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   "from": "middenmeer-ams-e-b1",
   "relation": "names proposed expansion applicant",
   "to": "microsoft-netherlands-notice-applicant",
   "status": "supported within stated scope",
   "observation_id": "middenmeer-mer-notice",
   "source_url": "https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/prb-2025-21956.html",
   "source_publication_date": "2025-12-30",
   "event_date": null,
   "stage_observation_date": null,
   "checked_on": "2026-10-17",
   "scope": "The proposed AMS-E, Deelgebied B1 expansion at Westlanderweg 50 only. Its physical association with the older record is not established."
  },
  {
   "id": "hepokorpi-phase-context",
   "from": "hepokorpi-project-context",
   "relation": "has scoped phase 3 permit account",
   "to": "hepokorpi-phase-3",
   "status": "supported within stated scope",
   "observation_id": "hepokorpi-phase-3-permit",
   "source_url": "https://www.sttinfo.fi/tiedote/72129950/ymparisto-ja-rakennuslautakunta-hepokorven-datakeskuksen-kolmannelle-vaiheelle-rakennuslupa?lang=fi",
   "source_publication_date": "2026-06-12",
   "event_date": "2026-06-11",
   "stage_observation_date": null,
   "checked_on": "2026-10-02",
   "scope": "The 11 June 2026 phase 3 building-permit account. It does not establish phase 3 construction, legal finality or current operation."
  },
  {
   "id": "hepokorpi-programme-context",
   "from": "hepokorpi-project-context",
   "relation": "has wider programme reporting",
   "to": "hepokorpi-programme-context",
   "status": "supported within stated scope",
   "observation_id": "hepokorpi-construction-programme",
   "source_url": "https://news.microsoft.com/source/emea/2026/04/microsoft-kaynnistaa-paakaupunkiseudun-datakeskusalueen-toisen-vaiheen-rakentamisen/?lang=fi",
   "source_publication_date": null,
   "event_date": null,
   "stage_observation_date": null,
   "checked_on": "2026-10-02",
   "scope": "Microsoft programme-level construction reporting covering Espoo, Kirkkonummi and Vihti. A reported target is not completed delivery at Hepokorpi."
  }
 ],
 "projects": [
  {
   "slug": "gromstul",
   "path": "/projects/gromstul",
   "title": "Gromstul: construction and electrical permission have different scopes",
   "canonical_record_path": "/data-centres/skien-gromstul-telemark",
   "country": "NO",
   "locality": "Gromstul, Skien, Telemark",
   "entity_id": "gromstul-project-context",
   "catalogue_stage": {
    "value": "under_construction",
    "as_of": "2025-12-12",
    "source_url": "https://www.statsforvalteren.no/siteassets/fm-vestfold-og-telemark/miljo-og-klima/forurensning/dokumenter/2026/horinger/gromstul/vedlegg-10-stoyutredning.pdf",
    "checked_on": "2026-10-02",
    "scope": "Retained historical catalogue label, not a fresh whole-project status check or a delivery-confidence score."
   },
   "change_history": {
    "status": "not_established",
    "material_change_detected_at": null,
    "previous_observation_id": null,
    "explanation": "This first connected evidence file assembles existing published observations. It does not establish a newly detected project change or a complete change history. A later source date alone is not evidence that the whole project advanced."
   },
   "summary": "A historical construction account and a later electrical-installation licence establish different parts of the evidence picture. Neither establishes usable compute today.",
   "scope": "The Gromstul project context includes historical Building 1 and proposed Building 2 reporting, beside a separately scoped NVE electrical case. These are not interchangeable campus-wide stages.",
   "supported_position": "The existing record retains a Building 1 construction observation from December 2025. The separately reviewed NVE case lists electrical-installation permission dated 28 August 2026; another page for that case names two permitted 132 kV line spans. These listings do not update the old building-stage observation or establish completed electrical work.",
   "observation_ids": [
    "gromstul-building-context",
    "gromstul-electrical-licence",
    "gromstul-electrical-line-scope"
   ],
   "briefing_observation_ids": [
    "gromstul-electrical-licence",
    "gromstul-electrical-line-scope"
   ],
   "dependency": "The NVE listing identifies two permitted 132 kV line scopes. Seek separately dated evidence for their construction and energisation, the relevant building, remaining consents and commissioning.",
   "local_implications": "The existing record links zoning and emissions evidence. Their presence does not establish that concerns are resolved, participation is open or benefits have been delivered.",
   "gaps": [
    {
     "question": "Current construction, commissioning and usable capacity",
     "state": "not_established",
     "consequence": "The historical construction observation and electrical permission cannot answer whether compute can be used now."
    },
    {
     "question": "Current participation route and deadline",
     "state": "not_established",
     "consequence": "Do not rely on an old hearing reference as an invitation to comment today."
    },
    {
     "question": "Documented local positions and delivered benefits",
     "state": "not_researched",
     "consequence": "No view is attributed to a community and no local benefit is assumed."
    },
    {
     "question": "A single site-wide delivery probability",
     "state": "not_applicable",
     "consequence": "This file does not turn scoped permissions or old stages into a probability score."
