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  "projectId": "google-winschoten",
  "reviewedAt": "2026-10-17T03:08:58.377713+00:00",
  "sources": [
    {
      "issuer": "Province of Groningen / official gazette",
      "url": "https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/prb-2023-12116.pdf",
      "publicationDate": "2023-10-18",
      "eventDate": "2023-10-18",
      "reviewed": "2026-10-16",
      "kind": "Original project-specific government permit notice",
      "text": "The province grants Green Box Computing B.V. a permit to establish a data centre at Hoogebrug III, Winschoten DC1A. This is a permit notice, not operating acceptance.",
      "claimScope": "The province grants Green Box Computing B.V. a permit to establish a data centre at Hoogebrug III, Winschoten DC1A. This is a permit notice, not operating acceptance.",
      "locator": "Provinciaal Blad 2023 nr.12116, single page, opening and appeal clauses",
      "accessible": true
    },
    {
      "issuer": "Google Nederland",
      "url": "https://blog.google/intl/nl-nl/google-nieuws/over-google/google-start-met-de-bouw-van-een-nieuw-datacenter-in-winschoten/",
      "publicationDate": "2023-12-14",
      "eventDate": "2023-12-14",
      "reviewed": "2026-10-16",
      "kind": "Original company construction announcement",
      "text": "Google announces the start of construction in Winschoten and EUR600 million investment; national energy agreements have a different scope.",
      "claimScope": "Google announces the start of construction in Winschoten and EUR600 million investment; national energy agreements have a different scope.",
      "locator": "Opening paragraph; future heat-reuse paragraph",
      "accessible": true
    },
    {
      "issuer": "Google Nederland",
      "url": "https://blog.google/intl/nl-nl/google-nieuws/initiatieven/google-opent-datacenter-in-winschoten-en-versterkt-de-ai-economie-in-nederland/",
      "publicationDate": "2025-11-18",
      "eventDate": "2025-11-18",
      "reviewed": "2026-10-16",
      "kind": "Original company opening announcement",
      "text": "Google announces the opening of Winschoten to support its Dutch cloud region and AI-driven services. No current operating IT MW or utilisation is disclosed.",
      "claimScope": "Google announces the opening of Winschoten to support its Dutch cloud region and AI-driven services. No current operating IT MW or utilisation is disclosed.",
      "locator": "Opening and cloud-region paragraphs",
      "accessible": true
    },
    {
      "issuer": "DatacenterDynamics / Georgia Butler",
      "url": "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/google-opens-data-center-in-winschoten-the-netherlands/",
      "publicationDate": "2025-11-19",
      "eventDate": "2025-11-19",
      "reviewed": "2026-10-16",
      "kind": "Independent specialist reporting",
      "text": "DCD reports the Winschoten opening at Hoogebrug 3 and identifies it separately from Eemshaven, Middenmeer and the Groningen development.",
      "claimScope": "DCD reports the Winschoten opening at Hoogebrug 3 and identifies it separately from Eemshaven, Middenmeer and the Groningen development.",
      "locator": "Opening, address and Dutch-site distinction paragraphs",
      "accessible": true
    },
    {
      "issuer": "Municipality of Oldambt / official gazette",
      "url": "https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/gmb-2026-138505.html",
      "publicationDate": "2026-03-25",
      "eventDate": "2026-03-25",
      "reviewed": "2026-10-16",
      "kind": "Original municipal cable-plan adoption notice",
      "text": "Oldambt publishes the March 4 adoption of a 110 kV cable-route plan. Its wording describes a data centre under construction; this does not establish the commissioning scope of Google’s 2025 opening.",
      "claimScope": "Oldambt publishes the March 4 adoption of a 110 kV cable-route plan. Its wording describes a data centre under construction; this does not establish the commissioning scope of Google’s 2025 opening.",
      "locator": "Gemeenteblad 2026,138505; adoption and cable-route paragraphs; appeal terms",
      "accessible": true
    }
  ],
  "sourceIndependence": "Documents are counted as documents, not independent confirmations. Same-issuer releases and their rewrites share an underlying claim. Five documents; two Google announcements share an issuer; DCD independently publishes the opening account. Government permit and cable notices address distinct legal scopes and do not certify current full-campus readiness. The cable notice’s generic wording requires phase reconciliation.",
  "limitations": [
    "Five documents; two Google announcements share an issuer; DCD independently publishes the opening account. Government permit and cable notices address distinct legal scopes and do not certify current full-campus readiness. The cable notice’s generic wording requires phase reconciliation.",
    "No independently measured current operating IT load, utilisation, paid project expenditure or attributable site earnings established."
  ],
  "duplicateCheck": {
    "existingIdMatches": [],
    "aliasesChecked": [
      "Hoogebrug III",
      "Hoogebrug 3",
      "Green Box Computing B.V.",
      "DC1A"
    ],
    "result": "No matching campus in serving 192-record inventory or queued new-project items; checked before integration",
    "scope": "Campus/location/legal aliases; Finnish three-site region is not separately counted as a parent project"
  },
  "wholeProjectRecertified": false,
  "aggregationEligible": false,
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    "checked-google-winschoten-GOOGL"
  ],
  "checkedMeasurementIds": [
    "checked-google-winschoten-announced-investment"
  ]
}