Micron and the proposed Lysander data center, and the shared power, water and transportation systems between them ~ every figure dated, sourced and labeled verified, reported, estimated or unknown.
Scope: source-linked records for power, water, wastewater, transportation, land use, air, noise, light and public cost. Each item includes an evidence class and review date.
Latest records
New records are added here first, with the source and verification date attached.
Town postings now include committee agendas, revised community-benefit suggestions, a water presentation, Executive Order 62 materials and a consultant RFP. No project-specific environmental application was located in the reviewed record.
Town records ↗DEC must hold incomplete discretionary applications in abeyance during a statewide GEIS. Local approvals are not paused. A community investment framework, grid-cost rules and water review are underway.
Read Executive Order 62 ↗The Assembly substitute (A11560) passed the Senate 43-17 on June 4, 2026, and the bill has passed both chambers. It has been delivered to the Governor and has not yet been signed or vetoed. This is separate from Executive Order 62, which is already in effect.
Bill status ↗The Final EIS was accepted in November 2025. The Fabs 1 and 2 air permit and major natural-resource permits are issued; multiple connected-action permits are also issued, while selected wastewater corridor and mitigation permits remain under review.
DEC permit dashboard ↗Oak Orchard’s SPDES permit supports a phased increase from 10 to 30.8 MGD. PFOA and PFOS carry 10 ng/L action levels; 38 additional PFAS are monitored. Exceedances trigger confirmation, notice and minimization steps.
Open the final permit ↗NYSDOT is studying Route 31, Route 11, I-81 and Route 481. Meetings are July 30 and August 6; written comments are due August 14.
Official dates ↗Timeline
Every dated event below links back to its source record in the archive below.
Environmental review moves to findings, permits, construction and compliance.
Phased treatment, discharge, reuse and emerging-contaminant requirements become final.
The Town creates a six-month planning window for data-storage-center rules.
The site transitions from preparation toward vertical construction.
New York pauses incomplete DEC permits for qualifying data centers while standards are developed.
The Town posts the committee agenda and revised community-benefit suggestions.
Drinking water risk
Micron's wastewater is discharged to the Oak Orchard treatment plant, which empties toward the Oneida River, the Oswego River and Lake Ontario, upstream of the OCWA intake serving roughly 500,000 people. Kept as its own section because this is a public-health question, not just a permitting one.
An action level is not a numeric effluent limit, but it is not consequence-free. A confirmed PFOA/PFOS exceedance at Oak Orchard triggers DEC notification, a minimization program and continuing reporting under the permit.
Full compound list carried in the final permit's monitoring program.
Outfall 001. Based on the NY drinking-water MCL used as a background-concentration proxy, not a numeric daily-maximum limit.
Other listed PFAS are monitor-only. No numeric effluent limit is assigned to them.
The existing-effluent input used in DEC's reasonable-potential analysis, not a future Micron discharge projection.
Project status
Documented project status, information not yet published and pending agency or project actions.
A reported 300 MW large-load proposal associated with a roughly 123.5-acre industrial parcel. A local moratorium is active and advisory review is underway. The reviewed public record still does not identify a tenant or include a project-specific environmental application.
Four fabs on roughly 1,377 acres with construction extending through 2041. The Final EIS is accepted, and current public tracking centers on construction, permits and measured performance.
The regional story is larger than two sites, and it runs through shared infrastructure. Micron's own 345 kV service laterals terminate at an expanded Clay Substation ~ the same regional grid corridor the Lysander proposal's interconnection request sits within.
Research in progress
Daily source monitoring surfaces candidate facts that don't yet trace cleanly to a single primary document. Each entry names what's claimed, what's missing, and what would resolve it before it moves into the sections above.
Reported: in-person scoping meetings July 30 and August 6, 2026 at Clay Town Hall, and an August 14, 2026 written-comment deadline.
Missing: these logistics were only found attributed to the project's original launch announcement, which does not plausibly contain forward-dated meeting details set weeks later.
Would resolve it: the NYSDOT scoping notice or EIS project page stating these dates directly.
