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Where AI is really getting built.

Energy is the #1 bottleneck of the AI buildout — but a real data center also needs land, grid and delivery, not just an announcement. LOADSTAR is the public, neutral index that fuses those signals into one number (the Compute Formation Index, method fully open) and ranks every US region by how much AI compute-supply is actually forming — measured activity, not announcements. Cross-referenced against official sources, sealed in a dated ledger.

The LOADSTAR number — live, free to cite
as of 2026-08-28
~15% of the queue is machine-verifiable as signed · 145.2 of 958.2 GW (a floor — 1 of 7 queues unreadable)
ERCOT 307→0 GWMISO 241→0 GWSPP 150→61 GWPJM 149→17 GWCAISO 74→60 GW
Arrow = GW we can verify as carrying an executed interconnection agreement, read from each queue’s own published status field. Where 0, our reading finds no machine-readable field (unverified, not confirmed absent).
U.S. ISO GENERATION interconnection queues (≥50 MW) vs. verified executed-agreement volume (a floor) — descriptive of today, not a forecast. cite it →
Track record, accruing496 withdrawal predictions live — sealed, dated, hash-anchored; they resolve on their own from Dec 2026.the dated record →
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A free, citable number for where AI power is real — or phantom — each one linked to an official filing.

Updated Aug 29, 2026 · automatic
Radical honesty: the CFI measures TODAY's signal — it doesn't promise a future hit. Predictions go public only once the hit is validated. Preliminary signal (7 outcomes, in-sample, not yet validated): top-CFI regions saw 1.33× the real-phase outcome signals (keyword-matched) of other regions over the 6-month horizon.
⚡ the energy map · 🔒 sealed ledger · ⚓ externally timestamped · 🔬 open methodology · 📰 press / cite — don't trust, verify

🔴 hot · 🟠 heating · 🟡 emerging · 🔵 cool — click a region for its terminal. Pulse = CFI ≥ 70.

#
Region
CFI
Index
Queue / trend
1
West Texas / AbileneTexas
86
10,378 MW▲ accelerating
2
Seattle MetroWashington · existing cluster
85
54,289 MW▲ accelerating
3
Phoenix MetroArizona · existing cluster
80
7,400 MW▲ accelerating
4
Northern VirginiaVirginia · existing cluster
80
2,662 MW– stable
5
Silicon ValleyCalifornia · existing cluster
79
57,918 MW– stable
6
KansasKansas
77
28,336 MW– stable
7
Columbus MetroOhio · existing cluster
77
22,259 MW– stable
8
New MexicoNew Mexico
72
7,287 MW▲ accelerating
9
North CarolinaNorth Carolina
66
2,861 MW▲ accelerating
10
Dallas-Fort WorthTexas · existing cluster
64
19,347 MW▼ cooling
11
MichiganMichigan
64
44,140 MW– stable
12
PennsylvaniaPennsylvania
63
7,345 MW▲ accelerating
13
IowaIowa
62
15,215 MW▼ cooling
14
Chicago MetroIllinois · existing cluster
54
66,414 MW▼ cooling
15
FloridaFlorida
51
22,915 MW▼ cooling
16
Atlanta MetroGeorgia · existing cluster
47
37,898 MW▼ cooling
17
New York / New Jersey MetroNew Jersey · existing cluster
45
6,376 MW▼ cooling
18
Portland / HillsboroOregon
42
103,048 MW▼ cooling
19
WisconsinWisconsin
42
14,422 MW▼ cooling
20
MinnesotaMinnesota
41
18,591 MW▼ cooling

CFI = 35% formation (multi-source signal) + 30% energy (interconnection queue) + 20% momentum + 15% corroboration. 0–100. Methodology open on purpose — a black box never becomes the reference.

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