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The guides and tables on this site keep their citations here, in one place. Each figure can be traced to one of the documents below; links open the original publisher, and we do not host copies. How the tables are compiled is on the methodology page.

Home page

The two research figures in the numbers band. The land-price range and the moratorium count come from the deal and restriction tables below.

Land-price guide: 42 deal and listing records

One record per row of the tables in How much do data centers pay for land? — 38 reported transactions and 4 asking prices, compiled 2026-10-17. Each links to the county record, filing, listing or named report it comes from.

Market reports and farmland benchmarks used on the same page

Site selection guide

Reports and filings quoted in the site selection guide. Its incentive and restriction tables are sourced row by row in the two lists further down.

Powered shell vs powered land

Annual reports, an appraisal paper and trade press quoted in the explainer.

Guide: How much land does a data center need?

Documents read for the guide, with the date we accessed each. Figures computed from our own tables cite those tables' sources in the groups below.

Data center land in Virginia

The record behind every deal, rule and program on Data center land in Virginia (16 documents).

Campus footprints (13 campuses, compiled 2026-10-17)

Site area, power and floor area for data center campuses where a public document states them. Each row's document is below; the table is also downloadable as CSV and JSON.

Tax-incentive programs (47, updated 2026-10-05)

Moratoria and grid restrictions (61, updated 2026-10-05)

Archival plats and photos (8)

All images are in the public domain; the licence basis is given for each. Our copies are cropped and printed in two inks of the site palette; the originals are unaltered at the holding institution.

  1. Transmission line towers and high tension lines that carry current generated at TVA's Wilson Dam hydroelectric plant, near Sheffield, Ala.. Alfred T. Palmer, U.S. Office of War Information, 1942-06. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Color Photographs (LC-DIG-fsac-1a35249).Public domain (work of the U.S. federal government). Library of Congress rights advisory: No known restrictions on publication.Used on: Home · file we copied
  2. Map of Township 1S., Range 39W. of the 6th P.M., from Standard atlas of Cheyenne County, Kansas. Brock & Company, 1928. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, County Landownership Maps (G1458.C45 B7 1928).Public domain in the United States: published in 1928, so its U.S. copyright term has expired (works published before 1931).Used on: Home, How much land does a data center need? · file we copied
  3. Alternating strips of alfalfa and oats with corn on the contour protects this crop field in Jasper County, Iowa from soil erosion (NRCSIA99360). Erwin Cole, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, not published (gallery upload 2011). USDA NRCS Photo Gallery, Iowa (item 3413).Public domain (work of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, NRCS Photo Gallery).Used on: List your land
  4. United States Land Surveys, Diagram 4, from Standard atlas of Harper County, Kansas. Geo. A. Ogle & Co., 1895 (diagram copyright); atlas published 1902. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, County Landownership Maps (G1458.H3 G4 1902).Public domain: published in the United States in 1902, more than 95 years ago.Used on: List your land · file we copied
  5. Township 14 North, Range 3 West, Gila and Salt River Meridian. Soloman W. Foreman, deputy surveyor; John Hasson, Surveyor General (Surveyor General's Office, Tucson), 1871-10-20. U.S. General Land Office survey plats (BLM GLO Records, plat 196539).Public domain (work of the U.S. federal government, General Land Office).Used on: Land-price guide
  6. An upstream small dam, terraces, buffer strips, grass plantings and other conservation measures are part of a project designed to improve the quality of water entering Union Grove Lake in Tama County, Iowa (NRCSIA99083). Tim McCabe, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, not published (gallery upload 2011). USDA NRCS Photo Gallery, Iowa (item 2867).Public domain (work of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, NRCS Photo Gallery).Used on: Land-price guide
  7. Switch yard at TVA's Wilson Dam hydroelectric plant, vicinity of Sheffield, Ala., 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River. Alfred T. Palmer, U.S. Office of War Information, 1942-06. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Color Photographs (LC-DIG-fsac-1a35265).Public domain (work of the U.S. federal government). Library of Congress rights advisory: No known restrictions on publication.Used on: Site selection guide · file we copied
  8. Rural Electrification Act -- East Kentucky Power Cooperative (20260407-USDA-RD-KY-GT-0105). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, 2026-04-07. USDA Flickr stream (photo 55281387739).Public domain (work of the U.S. Department of Agriculture; marked Public Domain on Flickr).Used on: Powered shell vs powered land · file we copied