ScoreMyDataCenter Independent observatory What public data says about data centers, aggregated site by site. Every figure is dated, sourced and recomputable.
The figure of this edition — on the selected territory
39%
of sites sit in a basin under high water stress or water crisis.
The fleet is here. The water is already under stress.
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Germany
The fleet was built on land already taken — but part of the fleet draws from basins already under stress.
39%
of sites sit in a basin under high water stress or water crisis.
What it meansCooling choices become a territorial question, not only a technical one.
WRI Aqueduct 4.0 · n = 310 · 1 site with no published value — excluded and counted apart Germany
95%
of the fleet is built on already-artificialized soil — not on farmland or natural land.
What it meansThe fleet grows mostly on already-transformed land — not every new project follows that logic.
Corine Land Cover (EEA) · n = 311 Germany
20%
of sites border a protected natural area, within one kilometre.
Protected areas — EEA CDDA / Natura 2000 · n = 311 Germany
Operators disclose their capacity.
0%
of sites disclose their electrical capacity — the basic figure of any public debate.
What it meansThe basic figure of any public debate is usually available.
Operators' public disclosures · n = 311 Germany
The tracked fleet is already running.
100%
of the tracked fleet is already operating — we measure what exists, not only what is promised.
What it meansWe measure what exists first, not only what is promised.
ScoreMyDataCenter corpus — project status · n = 311 Germany
5
projects under citizen opposition or moratorium — recorded and sourced, never graded on that basis.
What it meansSourced facts, never a grade — context.
Watch layer — sourced facts, never a grade · n = 5 Germany
The territory's constraints, ranked by the share of sites concerned — a descriptive ranking, never a grade.
39%
of sites in high water-stress areas.
20%
of sites within 1 km of a protected natural area.
recomputed per perimeter: share of sites concerned by each constraint
A mechanical, published selection — the most common profile, the most constrained, the best documented. Real situations behind the aggregates.
criterion: the territory's modal profile (status, grid, soil, most frequent grade)
View the fiche →criterion: highest cumulated territorial frictions in the perimeter
View the fiche →criterion: highest documentary-confidence score
View the fiche →Figures change when facts change — never to fit the story.
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