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Signals
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Signals — a Compute Observer surface published by Compute Institute — tracks primary-source news and filings about AI data-center infrastructure. Of 54320 triaged source documents, 3674 score at or above 0.7 relevance; the 50 most recent are listed here, each graded on the E1–E5 evidence ladder and linked to the projects and jurisdictions it concerns. Latest signal: September 13, 2026.
- High-relevance signals
- 3,674
- Documents triaged
- 54,320
- Projects referenced
- 187
- Latest signal
Impact events
Named occurrences — constraints, policy, infrastructure, capital — grouping cited evidence, with their blast radius computed from the stored graph: affected projects, disclosed capacity, and score deltas where pre- and post-event scoring runs exist.
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Argentina announces AI deregulation framework (not enacted)
5 projects affected · 510 MW affected (+2 undisclosed)
President Javier Milei (LLA) announced, in a Financial Times op-ed co-authored with Federico Sturzenegger and covered June 5, 2026, a proposed AI legal framework with three pillars: "a commitment to k...
Sources: www.argentina.gob.ar; servicios.infoleg.gob.ar; Buenos Aires Herald
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Stargate Michigan - The Barn (Saline Township) — Infrastructure activity (week of Jun 1, 2026)
1 project affected · 1,000 MW affected
Discovered occurrence grouping 8 evidence claim(s) from 2 source(s) about Stargate Michigan - The Barn (Saline Township) (week of Jun 1, 2026). Lead evidence: "DTE Energy to supply roughly 1.4 GW from...
Raw signals
Source documents scoring ≥ 0.7 on triage relevance, newest first. Evidence levels follow the E1 (strongest) – E5 (weakest) ladder.
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· Data Center Dynamics · relevance 0.70
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· Bloomberg Markets · relevance 0.70
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· Saudi Gazette · relevance 0.70
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· Data Center Dynamics · relevance 0.90
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· Data Center Dynamics · relevance 0.70
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· pv magazine USA · relevance 0.70
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· Data Center Dynamics · relevance 0.70
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· Capacity Media · relevance 0.70
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· Data Center Dynamics · relevance 0.70
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· Data Center Dynamics · relevance 0.70
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· Data Center Dynamics · relevance 0.70
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· Data Center Dynamics · relevance 0.70
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· Data Center Frontier · relevance 0.70
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· Data Center Dynamics · relevance 0.80
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· NESO (UK) — News · relevance 0.70
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· Utility Dive · relevance 0.70
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· Latitude Media · relevance 0.70
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· pv magazine USA · relevance 0.75
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· Canary Media · relevance 0.85
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· Power Engineering · relevance 0.70
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· thenextweb.com · relevance 0.70
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· Reuters · relevance 0.70
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· Politico · relevance 0.70
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· Interesting Engineering · relevance 0.90
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· thenextweb.com · relevance 0.70
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· Ars Technica · relevance 0.90
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· thenextweb.com · relevance 0.70
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· thenextweb.com · relevance 0.75
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· Interesting Engineering · relevance 0.70
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· 404 Media · relevance 0.70
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· Virginia Mercury · relevance 0.70
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· Data Center Dynamics · relevance 0.70
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· Heatmap News · relevance 0.70
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· POWER Magazine · relevance 0.70
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· Data Center Dynamics · relevance 0.70
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· Data Center Dynamics · relevance 0.90
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· Data Center Dynamics · relevance 0.70
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· Capacity Media · relevance 0.70
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· Data Center Dynamics · relevance 0.70
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· EconoJournal · relevance 0.70
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· Utility Dive · relevance 0.70
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· Data Center Dynamics · relevance 0.75
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· Data Center Dynamics · relevance 0.90
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· Power Engineering · relevance 0.75
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· BetaKit · relevance 0.70
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· thenextweb.com · relevance 0.90
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· Reuters · relevance 0.75
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· ET News · relevance 0.70
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· thenextweb.com · relevance 0.70
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· thenextweb.com · relevance 0.70
Signals are ingested source documents (filings, press, government records), scored for relevance at triage and graded on the evidence ladder. See the methodology for how evidence feeds ratings.