A running log of new records, features, infrastructure changes, and data quality improvements to the AI Data Center Index.
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6 additional data center records: Oracle Cloud UAE North, Equinix LD8 London, Vantage Paris AI Campus, Google Cloud Warsaw, Microsoft Azure Hungary, Africa Data Centres Kigali
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Meta titles and descriptions sharpened across key pages for search click-through rate
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Changelog page at /changelog/ with structured timeline view of all product updates
9 new data center records across Europe, Japan, and the UK: OVHcloud Gravelines, Hetzner Falkenstein, Digital Realty AMS13, Sakura Internet Ishikari, Google Cloud Tokyo, KDDI Musashino, Microsoft UK West, Oracle UK South, and Ark Corsham
Tokenized search and country aliases in the command palette for faster navigation across all taxonomy dimensions and reports
Taxonomy links in the mobile card view of the datacenter table
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Country slice market briefs enriched with deeper intelligence for key markets
Sitemap expanded with lastmod dates, feed pages, and 7 additional comparison routes
Metadata sharpened for map pages and taxonomy hub pages
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FAQPage JSON-LD removed sitewide to recover SERP click-through rate
Prerender concurrency reduced and Node memory cap lowered to prevent OOM build failures
Sourcing caveats strengthened on Khazna QAJ1 Ajman, Jamnagar AI mega campus, Ethiopia national AI factory, and Lordstown Stargate records
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Taxonomy links on the AI Focus column in the datacenter table and on hero chips for each datacenter record page
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Globe on the Locations page now lazy-loads on scroll; table sort state is synced to the URL
Map, list, and country hub page metadata sharpened for search intent
High-impression hub page titles and descriptions refreshed for ranking relevance
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HTTPS canonical host enforced sitewide; smoke test contract refreshed to match
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Hero search bar on the homepage for searching datacenters by name, operator, or location
Status legend on the SliceMap geographic visualization to explain color coding
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Taxonomy slice pages now use a lightweight dot map instead of the 3MB globe, cutting page weight significantly
Comparison pages, pipeline coverage, and facility overview pages added to the sitemap
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Individual intelligence report pages for operators, countries, and continents
Nearby Facilities section on each datacenter record page showing geographically close facilities
11 new pre-rendered comparison pages covering regional and operator matchups with FAQ structured data
FAQ structured data and a visible FAQ section on all 344 datacenter record pages
FAQ structured data on taxonomy hub pages and the about page for rich snippet eligibility
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Homepage FAQs rewritten to target high-value search queries for better SERP click-through
DatacenterTable now has sticky column headers and an aggregate summary row
DatacenterTable cells link directly to taxonomy pages for faster navigation
Footer includes cross-links to Silicon Score, GGUF VRAM Calculator, and InferCost
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Pipeline Tracker page showing the full AI data center development funnel from announced to operational
Pre-rendered comparison pages for high-value regional and operator matchups (14 pages total)
Search filter on taxonomy hub tables for faster navigation across large lists
Buildout wave visualization on the homepage showing year-by-year construction acceleration
Geographic distribution and operator breakdown sections on intelligence report pages
Error page with navigation links for better recovery from dead-end routes
Data readiness indicator on directory table entries to signal evidence quality
Breadcrumb navigation and structured data on about, feed, data access, and submit pages
Investment Tracker added to SiteNavigationElement structured data for search visibility
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Homepage meta title now targets "map" and "locations" queries for broader search coverage
Navigation consolidated to a single line with a More dropdown to reduce header clutter
Mobile homepage above-the-fold layout tightened for better first-impression density
Coverage page aligned to site design system with visual completeness bars
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Added source count column to the directory table to show how many sources back each entry
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Added keyboard navigation for all directory tables
Added AI focus filter to the directory and workload breakdown on the market page
Added data freshness signal to table views
Improved sitemap coverage and structured data across all pages
Added RSS autodiscovery link to the site
Improved JSON-LD dateModified across all key pages
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Fixed 3D globe reliability: bundled globe.gl instead of loading from CDN
Improved globe performance: split vendor libraries into a separate chunk
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Added intelligence report pages with preview and purchase flow
Added report call-to-action links on datacenter record pages
Added geographic footprint map to taxonomy slice pages
Added market concentration analysis section to the homepage
Added key market findings section to the homepage for featured snippet targeting
Added data-driven summary text to taxonomy slice pages
Added investment breadcrumbs and structured schema
Added print styles for PDF intelligence brief extraction
Added sortable Operator column to the directory table
Added mobile card views to the locations, directory, and investment tracker tables
Added slash-key shortcut to jump to search
Improved meta titles and descriptions for better search result click-through rates
Added FAQ sections with structured data to the largest, market, and locations pages
Improved initial load performance: isolated 1.5MB catalog data from the main app bundle
Fixed social preview image
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Added suggested comparisons to the compare page empty state
Added geographic footprint and peer city ranking to the compare tool
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Improved hosting reliability: migrated Radicchio API to Hetzner
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Improved homepage: redesigned with clearer information architecture and aligned primary navigation
Fixed legacy URL routes: collapsed into compatibility redirects to preserve existing links
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Added Nuxt-powered site: migrated all informational and taxonomy pages to Nuxt Vue components
Added data coverage transparency instrument and CSV export surfaces in the data hub
Added structured data markup to record and taxonomy pages for richer search results
Improved data quality: backfilled missing energy type and AI focus fields across 98 entries; migrated 160 legacy capacity fields to megawatt schema
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Improved taxonomy page layout: unified slice surfaces across the site
Fixed build: removed broken dist symlink; excluded build output directories from version control
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Added SEO meta tags and mobile filter sheet overlay
Fixed page title duplication; improved meta descriptions and added FAQ to the about page