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AI Utility Campus siting

Where compute, water, and chlor-alkali can co-locate.

Composite ranking of every U.S. municipality on how well it can host an integrated AI utility campus: hyperscale compute paired with desalination (heat-driven, brine output) and a sodium-based chlor-alkali plant (consumes brine, produces caustic soda, chlorine, and clean hydrogen).

For whom

  • Chemical operators planning new chlor-alkali capacity
  • Infrastructure developers + infrastructure investors
  • Hyperscale + data-center site selectors
  • Corporate site-selection consultants

What you learn

  • Top-25 candidate munis nationally by composite score
  • Nearest chlor-alkali plant + distance per muni
  • Four-pillar breakdown: water, power, chemical, community
  • Per-pillar confidence (verified / inferred / partial)

National ranking is free. Per-muni 4-pillar deep-dive unlocks on a chemical or P3 subscription.

Sample data. The V1 per-muni loader is live, but the chlor-alkali plant registry that powers the chemical pillar is not in the production image yet, so the live ranking is withheld until it lands. Endpoint shape and page render are already production. As of 2026-05-22T00:00:00Z.
#MunicipalityStateCompositeConfidenceNearest chlor-alkali
1HoustonTX86.4partialOxyChem (22 mi)
2Corpus ChristiTX83.1partialOxyChem (14 mi)
3Lake CharlesLA81.0partialWestlake (9 mi)
4St. GabrielLA79.7partialShintech (6 mi)
5MobileAL74.2partialOlin (41 mi)
6PensacolaFL71.9partialOlin (78 mi)
7TampaFL68.5partialOxyChem (195 mi)
8CharlestonSC64.8partialWestlake (132 mi)
9SavannahGA61.3partialOlin (187 mi)
10JacksonvilleFL58.0partialOlin (224 mi)

What you get on a paid tier

  • Per-muni component scores with the underlying inputs for water, power, chemical, and community pillars.
  • Freight-cost estimates from a hypothetical campus origin to the nearest chlor-alkali plant + customer base.
  • Per-component confidence and source provenance so investment theses survive a diligence challenge.
  • Saved scouts that re-rank weekly as new chlor-alkali capacity, transmission upgrades, and consent-decree status changes land.

See pricing for chemical and P3 tiers

Composite weights: water 30%, power 20%, chemical 30%, community 20%.

Methodology: read the scorer at services/intelligence/utility_campus.py in the Water Hawk repo. Cohort and inputs documented at docs/runbooks/ai_utility_campus_research_charter.md.