler—a development result, not evidence of a more accurate forecast.
Source published 2025-08-22 · Evidence pack
Deployed · Bright published 2026-09-19
DOE reports that NREL’s thermosyphon hybrid system avoided 2.10 million gallons over two years and cut data-center water use in half by using dry heat rejection when weather allowed while retaining a cooling tower for peak conditions.
Source published 2019-05-01 · Evidence pack
Deployed · Bright published 2026-09-19
An AEP Ohio tariff effective July 23, 2025 requires a load study for new or expanding data-center requests of at least 25 megawatts and creates minimum-demand, collateral and cancellation obligations.
Source published 2025-07-09 · Evidence pack
Deployed · Bright published 2026-09-19
Ohio’s Legislative Service Commission reports that the Ohio Supercomputer Center served 9,725 clients from 2,345 organizations in FY 2024, including 65 academic institutions, and supported 209 courses teaching more than 6,750 students.
Source published date not established · Evidence pack
Demonstrated · Bright published 2026-09-19
Saint Martin’s University reports that 19 of 20 Spring 2026 data-center technician graduates received Oracle offers after a 12-week program; reported average starting pay was about $80,000 plus relocation.
Source published 2026-05-29 · Evidence pack
Emerging · Bright published 2026-09-19
Pennsylvania’s May 2026 GRID standards make investment, workforce, energy, water and community commitments conditions of Commonwealth support; the thresholds are commitments, not jobs or savings already delivered.
Source published 2026-05-27 · Evidence pack
Deployed · Bright published 2026-09-19
Quincy owns and operates a reuse utility financed by Microsoft. EPA estimates that recirculating cooling-water blowdown avoids 138 million gallons a year of potable-groundwater demand; the loop still needs canal and groundwater make-up water.
Source published 2026-07-06 · Evidence pack