behind│the watt

The open database of behind-the-meter data center power. Who's actually online, how fast they got there, and what their power really costs. Tracked daily. Sourced from air permits, not press releases.

• Site: site/ — Astro static build → behindthewatt.com
• Engine: engine/ — watchers → archive → LLM extraction → review → publish
• Data mirror: generated read-only export, will live at behindthewatt/data (own repo)
• Architecture: docs/architecture.md · decisions: docs/decisions.md

Licenses

• Code: MIT (LICENSE)
• Data: CC BY 4.0 (LICENSE-DATA.md) — cite as Behind the Watt, behindthewatt.com

Status

Pre-launch. Genesis dataset: 3 verified operating facilities, pilot of Jul 2026.