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Local approval tracking for data centers

Create a dashboard tracking permitting timelines and roadblocks for data center projects. Serve AI companies navigating regulatory complexities.

Why now

As AI compute demand explodes, local approvals become critical path items for deployment.

Who for
Data center planners
Business model
SaaS subscriptions
Effort
A few months

Data center construction faces growing local opposition and complex permitting processes. A centralized tracker for approval statuses across jurisdictions would help infrastructure planners.

Build a scraping tool that aggregates public hearing schedules, permit statuses, and opposition groups for major projects. Sell subscriptions to site selection teams.

MVP could track just Wisconsin and Virginia. Main risk is incomplete data from opaque local processes.

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