Jurisdiction: US — Iowa (MISO)
West Des Moines, Iowa (Polk/Dallas). Multiple campuses since 2012; hosts an OpenAI training supercomputer.
Methodology prs-v0.1 · computed · trigger: scheduled
Each factor below contributed to the current score. Contributions are rubric weights from methodology prs-v0.1; every factor cites the record it is derived from.
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Dimension
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Factor
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Contribution
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Cites
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Narrative
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| Capital | staleness decay | +10 | Microsoft West Des Moines Data Centers | Newest capital evidence is 2023-09-08 (freshness window 12 months) — score drifts one rubric level toward the stage-default prior of 50 (§B.4: silence is information). |
| Regulatory | staleness decay | -20 | Microsoft West Des Moines Data Centers | Newest regulatory evidence is 2023-09-08 (freshness window 9 months) — score drifts one rubric level toward the stage-default prior of 50 (§B.4: silence is information). |
| Capital | baseline | 40 | Microsoft West Des Moines Data Centers | No committed capital evidenced on any entity role — announcement-only anchor region (§B.2.4). |
| Infrastructure | baseline | 70 | Microsoft West Des Moines Data Centers | No-adverse-evidence infrastructure baseline (disclosed config, scoring.prs.baselines). |
| Infrastructure | interconnection progress | +15 | Commissioning | Power/interconnection milestone "Commissioning" achieved on 2012-01-01 — largest single health event (§B.2.3). |
| Infrastructure | staleness decay | -25 | Microsoft West Des Moines Data Centers | Newest infrastructure evidence is 2012-01-01 (freshness window 9 months) — score drifts one rubric level toward the stage-default prior of 50 (§B.4: silence is information). |
| Regulatory | baseline | 70 | Microsoft West Des Moines Data Centers | No-adverse-evidence regulatory baseline (disclosed config, scoring.prs.baselines). |
| Schedule | baseline | 80 | Microsoft West Des Moines Data Centers | No-adverse-evidence schedule baseline (disclosed config, scoring.prs.baselines). |
| Schedule | milestone achieved | +5 | Commissioning | Milestone "Commissioning" achieved on/ahead of its first announced date (2012-01-01). |
| Schedule | staleness decay | -25 | Microsoft West Des Moines Data Centers | Newest schedule evidence is 2012-01-01 (freshness window 6 months) — score drifts one rubric level toward the stage-default prior of 50 (§B.4: silence is information). |
Commissioning · Actual:
No active constraint observations recorded against this project.
Every substantive field on this record is backed by a canonical claim from a cited source document, graded on the E1 (strongest) – E5 (weakest) evidence ladder.
Microsoft Source · Sep 8, 2023 · backs: actual date, status
https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/ai/west-des-moines-iowa-ai-supercomputer/
Recent ingested source documents linked to this project via extracted claims or triage mentions, newest first.
· Microsoft Source