Editorial standards

What we publish, how we check it, and what we do when we get something wrong.

What we publish

Facts about the physical layer of AI infrastructure: who is building what and where, who is making what for data centres, what has failed, and what regulators and grid operators have changed. We report; we do not give opinions, recommendations or forecasts of our own.

Sources

Every item links its sources. We rely on the primary source for each claim: a regulator, grid operator, utility, operator status page, company filing or release, court record or patent office. Press reports alone are labelled As reported. A company's own claims are attributed to the company. We do not use aggregator sites, anonymous pages or paywalled text.

Labels

Primary source The organisation's own document, filing or announcement states it. As reported A company's own claim, a press report or a tracker, attributed and not confirmed against a primary document. Open question Not yet known.

How current it is

News is dated within days. Older material is labelled Backgrounder with its dates in the text.

Our own words

Every item is written in our own words. Quotes are short, marked and attributed, and we always link the original.

Court filings and patents

A claim in a court filing is an allegation, and we say so. A patent application is not a granted patent, and we say which it is. We do not suggest that anyone is liable, or that a claim has merit.

Naming companies and people

We name a company when a source we cite names it, and we attribute what it says to it. When an item names a company or person in connection with a fault, a failure or a legal claim, we may ask for their comment before publishing, and we add a response, clearly labelled, when we receive one. We do not name private individuals.

Independence

Mission Critical Research is published by Mission Critical Engineers Ltd. Editorial content is independent of client engagements. We do not publish marketing or promotion of any company's services, including our publisher's.

Corrections

If we get something wrong, we correct it promptly and say so at the top of the item, with the date and what changed. Corrections are listed on the Corrections page. To report an error, write to info@missioncriticalengineers.com.

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