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Project maturity is a chain, not a label

A data-center project can have land, permits, a customer contract, a utility agreement, or even construction activity without being an operating load. Texas Resource Watch keeps those stages separate.

Guard: contracted capacity is not measured consumption; a water permit is not pumping; infrastructure capacity is not ordinary demand.

1. Site / concept

Land control, zoning discussion, concept plan or pre-application activity.

2. Applied / studied

Permit application, utility study, environmental review or interconnection study.

3. Contracted / authorized

Customer lease, service agreement, permit or water authorization.

4. Construction

Physical build-out, utility extension, generators, substations or campus works.

5. Energized / operating

Facility receives service or is demonstrably operating.

6. Measured

Metered load, withdrawal, consumption, return flow or other measured physical performance.

Why this matters

Project Matador / Fermi: a binding TensorWave customer lease supports a contracted future-delivery stage for one phase. It does not establish 222 MW of current consumption.
Farmington Technology Park: site planning exists, but the city reports no specific development application. That is not an approved operating data center.
AWS PHL100 Salem: SRBC authorized 0.1290 MGD average consumptive use. Authorization still is not measured consumption.
Port Washington Lighthouse: construction and utility infrastructure are documented, but design water demand remains separate from actual water use.

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