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1,879 records and counting — 61 still ahead across 48 states. Rezoning and power-contract votes surface here before they happen; hearings and town halls while there’s still time to show up. Nothing is ever deleted — what passes into the past stays on the record, so you can trace what was proposed, who showed up, and what it led to.
What’s coming up — and where to show up. Every record cites its primary source.
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Thu
10
Sep 2026
Past ⚠ Agenda Watch Government Meeting
$600 was at stake
Independence, Virginia
· Thursday, September 10, 2026 — 1 day ago
The published agenda for this September 10 meeting contains: "Data Center", "data center", "DATA CENTER". This is the public record BEFORE the vote — read the document, then show up. Public comment is where cancellations start.
On the record:
“Data Center”“data center”“DATA CENTER”
Tue
18
Aug 2026
Past ⚠ Agenda Watch Government Meeting
Independence, Virginia
· Tuesday, August 18, 2026 — 3 weeks ago
The published agenda for this August 18 meeting contains: "Data Center". This is the public record BEFORE the vote — read the document, then show up. Public comment is where cancellations start.
On the record:
“Data Center”
Thu
9
Jul 2026
Past ⚠ Agenda Watch Government Meeting
$33,516,405.00 was at stake
Independence, Virginia
· Thursday, July 9, 2026 — 2 months ago
The published agenda for this July 9 meeting contains: "Data Center", "AI Data Center", "data center". This is the public record BEFORE the vote — read the document, then show up. Public comment is where cancellations…
On the record:
“Data Center”“AI Data Center”“data center”
Thu
11
Jun 2026
Past ⚠ Agenda Watch Government Meeting
$975,831 was at stake
Independence, Virginia
· Thursday, June 11, 2026 — 3 months ago
The published agenda for this June 11 meeting contains: "Data Center". This is the public record BEFORE the vote — read the document, then show up. Public comment is where cancellations start.
On the record:
“Data Center”
Thu
14
May 2026
Past ⚠ Agenda Watch Government Meeting
$550 was at stake
Independence, Virginia
· Thursday, May 14, 2026 — 4 months ago
The published agenda for this May 14 meeting contains: "Data Center". This is the public record BEFORE the vote — read the document, then show up. Public comment is where cancellations start.
On the record:
“Data Center”
Tue
21
Apr 2026
Past ⚠ Agenda Watch Government Meeting
$76 million was at stake
Independence, Virginia
· Tuesday, April 21, 2026 — 5 months ago
The published agenda for this April 21 meeting contains: "colocation". This is the public record BEFORE the vote — read the document, then show up. Public comment is where cancellations start.
On the record:
“colocation”
Thu
8
Jan 2026
Past ⚠ Agenda Watch Government Meeting
$49 was at stake
Independence, Virginia
· Thursday, January 8, 2026 — 8 months ago
The published agenda for this January 8 meeting contains: "data center". This is the public record BEFORE the vote — read the document, then show up. Public comment is where cancellations start.
On the record:
“data center”
How the Docket works
Every record here is a dated civic fact — a government meeting with a data-center project on the published agenda, a council vote, a hearing, a rally, a deadline. Upcoming items tell you where to show up; showing up is how towns win. Past items never come off the record: they are the research archive of what was proposed, when, and where. Every record carries a permanent ID and cites its primary source — usually the government’s own published document.
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