AI Infrastructure Observatory

Tracking the environmental and community impacts of AI-related infrastructure.

The observatory currently maps 148 sites: 121 operational, 12 under construction and 15 announced. Each record carries its sources and a confidence rating; see the methodology for how sites are selected and characterized.

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Classification

Explicit AI Infrastructure: Purpose-built for AI training or inference workloads.
AI-Capable Hyperscale: General hyperscale data centers with significant AI workloads.
Associated Infrastructure: Substations, transmission, and power projects serving AI sites.

Environmental data

All environmental values (water stress, grid carbon intensity, drought risk) are researcher-assigned from published sources. Values are never fetched from live APIs. Each value displays its source and confidence tier.

What we do not claim

We do not attribute environmental harm to specific facilities. Community concern flags record events reported in public sources. They do not imply causation. See the methodology for full definitions.

Static snapshot published July 18, 2026. Each site records its own last-verified date; environmental values are researcher-assigned from cited sources, never fetched live.