Buildout patterns & signals

Commonalities across the site’s sourced data, and the directional predictions they support. Two lanes: Observed (primary-sourced facts) and Derived (arithmetic on those facts). Every derived figure shows its formula, the exact source numbers, and a defensibility tier — grounded (a ratio of two sourced figures) or directional (a trend to read as “at the recent observed pace”). Nothing is estimated to fill a gap.

Observed — the ERCOT large-load funnel

ERCOT large-load interconnection queue, snapshot 2026-03-31. Source: ERCOT LLI.

Derived — what the funnel implies

Operators by attributed capacity

Sum of per-facility disclosed/attributed power (gross MW, falling back to IT MW) by operator. Disclosure-biased: only 650 of 27,713 tracked facilities state any power figure, and rows mix operational, announced, and third-party-estimated capacity — read as a coverage-weighted ranking, not an operational-MW census.

Counties by tracked capacity

Where disclosed capacity concentrates — a directional “next-hotspot” read, same disclosure caveat as above.

Derived — connectivity & measurement presence

Cross-referencing the facility registry against 1,063 RIPE Atlas anchors (measurement servers hosted inside data centres) locates where the buildout has confirmed, measured internet presence — and where it doesn't yet. Source: RIPE Atlas / RIPE NCC.

DNS root-server latency (global reachability)

Networks hosting the most measurement infrastructure