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For data center equipment suppliers

Find data center projects while the spec is still open.

Many new campuses first surface in records that never say “data center”: a rezoning, a utility filing, a permit for a bank of generators. We find those records, link you to the source, and estimate whether each project will actually get built.

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17.5 daysMedian head start of local agendas and land filings over the first news story, across 38 projects we rebuilt from public records.

City of Lovejoy, GACouncil agenda, Dec 15, 2025
G.Public hearing on an application from Stillwater Development LLC to rezone three parcels on Panhandle Road (0, 11760 and 11762), 363.71 acres, from ANX to RA.
I.Ordinance to rezone the same properties.
221 days between this agenda and the first news story naming a data center campus.Then the developer withdrew the plan in Aug 2026. That is why every signal carries build odds. Agenda item summarized from the city’s published agenda (opens in new tab).

Historical examples

Days from public filing to first news story

Five projects from our review, including one where the filing gave no head start at all. Every row links its source and the first news story we found.

Lovejoy, GA
City rezoning agenda (opens in new tab), Dec 15, 2025. Never says data center.
221 days until the first news story, opens in new tab
Withdrawn Aug 2026
Kuna, ID
Water and sewer agreement (opens in new tab) with “Gemstone Technology Park LLC”, Jul 16, 2024.
197 days until the first news story, opens in new tab
Approved Apr 2025
Beaver Dam, WI
Transmission filing (opens in new tab) at the state utility commission for a large new load, Nov 15, 2024.
80 days until the first news story, opens in new tab
Meta confirmed Nov 2025
Richland Parish, LA
Utility application (opens in new tab) for three gas plants serving one unnamed customer, filed Oct 30, 2024, as reported by POWER.
16 days until the first news story, opens in new tab
Meta announced Dec 2024
Storey County, NV
State tax abatement packet (opens in new tab) for a Vantage building, Mar 21, 2024.
0 days until the public announcement, opens in new tab
Announced same day
3 days

Filings trade press already watches

Median head start for Texas building registrations and Georgia regional reviews, across 24 projects. Useful, but not early.

17.5 days

Local agendas and land filings

Median head start across 38 projects, and 58% led the news by two weeks or more. These are where we look first.

The five rows above are selected examples, not averages. “First news” means the earliest article we could find; an earlier one may exist.

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What you get

Built for teams that sell equipment with long lead times

Every signal feeds three answers: where it came from, whether it will happen, and whether it is yours.

Source

The original document, every time

A link to the agenda, docket or permit itself, so your team can check a lead in a minute instead of trusting a summary.

Build odds

Our estimate of whether it gets built

In our review, 43% of filed projects that reached a decision were withdrawn or denied. Each signal carries an estimated build probability so you can weigh it.

Fit

Tagged to what you sell

Switchgear, transformers, UPS, generators, onsite power and cooling, so your team sees only the signals that matter to it.

Sample signal

One project, one page, one source

A historical example in the format your sample arrives in. The notes show how we read a filing for what it implies about equipment.

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Historical exampleFiling dated Nov 15, 2024
Upgrades “to serve a new large load addition in the Beaver Dam area,” described as “a large load associated with a data center campus” in the new Beaver Dam Commerce Park. From American Transmission Co.’s application to the Wisconsin Public Service Commission (opens in new tab)
  • Large loadSubstation, power transformers, medium voltage switchgear
  • Data center campusUPS, standby generators, cooling plant
  • New commerce parkGreenfield site; temporary power during construction
Where
Beaver Dam, Dodge County, WI
Build odds
Estimated 65%Our estimate from the filing type and an unnamed end customer. Not yet validated against outcomes.
Outcome
Meta confirmed the project in Nov 2025.

What we tested

We checked our own idea before selling it

We rebuilt 103 data center projects from public records across five U.S. regions. Here is what did not hold up, and what we changed because of it.

5.5 days

Median head start across all 86 projects we could date. Most public filings are not early; the ones trade press already reads add almost nothing.

What we changedWe start with local agendas, land deals and utility filings, and we show the head start honestly.

1 in 5

Of the 86 projects we could date, about 1 in 5 reached the news before any public filing we could find.

What we changedWe do not claim complete coverage. A sample shows what we found, not everything that exists.

43%

Of 62 filed projects that reached a decision, 27 were withdrawn or denied, most at the rezoning stage.

What we changedEvery signal now carries an estimated build probability and its outcome once known.

We are now running a live, dated test: each new signal is logged the day we find it, and we record when news coverage first appears. We will publish the results, including misses.

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SpecWindow is an independent research service started in 2026. We work only from public records and never contact the projects we track.

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  2. We pull recent signals that matchEach one checked against its source document.
  3. You get an email brief and a spreadsheetFree, so you can judge whether it is useful.
Coverage
U.S. filings, with deepest coverage in the Mid Atlantic, Texas, the Southeast, the Midwest, and the Mountain West and Pacific.
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specwindow_sample.csvHistorical rows, for illustration
FiledWhereSourceBuild oddsEquipment
Dec 15, 2025Lovejoy, GACity rezoning35%Substation, MV switchgear
Nov 15, 2024Beaver Dam, WIUtility commission65%Transformers, substation
Oct 30, 2024Richland Parish, LAUtility application65%Onsite power, transformers
Jul 16, 2024Kuna, IDWater agreement35%Cooling, transformers
In your sample, each row links to its source document. Build odds start from how often projects at that filing stage were built in our review, then adjust for who filed.

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