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Installation does not establish later maintenance responsibility.","sourceIds":["fa-src-yahoo-lockport"],"recordIds":[],"status":"documented","date":null,"theme":"infrastructure"},{"id":"fa-location-yahoo-lockport-data-center","sourceId":"yahoo-lockport-data-center","targetId":"country-us","label":"Physical project location","kind":"located_in","description":"Geographic relationship only; it does not establish government funding, military use or a political alliance.","sourceIds":["fa-src-yahoo-lockport"],"recordIds":[],"status":"documented","date":null,"theme":"infrastructure"},{"id":"proposal-facility-levy-yahoo-lockport-data-center","sourceId":"yahoo-lockport-data-center","targetId":"covered-ai-data-center-sector","label":"Proposed data-center levy scope","description":"This named data-center facility falls within the sector addressed by the independent regeneration proposal. The liable legal entity, assessment basis and collection jurisdiction remain policy questions; this is not an enacted obligation or a payment.","kind":"proposed_levy_coverage","status":"proposal","sourceIds":[],"recordIds":[],"date":null,"theme":"regeneration"}],"finance":[],"sources":[{"id":"fa-src-vantage-az1","title":"Vantage AZ1: construction scope and project partners","url":"https://southlandind.com/project/vantage-az1","publisher":"Southland Industries","publishedAt":null,"accessedAt":"2026-09-28","kind":"primary_project_record","note":"Undated contractor case study; includes a February 2025 milestone and a 2028 completion forecast. Construction scope does not establish a maintenance contract or campus-wide operating status."},{"id":"fa-src-yahoo-lockport","title":"Yahoo! Buffalo: electrical design and construction","url":"https://www.cei.com/our-work/yahoo-buffalo","publisher":"Cupertino Electric","publishedAt":null,"accessedAt":"2026-09-28","kind":"primary_project_record","note":"Undated historical construction case study. Current ownership, operating status and maintenance providers were not verified from this record."},{"id":"fa-src-rbc-guelph","title":"Royal Bank of Canada: site support at Guelph Computing Centre","url":"https://www.plan-group.com/project/royal-bank-canada","publisher":"Plan Group","publishedAt":null,"accessedAt":"2026-09-28","kind":"primary_project_record","note":"Provider describes ongoing Guelph support and a 24/7 support model. The account-wide 35-year history and recurring five-year terms are not assigned to this single facility."},{"id":"fa-src-equinix-sp3-engemon","title":"Equinix SP3: turnkey construction","url":"https://engemon.com.br/engemon.com.br/categoria/concluidas/obras/equinix","publisher":"Engemon","publishedAt":null,"accessedAt":"2026-09-28","kind":"primary_project_record","note":"Portuguese contractor record in completed works. It establishes turnkey construction, not an ongoing operations-services contract. Publication and completion dates are not given."}],"neighbors":[{"id":"covered-ai-data-center-sector","slug":"covered-ai-data-center-sector","name":"AI companies & data-center operators","kind":"policy"},{"id":"country-us","slug":"country-us","name":"United States","kind":"country"},{"id":"yahoo","slug":"yahoo","name":"Yahoo","kind":"company"},{"id":"cupertino-electric","slug":"cupertino-electric","name":"Cupertino Electric","kind":"contractor"},{"id":"yahoo-lockport-data-center","slug":"yahoo-lockport-data-center","name":"Yahoo · Lockport data center","kind":"facility"}],"gaps":[{"id":"fa-maintenance-disclosure-gap","title":"Construction does not identify every maintenance provider","description":"The selected cases establish construction, installation or engineering roles. RBC Guelph separately discloses ongoing support. Most sites do not disclose a complete commissioning, maintenance and facilities-management chain.","entityIds":["vantage-az1-goodyear","yahoo-lockport-data-center","rbc-guelph-computing-centre","equinix-sp3"],"sourceIds":["fa-src-vantage-az1","fa-src-yahoo-lockport","fa-src-rbc-guelph","fa-src-equinix-sp3-engemon"],"nextStep":"Add site-specific service awards, commissioning reports and maintenance contracts with dates and exact scope. Anonymous case studies and generic service pages cannot identify a customer."}],"snapshotDate":"2026-09-28"}