# GroundAlpha

> GroundAlpha monitors large physical build-outs — AI data-center campuses first — from orbit, from the ground and from the public record. Sentinel-1 radar passes, geotagged site photographs from vetted field scouts, and county permits, filings and news are tied to the same place and dated, so an investor can check what is actually being built before it is reported.

Coverage today: 514 monitored sites, 6,860 satellite passes on file, 1,614 permits and county records. Full dossiers (pass-by-pass history, construction reading, ground photography, every record in detail) need an account; each site below has a free public page.

## Public site pages

- [Project Jupiter](https://ground-alpha.com/sites/project-jupiter.md): Project Jupiter (Oracle, STACK, BorderPlex), Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States: 69 satellite passes since 2025-09-24, latest 2026-10-01.
- [Cipher Black Pearl](https://ground-alpha.com/sites/cipher-black-pearl.md): Cipher Black Pearl (Cipher Digital, Amazon), Winkler County, Texas, United States: 33 satellite passes since 2025-10-08, latest 2026-09-28; 1 permit or county record on file.

## Public company pages

- [Nebius](https://ground-alpha.com/companies/nebius.md): Nebius data-center build-out as tracked by GroundAlpha: 21 sites, 3,675 MW stated (375 MW operating, 1,810 MW under construction, 1,200 MW permitted, not started, 290 MW proposed), 17 of them watched by Sentinel-1 radar every 27 days. Figures as of 2026-11-06.
- [CoreWeave](https://ground-alpha.com/companies/coreweave.md): CoreWeave data-center build-out as tracked by GroundAlpha: 37 sites, 2,991 MW stated (857 MW operating, 1,299 MW under construction, 835 MW proposed), 33 of them watched by Sentinel-1 radar every 22 days. Figures as of 2026-11-06.
- [IREN](https://ground-alpha.com/companies/iren.md): IREN data-center build-out as tracked by GroundAlpha: 14 sites, 6,510 MW stated (910 MW operating, 2,000 MW under construction, 300 MW permitted, not started, 3,300 MW proposed), 8 of them watched by Sentinel-1 radar every 30 days. Figures as of 2026-11-06.
- [Tesla & SpaceXAI](https://ground-alpha.com/companies/tesla-spacexai.md): Tesla & SpaceXAI data-center build-out as tracked by GroundAlpha: 6 sites, 2,725 MW stated (2,725 MW operating, 1 proposed with no MW stated), watched by Sentinel-1 radar every 18 days. Figures as of 2026-11-06.

## Research

- [Nebius: The Physical Reality Check](https://ground-alpha.com/research/nebius-visual-investigation.pdf): A visual investigation (PDF) into what sits between Nebius’s 5 GW power ambition and revenue-producing compute: site identity, permits, construction signals, capacity definitions and tenant attribution, site by site.

## Questions and answers

- [Are AI data centers being built right now?](https://ground-alpha.com/questions.md#are-ai-data-centers-being-built-right-now): Yes. GroundAlpha watches 514 sites, starting with AI data-center campuses, with 6,860 Sentinel-1 radar passes on file since 2025-01-04 and 1,614 permits and county records (totals as of 2026-11-06). Free public pages, one per site: Project Jupiter (Oracle, STACK, BorderPlex): https://ground-alpha.com/sites/project-jupiter.md; Cipher Black Pearl (Cipher Digital, Amazon): https://ground-alpha.com/sites/cipher-black-pearl.md.
- [Is Project Jupiter still being built?](https://ground-alpha.com/questions.md#is-project-jupiter-still-being-built): GroundAlpha has watched Project Jupiter (Oracle, STACK, BorderPlex), Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States, from orbit since 2025-09-24: 69 radar passes, the latest on 2026-10-01. Latest story about the site: "State, developers ask to delay public hearing on Project Jupiter air quality permit" (Santa Fe New Mexican, 2026-11-05). Whether the latest passes show new construction is the construction reading in the site's full dossier: https://ground-alpha.com/sites/project-jupiter
- [Is Cipher Black Pearl still being built?](https://ground-alpha.com/questions.md#is-cipher-black-pearl-still-being-built): GroundAlpha has watched Cipher Black Pearl (Cipher Digital, Amazon), Winkler County, Texas, United States, from orbit since 2025-10-08: 33 radar passes, the latest on 2026-09-28. Latest story about the site: "Cipher Digital (CIFR) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript" (The Motley Fool, 2026-11-02). 1 permit or county record is on file. Whether the latest passes show new construction is the construction reading in the site's full dossier: https://ground-alpha.com/sites/cipher-black-pearl
- [Is there a data center permit near me?](https://ground-alpha.com/questions.md#is-there-a-data-center-permit-near-me): GroundAlpha holds 1,614 permits and county records filed for the sites it watches; each public site page gives its count (Cipher Black Pearl: 1). The records themselves are in the dossiers. With a free account you can follow a site and get an email when a new permit, story or satellite pass lands there: https://ground-alpha.com/register
- [Is the data-center build-out affecting Oracle's stock price?](https://ground-alpha.com/questions.md#is-the-data-center-build-out-affecting-oracle-s-stock-price): GroundAlpha does not forecast share prices or give investment advice. It provides dated, sourced evidence of physical progress at the sites behind the companies' announcements (on the public pages: Project Jupiter (Oracle, STACK, BorderPlex), Cipher Black Pearl (Cipher Digital, Amazon)), so an investor can compare what is being built with what a company reports.
- [How can you tell from space that a data center is being built?](https://ground-alpha.com/questions.md#how-can-you-tell-from-space-that-a-data-center-is-being-built): Sentinel-1 is a radar satellite: it sees through cloud and at night, and passes over the same place on a fixed schedule. GroundAlpha compares each pass over a site with the ones before it, so cleared ground, foundations and new buildings show up as change over time. Photographs from field scouts and county permits are tied to the same place and date to confirm what the radar shows.
- [How up to date is this information?](https://ground-alpha.com/questions.md#how-up-to-date-is-this-information): The newest pass on the public pages is from 2026-10-01, and a site there gets a new pass about every 8 days. News is checked every night; catalogue totals are as of 2026-11-06.
- [Is GroundAlpha free?](https://ground-alpha.com/questions.md#is-groundalpha-free): The public site pages are free. A free account adds the preview of every monitored site (latest pass, latest news, how many permits are on file) and email alerts for the sites you follow: https://ground-alpha.com/register. Full dossiers (pass-by-pass history, construction reading, ground photographs, every record in detail) are the paid product.
- [Can I photograph a data center for GroundAlpha?](https://ground-alpha.com/questions.md#can-i-photograph-a-data-center-for-groundalpha): If you live near a monitored site, yes: scouts photograph sites near them with their phone. https://ground-alpha.com/scout

## Product

- [Home](https://ground-alpha.com/): what GroundAlpha does and how the evidence is gathered.
- [All public sites](https://ground-alpha.com/sites): the index of free site pages.
- [All public companies](https://ground-alpha.com/companies): the index of free company pages, each a company's campuses with their stage and stated capacity.
- [Create an account](https://ground-alpha.com/register): free; follow a site to get an email when something new is published there.

## Optional

- [Become a scout](https://ground-alpha.com/scout): photograph monitored sites near you for GroundAlpha.
- [Sitemap](https://ground-alpha.com/sitemap.xml)