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  "projectId": "google-skien",
  "reviewedAt": "2026-10-17T03:08:58.377713+00:00",
  "sources": [
    {
      "issuer": "Municipality of Skien",
      "url": "https://www.skien.kommune.no/by-og-naeringsutvikling/google-etablering-i-skien-kommune/",
      "publicationDate": null,
      "eventDate": null,
      "reviewed": "2026-10-16",
      "kind": "Project-specific municipal project account",
      "text": "Skien identifies Google’s Gromstul land purchase and first-stage construction announcement in February 2024, with subsequent site activity.",
      "claimScope": "Skien identifies Google’s Gromstul land purchase and first-stage construction announcement in February 2024, with subsequent site activity.",
      "locator": "Google etablering i Skien kommune; introductory paragraph",
      "accessible": true
    },
    {
      "issuer": "Google Norge via NTB press-release service",
      "url": "https://kommunikasjon.ntb.no/pressemelding/18046820/google-starter-bygging-av-et-nytt-datasenter-i-skien-investerer-600-millioner-euro?lang=no&publisherId=8930805",
      "publicationDate": "2024-02-07",
      "eventDate": "2024-02-07",
      "reviewed": "2026-10-16",
      "kind": "Original issuer release; NTB is distributor",
      "text": "Google announces EUR600 million for the Skien data centre and related infrastructure, a 240 MW first-phase allocation, and a 2026 operating target. Allocation is not metered IT load.",
      "claimScope": "Google announces EUR600 million for the Skien data centre and related infrastructure, a 240 MW first-phase allocation, and a 2026 operating target. Allocation is not metered IT load.",
      "locator": "Opening construction announcement; infrastructure bullet on first-phase allocation; investment paragraph",
      "accessible": true
    },
    {
      "issuer": "ZAUNERGROUP",
      "url": "https://www.zaunergroup.com/en/company/news/google",
      "publicationDate": "2024-12-18",
      "eventDate": "2024-12-18",
      "reviewed": "2026-10-16",
      "kind": "Original contractor award disclosure",
      "text": "ZAUNERGROUP reports a specialist fit-out award for Google’s VLB campus in Skien, retaining a 2026 target. Contract value and accepted capacity are not disclosed.",
      "claimScope": "ZAUNERGROUP reports a specialist fit-out award for Google’s VLB campus in Skien, retaining a 2026 target. Contract value and accepted capacity are not disclosed.",
      "locator": "ZAUNERGROUP expands Google’s data center; opening paragraph",
      "accessible": true
    },
    {
      "issuer": "DatacenterDynamics / Dan Swinhoe",
      "url": "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/google-breaks-ground-on-norway-data-center/",
      "publicationDate": "2024-02-08",
      "eventDate": "2024-02-08",
      "reviewed": "2026-10-16",
      "kind": "Independent specialist reporting",
      "text": "DCD reports Skien groundbreaking and distinguishes the 240 MW allocation from the much larger long-term area-wide power figure.",
      "claimScope": "DCD reports Skien groundbreaking and distinguishes the 240 MW allocation from the much larger long-term area-wide power figure.",
      "locator": "Groundbreaking account and power-scope clarification",
      "accessible": true
    },
    {
      "issuer": "Google",
      "url": "https://datacenters.google/",
      "publicationDate": null,
      "eventDate": null,
      "reviewed": "2026-10-16",
      "kind": "Original current company location listing",
      "text": "Google continues to list Skien as in development in its European location inventory.",
      "claimScope": "Google continues to list Skien as in development in its European location inventory.",
      "locator": "Our locations → Europe → Skien, Norway (in development)",
      "accessible": true
    }
  ],
  "sourceIndependence": "Documents are counted as documents, not independent confirmations. Same-issuer releases and their rewrites share an underlying claim. Five documents across municipality, Google, contractor and DCD. NTB distributes Google’s release and is not an independent corroborator. The current Google location listing remains in development; no inference from another tracker’s operating label is accepted.",
  "limitations": [
    "Five documents across municipality, Google, contractor and DCD. NTB distributes Google’s release and is not an independent corroborator. The current Google location listing remains in development; no inference from another tracker’s operating label is accepted.",
    "No independently measured current operating IT load, utilisation, paid project expenditure or attributable site earnings established."
  ],
  "duplicateCheck": {
    "existingIdMatches": [],
    "aliasesChecked": [
      "Gromstul",
      "VLB"
    ],
    "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,
  "checkedRoleIds": [
    "checked-google-skien-GOOGL"
  ],
  "checkedMeasurementIds": [
    "checked-google-skien-announced-investment",
    "checked-google-skien-power-allocation"
  ]
}