January 2026

📢 What's new

New features

Data Center Community Sentiment Layers

Sentiment layer

AI aggregated public records, news, and municipal documents are now summarized into a visual Sentiment Layer, helping developers quickly identify areas of community support or policy alignment. 

Previously, this required manually reviewing hundreds of documents; now you can assess favorability early in site analysis and prioritize locations with stronger local backing.

Opposition Layer

The new Opposition Layer highlights regions with documented resistance, restrictive policies, or active pushback against data center development. Instead of uncovering risks late in diligence, developers can proactively identify high friction areas upfront, reducing delays and avoiding dead-end sites during early screening.

How does it work? 

Use the Data Center Quick Filter in the Layer Catalog to quickly locate Data Center layers and enable the Data Center Community Sentiment Layer. 

From there, navigate the map to view county-level sentiment and click on counties of interest to see a favorability score along with an AI-generated summary of key insights.
 

Improvements

Data Center Quick Filter 

A new quick filter button has been added to the Layer Catalog to instantly surface Data Center specific layers. Previously, you had to manually search or scroll through the full catalog; now you can quickly focus on relevant layers, speeding up early site selection workflows.

How does it work?

Open the Layer Catalog and click on the new Data Center button to quickly filter the catalog to Data Center specific layers.