Launch announcement (insufficient alone) ↗Reported: a new sewer district formation process near the data-center growth corridor, with a public hearing notice posted for July 31, 2026.
Missing: a dedicated source for the formation resolution and SEQR record, beyond the single hearing-notice PDF.
Would resolve it: locating the Town's formation resolution or Map/Plan/Report before this is added as a tracked infrastructure item.
Hearing notice (partial) ↗Infrastructure systems
Advanced technology depends on pipes, wires, permits, roads, treatment plants and public finance. Select a system for current records, measured capacity and missing data.
The most important distinction is between a requested connection, a utility service design, an operating load and actual metered demand. This view separates those categories and shows what is public, what is reported and what remains unavailable.
Large-load request associated with the proposed site; operating profile and tenant remain undisclosed.
PSC Case 24-T-0120 proposes 0.95 to 2.07-mile underground laterals from an expanded Clay Substation to four fab areas. Actual phase-by-phase demand is not public.
PSC Case 25-T-0184 would reconstruct the Black River to Clay line and add the Staplin Creek Substation.
EO 62 cites nearly 12 GW of data-center load requests as of May 2026 and directs cost-allocation reform.
Water numbers must separate permitted withdrawal capacity, actual delivery, process use, consumptive loss, recycling and drought conditions. A single “gallons per day” figure is not enough.
No project application in the reviewed public record identifies cooling type, water source, seasonal use or drought response.
OCWA’s Lake Ontario raw-water permit increases capacity and replaces three pumps to support Micron and associated growth.
OCWA is connecting its Eastern Branch main to White Pine for initial Micron construction and operations.
The Oak Orchard permit is now final. The most useful public view is a phase ledger showing treatment capacity, discharge, reuse and the status of the separate corridor and wetland approvals.
Full-buildout average design flow is phased across municipal and industrial treatment trains.
Municipal effluent is intended for ultrapure-water source use; industrial effluent is intended for cooling reuse.
PFOA and PFOS have 10 ng/L action levels with response requirements. Other listed PFAS are monitored, not assigned numeric effluent limits.
Routine operations and emergency systems should be tracked separately. Generator counts, annual testing hours, fuel type and fence-line measurements belong in the public dashboard.
No public project-specific inventory of emergency generators, testing hours or air-permit needs was located.
DEC identifies the project as a major HAP source and major source under PSD and nonattainment review programs.
The issued air permit covers Fabs 1 and 2; later fabs require a future permit modification.
Average decibels do not capture tonal hum, low-frequency vibration or nighttime disturbance. Lighting review should include fixture spectrum, skyglow, glare, dimming, curfews and fixture count.
Use day/night and seasonal baseline monitoring at homes, habitat edges and property boundaries.
Post property-line dBA, low-frequency and tonal data with measurable limits and defined response times.
Use shielded, dimmable lighting, motion controls, low color temperature and nighttime curfews.
Acres are not interchangeable. The dashboard should show wetlands filled, habitat affected, land preserved, mitigation location, success criteria and long-term stewardship.
The development footprint, impervious area, tree clearing, wetland delineation and habitat studies remain unknown.
DEC’s permit dashboard also identifies impacts to roughly 624 acres of listed bird habitat.
Permit success should be tracked over time by hydrology, vegetation, invasive species, habitat function and acreage.
Traffic analysis must distinguish worker commutes, construction trucks, hazardous materials, oversized equipment and ordinary community growth. Rail can reduce trucks but creates its own noise, safety and land impacts.
Route 31, Route 11, I-81 and Route 481 are under study, including truck routing, safety and multimodal needs.
Project documents say the rail/conveyor system could avoid about 7,300 truck trips per month during construction.
Phase 2 includes I-690 reconstruction, 25 local streets and replacement water and sewer lines.
Construction is scheduled through October 2026 along Caughdenoy, Van Hoesen and Verplank corridors.
Capital cost is only one part of the picture. Track interconnection deposits, public bonds, tax terms, PILOTs, water and sewer rates, public safety, road maintenance and protection against unfinished or cancelled projects.
