- How We Source Data -
Every data point in the dataset comes from one of two places, and both are disclosed on every record.
Grid operator queues, corporate and land registries, and government statistical agencies, wherever a structured public record already exists, in whatever country it exists in, we build directly on it. That means FERC and ISO filings in the US, Capacitypedia and Companies House in Europe, ONS and Junta Comercial in Brazil, national utility and registry data across the Gulf, Africa, and Asia-Pacific, the specific source changes by market, but the principle is the same: use what's already public before asking a person to go find it.
Brokers, landowners, and engineers who retrieve paperwork not available in any public system, most often in markets where no consolidated registry exists yet. Every submission includes a citation to the underlying document, and nothing publishes on a single person's word: two of three independent validators have to confirm it against the source before it enters the dataset.
Non-public information is welcome, a broker's tip, an unmarketed deal, a landowner's account of who's been approached. The line is lawfully obtained vs. not: submit what you legitimately know or have legitimate access to, never anything obtained through theft, unauthorized system access, or breach of a confidentiality obligation you're personally bound by.
This combination is how we cover ground no single research team could reach on its own, automated where the record is already public, human-sourced where it isn't, in every market we operate in, not just the best-documented ones.
- The Parcel Model -
The parcel is the atomic unit the entire dataset is built on. Every layer, from a grid interconnection filing to an ownership record to a workforce-housing signal, attaches to a specific parcel rather than existing as a free-floating fact. Each parcel is defined by the four corner coordinates of its boundary, following the local governing body's own definition of a land unit rather than an imposed global standard.
Country → State/Province/City → Unique Parcel Number
Every parcel receives a unique identifying number, the UPN: Country → State/Province/City → Unique Parcel Number. That gives every parcel of land on Earth exactly one identifier, hierarchically traceable back to its jurisdiction, while still tying back to the local cadastral or municipal record that governs it.
Anchoring every layer to a parcel number means no data point exists in isolation, a grid filing, an ownership record, and a housing signal for the same site are provably about the same physical location. It also lets the platform show partial information honestly: a parcel with only land and zoning data looks visibly different from one with a fully built, fully verified data center. Every piece of data is linked to the contributor who submitted it, with supporting documents saved against the same UPN.
- What to Map Next -
We're expanding market by market and layer by layer, and the fastest way to find out what's missing is to ask the people who'd actually use it.
If there's a market we haven't covered yet, or a type of data you wish existed and doesn't, a new layer, a new region, a new kind of filing or record, please tell us.
We're building this in the open, and the next layer we prioritize is as likely to come from a conversation with a fund or operator as from our own research.
- Data Validation -
Every data contributor submission is checked before it enters the dataset.
A contributor submits a data point with a citation to the source document.
Independent validators check the submission against the cited source.
Two of the three assigned validators must independently agree before the record is accepted.
The record is added to the dataset, with its source and validation status attached.