    }
   ],
   "watchpoints": [
    "A later dated building or commissioning observation with an explicit building scope.",
    "Evidence that either permitted 132 kV line span was constructed and energised.",
    "Current official participation information and evidence of local commitments or outcomes."
   ],
   "next_step": "Inspect the listed line scopes, then seek separately dated evidence for construction and energisation, the relevant building, remaining consents and commissioning.",
   "next_step_url": "https://www.nve.no/konsesjon/konsesjonssaker/konsesjonssak?id=26255&type=A-1"
  },
  {
   "slug": "middenmeer",
   "path": "/projects/middenmeer",
   "title": "Middenmeer: keep the existing record and expansion notice separate",
   "canonical_record_path": "/data-centres/microsoft-middenmeer",
   "country": "NL",
   "locality": "Middenmeer, Hollands Kroon",
   "entity_id": "middenmeer-project-context",
   "catalogue_stage": {
    "value": "operating",
    "as_of": "2022-06-23",
    "source_url": "https://www.tweedekamer.nl/debat_en_vergadering/uitgelicht/datacenters-nederland",
    "checked_on": "2026-10-02",
    "scope": "Retained historical catalogue label, not a fresh whole-project status check or a delivery-confidence score."
   },
   "change_history": {
    "status": "not_established",
    "material_change_detected_at": null,
    "previous_observation_id": null,
    "explanation": "This first connected evidence file assembles existing published observations. It does not establish a newly detected project change or a complete change history. A later source date alone is not evidence that the whole project advanced."
   },
   "summary": "An existing-site reference from 2022 and a 2025 expansion notice concern different evidence scopes. Their physical relationship remains unverified.",
   "scope": "This file concerns Microsoft evidence at Middenmeer, not Google Middenmeer. The older Wieringermeer reference is mapped to Middenmeer in the catalogue. The AMS-E, Deelgebied B1 notice is locality/operator discovery context, not a verified match to that campus or other phases.",
   "supported_position": "The existing record has a historical operating observation dated 23 June 2022. The 30 December 2025 notice records MER preparation for a proposed expansion. Neither establishes the expansion as operating, permitted today or physically identical to the older record.",
   "observation_ids": [
    "middenmeer-historical-site",
    "middenmeer-mer-notice",
    "middenmeer-mer-boundary"
   ],
   "briefing_observation_ids": [
    "middenmeer-mer-notice",
    "middenmeer-mer-boundary"
   ],
   "dependency": "Resolve the project and address association before comparing stages. Inspect later official case materials to establish whether a subsequent permit decision exists; the MER-intent notice is not that decision.",
   "local_implications": "The notice provides a route into the official case evidence. It does not establish a current comment window, local support or opposition, impacts or delivered benefits.",
   "gaps": [
    {
     "question": "Physical association between AMS-E/B1 and the historical record",
     "state": "not_established",
     "consequence": "Do not merge buildings, addresses, capacity or phases on a shared place and company name."
    },
    {
     "question": "Later decisions and current participation status",
     "state": "not_established",
     "consequence": "The historic notice cannot support a present permit or deadline claim."
    },
    {
     "question": "Local effects, public positions and delivery outcomes",
     "state": "not_researched",
     "consequence": "This file cannot balance benefits and burdens or speak for people affected."
    },
    {
     "question": "Whether the two observations contradict each other",
     "state": "not_established",
     "consequence": "Different dates and unresolved identities do not by themselves demonstrate a conflict."
    }
   ],
   "watchpoints": [
    "An official project/address match that resolves the physical association.",
    "Later case documents or decisions with their own publication and event dates.",
    "Current participation information, scoped local-impact evidence and evidence of delivery."
   ],
   "next_step": "Read the official notice and use its document link to inspect the underlying case materials directly, checking for later decisions before relying on current status.",
   "next_step_url": "https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/prb-2025-21956.html"
  },
  {
   "slug": "hepokorpi",
   "path": "/projects/hepokorpi",
   "title": "Hepokorpi: a phase 3 permit is not evidence of completed delivery",
   "canonical_record_path": "/data-centres/microsoft-hepokorpi-espoo",
   "country": "FI",
   "locality": "Hepokorpi, Espoo",
   "entity_id": "hepokorpi-project-context",
   "catalogue_stage": {
    "value": "under_construction",
    "as_of": "2026-06-11",
    "source_url": "https://www.sttinfo.fi/tiedote/72129950/ymparisto-ja-rakennuslautakunta-hepokorven-datakeskuksen-kolmannelle-vaiheelle-rakennuslupa?lang=fi",
    "checked_on": "2026-10-02",
    "scope": "Retained historical catalogue label, not a fresh whole-project status check or a delivery-confidence score."
   },
   "change_history": {
    "status": "not_established",
    "material_change_detected_at": null,
    "previous_observation_id": null,
    "explanation": "This first connected evidence file assembles existing published observations. It does not establish a newly detected project change or a complete change history. A later source date alone is not evidence that the whole project advanced."