EO 62 directs work on cost allocation, upfront contributions and possible insurance against non-completion risk.
ESD is developing guidance for infrastructure, public services, labor, transparency and community investment funds.
Publish the operator, tax terms, utility obligations, emergency-service costs and decommissioning security before approval.
Infrastructure data
Filter the table by system or topic. Each cell identifies whether the underlying information is verified, reported, estimated or still unknown.
| System | Lysander proposal | Micron / connected actions | Regional significance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | 300 MW requested or reported Tenant and operating profile not public. | Four 345 kV laterals under review Customer-specific lines and Clay Substation expansion are public; actual phase load is not. | Large-load rules and regional transmission 11.9 GW was in the future large-load queue in February 2026; a 60.9-mile 115 kV rebuild to Clay is also under Article VII review. | Mixed |
| Water supply | Unknown No cooling technology, source or seasonal use located. | OCWA capacity to 93.5 MGD Two 42-inch mains connect to White Pine. | Lake Ontario system Track actual withdrawal, delivery, reuse and drought constraints separately. | Verified / unknown |
| Wastewater | Unknown Sanitary/process flow and discharge route not public. | Oak Orchard 10 → 30.8 MGD Reuse outfalls to Micron; corridor approvals partly pending. | Oneida / Oswego watershed Permit compliance and downstream monitoring matter. | Verified |
| PFAS | No project inventory Equipment and process chemistry unknown. | PFOA/PFOS 10 ng/L action levels 38 additional PFAS compounds monitored. | Response-based controls Action level is not the same as a numeric effluent limit. | Permit |
| Air | Generator fleet unknown Fuel, testing and permit needs not public. | Fabs 1 and 2 Title V issued Major HAP / PSD / nonattainment source classifications. | Track actual emissions Separate routine process emissions from emergency operation. | Mixed |
| Noise | No project-specific study located Cooling and backup systems drive risk. | Operational data not yet available Construction and future operations need separate baselines. | Low-frequency matters Use property-line and receptor monitoring, not averages alone. | Unknown |
| Light | Lighting plan unknown Fixture spectrum, glare and curfew not public. | Track construction and campus skyglow Documents should be translated into measurable commitments. | Dark-sky design Full cut-off, warm spectrum, dimming and curfew. | Unknown / standard |
| Land & habitat | 123.5-acre listed parcel Actual disturbance footprint unknown. | 176.44 acres NYS wetlands Approximately 624 acres of listed bird habitat affected. | Mitigation outcomes Track function, location and long-term success. | Mixed |
| Transportation | Traffic plan unknown Construction and operations estimates absent. | Rail and conveyor logistics Applicant estimates about 7,300 fewer truck trips per month. | Two major programs CNY Forward studies northern corridors; I-81 Contract 6 begins Phase 2 in Syracuse. | Mixed |
| Fiber & telecom | Route and provider unknown No project-specific fiber design located. | Route 31 fiber routing identified Project records describe fiber in an existing right of way. | Coordinate corridor work Track trenching, easements, restoration, redundancy and shared capacity. | Mixed |
| Public finance | Tax and utility terms unknown No public community investment agreement or PILOT for a project application. | Multiple public infrastructure works Track funding source, debt, user fees and project-specific contributions. | EO 62 implementation Community framework and grid cost-allocation work are underway. | Policy + unknowns |
Design and performance criteria
These are proposed design and performance standards ~ not claims about current permits. They translate environmental goals into measurable engineering requirements.
Publish monthly and seasonal WUE, evaluate closed-loop and low-water systems, minimize potable-water use and adopt a drought operating plan.
Measure: water consumed, reused and discharged.Define project-specific interconnection costs, procure incremental clean supply where technically feasible, participate in demand response and disclose hourly carbon performance alongside annual accounting.
Measure: operating load, coincident peak and 24/7 matching.Minimize combustion where technically feasible. Publish generator count, fuel, test schedule and annual hours, with public reporting of actual emergency operation.
Measure: NOx, PM, CO, GHG and run hours.Establish measurable property-line limits for dBA, low-frequency and tonal noise. Use full-cutoff, warm, dimmable lighting with curfews and glare controls.
