GridWatcher turns public records into a sourced A–F grade for every US data-center project — then arms communities to act on it. Un-buyable by the people being rated.
Communities aren’t rejecting infrastructure out of reflex. The #1 cited cause of blocked projects is a lack of transparency around ownership, power, and water.
In Q1 2026 alone, ~75 projects worth ~$130B were blocked or delayed — roughly the whole of 2025 in a single quarter. Nobody owns the credible, neutral read on what’s actually in the deal. That’s the gap.
The transparency triad we grade is now the center of federal and state policy.
New York enacted a one-year pause on large new data centers (Executive Order 62, Jul 2026) while it writes the rules.
Rep. Ro Khanna’s Aug 2026 resolution demands community control plus transparency on ownership, power & water — our exact grading triad.
142 protests across 42 states in a single day; ~203 local moratoriums tracked. Opposition splits ~55% R / 45% D.
A weighted, published, versioned methodology scores every project across seven pillars. Every sub-score cites its source — a permit number, a filing link, a meeting-video timestamp. Missing data reads “Insufficient Disclosure,” never a guessed number.
| Pillar | Weight |
|---|---|
| Transparency | 25% |
| Power / Grid | 20% |
| Water | 15% |
| Community Benefit | 15% |
| Environmental | 10% |
| Economic Fairness | 10% |
| Process Integrity | 5% |
Public records in. A credible grade and a community toolkit out.
Permits, utility filings, water data and meeting minutes — normalized into one dataset.
A rules-based engine scores the seven pillars. An LLM only extracts facts — never sets the grade.
Templated comments, meeting calendars, petitions, and a “Build It Right / yes-if” track.
Leader Pro, sourced dossiers, and civic merch — funding from the community side, never developers.
We take no money from developers, operators, or hyperscalers — ever. Not funding, not equity, not sponsorship, not paid right-of-reply. The instant grades look for sale, the product is worthless. Independence isn’t a constraint — it’s the entire asset.
See the grade for the project near you, and get the receipts to comment, organize, and push for a better one.
A neutral, sourced grade you can cite in testimony and reporting — because no developer money touches it.
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