   },
   "summary": "A June 2026 phase 3 permit account sits beside reporting on earlier-phase construction. The permit and programme targets do not establish current operation.",
   "scope": "The phase 3 permit concerns a specific part of the Hepokorpi project. The separate environmental-assessment listing concerns the wider Espoo project area; its conclusions have not been mapped to the phase 3 permit here. Wider Microsoft construction reporting also covers other Finnish locations and cannot be treated as a single-site completion observation.",
   "supported_position": "The existing announcement records a phase 3 building-permit decision on 11 June 2026. The retained catalogue construction label and wider programme account do not establish that phase 3 is built or that the campus is operating now.",
   "observation_ids": [
    "hepokorpi-phase-3-permit",
    "hepokorpi-construction-programme"
   ],
   "briefing_observation_ids": [
    "hepokorpi-phase-3-permit"
   ],
   "dependency": "The Finnish environment administration lists a reasoned conclusion for the Espoo project environmental assessment dated 4 June 2024. Keep this historical listing separate from the June 2026 phase 3 building permit. Inspect the underlying conclusion, compare it with the city decision linked from the catalogue record, and establish which conditions concern the relevant phase before seeking later construction, commissioning and service evidence.",
   "local_implications": "The environmental-assessment page lists a no-build alternative. The underlying assessment, choice of alternative and fulfilment of conditions were not inspected here. The existing record contains planned heat-recovery and cooling context. Plans and expectations do not establish delivered heat, realised local benefits, community consent or current environmental performance.",
   "gaps": [
    {
     "question": "Current phase-specific construction and commissioning",
     "state": "not_established",
     "consequence": "An earlier-phase account cannot establish that phase 3 has reached the same stage."
    },
    {
     "question": "Permit finality and any current participation window",
     "state": "not_established",
     "consequence": "The linked decision is a source to inspect, not current legal advice or an asserted appeal deadline."
    },
    {
     "question": "Delivered heat recovery, local positions and other outcomes",
     "state": "not_researched",
     "consequence": "No benefit is counted as realised and no community position is inferred."
    },
    {
     "question": "Available compute or a site capacity figure",
     "state": "not_established",
     "consequence": "A permit and a multi-location programme account cannot answer an access or available-capacity question."
    }
   ],
   "watchpoints": [
    "The underlying environmental conclusion and any conditions relevant to the specific phase, including how alternatives and local effects were assessed.",
    "Later official decisions and phase-specific construction evidence.",
    "Commissioning and service evidence at Hepokorpi rather than programme-wide targets.",
    "Documented local commitments, heat-recovery delivery and current participation information."
   ],
   "next_step": "Open the official environmental-assessment project page. To compare it with the phase 3 building decision, follow the unchanged planning link in the existing catalogue record above. Confirm the relevant phase, conditions and later evidence directly; historical assessment and permit dates do not establish current legal status, participation or completed delivery.",
   "next_step_url": "https://www.ymparisto.fi/fi/osallistu-ja-vaikuta/ymparistovaikutusten-arviointi/espoon-datakeskusalue-espoo",
   "source_route": {
    "title": "Finnish environment administration: Espoo environmental-assessment project page",
    "url": "https://www.ymparisto.fi/fi/osallistu-ja-vaikuta/ymparistovaikutusten-arviointi/espoon-datakeskusalue-espoo",
    "checked_on": "2026-10-25",
    "independently_reviewed_at": "2026-10-25T15:40:40Z",
    "source_publication_date": "2024-02-04",
    "source_updated_on": "2024-07-09",
    "event_date": "2024-06-04",
    "scope": "Environmental-assessment page listing only: published 4 February 2024, updated 9 July 2024, reasoned conclusion listed 4 June 2024. Two minimal attributed metadata statements and an ordinary source link, with copyright retained and no open content licence asserted. The underlying conclusion, reports, attachments and private submissions were not opened. This is not the phase 3 permit, current participation, fulfilled conditions or completed delivery; older facility observations and their dates remain unchanged."
   }
  }
 ],
 "briefing": {
  "path": "/briefings/progress-towards-usable-compute",
  "title": "What establishes progress towards usable compute?",
  "summary": "Three European evidence files show why construction, electrical permission, environmental assessment and phase-specific permits need to be read separately before drawing conclusions about delivery.",
  "question": "What does the available evidence establish about progress towards delivery, and what does it leave unresolved?",
  "cohort": "Gromstul, Microsoft evidence at Middenmeer and Hepokorpi are an initial selected cohort, not representative global coverage or a ranking.",
  "interpretation": "These files support a narrower conclusion than a single project status suggests: the evidence concerns different steps, dates and physical scopes. A later permission or notice cannot refresh an older construction or operating observation. The next useful research task is the missing link in each case, rather than a larger headline capacity total.",
  "not_established": "These selected observations do not establish current usable capacity, completion probabilities, market-wide delivery pace, net local benefit or which project is furthest ahead.",
  "observation_ids": [
   "gromstul-electrical-licence",
   "gromstul-electrical-line-scope",
   "middenmeer-mer-notice",
   "middenmeer-mer-boundary",
   "hepokorpi-phase-3-permit"
  ]
 }
}