How to use Land & Grid research

Land & Grid is a free research tool for electrical engineering companies investigating data centres, mine sites and substations. Browse public records without an account. Saving private places uses the existing Elora Grid account.

What each record represents

Records can describe a facility, campus, building, phase, planning filing or inventory observation. Several records may relate to one site. Retain the stated scope when counting opportunities. Coverage is partial and varies by source and country.

Evidence and dates

Follow the original sources on each page. A publication date, observation date and research review date mean different things. An operator announcement is a reported claim; a permit is evidence of the stated regulatory decision. Neither independently proves construction or current operation. Missing values mean unknown.

Likelihood estimates

Only explicitly reviewed estimates are published. Each percentage names an event, a time horizon, an assessment date, a rationale and sources. These are Elora editorial judgements, not calibrated forecasts. A source-signal score, planning stage or nearby grid asset is not a probability. Where no such assessment exists, the page says “Probability not assessed”.

Builders and electrical scope

Distinguish developer, operator, main contractor, electrical contractor and network operator. Inferred roles are labelled. Scope descriptions are screening leads; they do not assert that procurement is open. An operating facility may have maintenance or expansion work, but a separate project-specific trigger is needed.

Locations and connections

Published points and uncertainty circles are indicative. A circle is not a surveyed facility boundary. Distance does not establish an electrical connection, network capacity, ownership or land availability. A documented proposed connection remains distinct from nearby infrastructure.

News and rights

News entries contain original short summaries, dates and links. Linked articles, source data and geographic observations retain their own rights. Raw research archives and professional contacts are not part of the public export. Publication of Elora's curated factual research does not grant a licence to the original sources. Where source redistribution rights have not been verified, source credits say so; no blanket third-party licence is granted.

Use with an LLM

Use the public catalogue, OpenAPI specification and per-entity JSON or Markdown. Answers should cite the entity, source and date and preserve uncertainty. Machine-readable guide.