Measure: continuous monitoring at real receptors.Document chemical inventories, pretreatment, PFAS source reduction, public influent and effluent data, and response procedures for excursions.
Measure: mass loading and concentration by phase.Demonstrate wetland and habitat avoidance, preserve connected buffers, use native landscaping and fund long-term ecological performance monitoring.
Measure: function and habitat quality, not acres alone.Publish the operator, tax terms, jobs, wages, utility obligations, public-safety needs and community investments before final land-use approvals.
Measure: audited commitments with defined remedies.Include a funded decommissioning plan, equipment and battery disposal rules, site restoration, financial assurance and an adaptive reuse strategy.
Measure: bond value updated through the project life.Infrastructure project status
A dated view of the public works, utility reviews, regulatory proceedings and regional benchmarks behind the headline projects.
Studies Route 31, Route 11, I-81 and Route 481 for traffic operations, truck routing, safety, bridges, walking, biking and transit.
Track the program by awarded contract rather than one static total. Contract 6 begins Phase 2 with major highway, street and utility work.
National Grid proposes four underground laterals between the expanded Clay Substation and the four Micron fab areas. This is customer-specific infrastructure and is tracked separately from regional reliability work.
A regional reliability project ending at Clay Substation. The case record is regional in scope, so the ledger separates it from customer-specific interconnection work.
The PSC is reviewing queue discipline, upgrade-cost allocation, tariff structure, reliability and transparency for data centers and other large electric loads.
Three larger pumps, motors and drives increase permitted raw-water capacity. Two parallel 42-inch mains connect OCWA's Eastern Branch to White Pine.
OCWA proposes two parallel mains from the existing Eastern Branch service main to White Pine Commerce Park for Micron construction and initial operation.
A new station and 20,400 feet of 10-inch and 18-inch force mains serve phased development near Route 31 and Caughdenoy Road.
The discharge permit is final. Selected wetland, conveyance-corridor and mitigation approvals remain under review as the treatment and reuse systems advance.
The gas main and Route 31 fiber routing are distinct connected actions. Track easements, construction timing, outages, restoration and long-term operating data separately.
The rail system is designed to move aggregate to the campus and reduce long-duration truck demand. Results should be compared with actual rail and truck counts.
A separate 104-acre supplier and technology park may support manufacturing, research, warehousing, processing and data-management uses with additional utility demand.
At the former Cayuga power site, current DEC permits reduce authorized withdrawal and discharge from about 245 to 1 MGD. Company filings separately list a potential data-center redevelopment still in site plan review.
Public review data requests
Questions are grouped by the party responsible for the requested records, limits, schedules and commitments.
Name the tenant, corporate parent and entity responsible for permit compliance, taxes, utilities and decommissioning.
Provide MW, coincident peak, ramp profile, annual MWh, demand-response capability and the date each phase will energize.
Separate withdrawal, consumption, blowdown, reuse and potable-water use under normal, peak and drought conditions.
Include emissions by pollutant, noise at the property line, tank capacity and emergency operating assumptions.
Provide a decommissioning estimate, bond mechanism, update schedule, equipment-disposal plan and site restoration standard.
Publish draft zoning for noise, lighting, water, setbacks, generators, habitat, reporting and decommissioning with redlines.
Set a public review period and identify all direct, indirect and contingent public costs.
Name the acoustical, hydrological, electrical, air, traffic, fiscal and cybersecurity reviewers, and disclose the funding source for each review.
Specify monitoring, reporting frequency, public dashboards, complaint response, penalties, permit reopening and stop-work triggers.
Show customer contributions, rate treatment, deposits, cancellation provisions and protection against unrecovered costs.
Publish contingency studies, resource-adequacy assumptions, restoration priority and impacts to existing customers.
Provide capacity margins, storage, curtailment, bypass prevention, emergency notification and public reporting.
Show project scope, owner, cost, funding source, debt, user-fee impact, schedule and beneficiary.
Identify which potential DEC permits would be held, what can proceed locally and how the future GEIS will be incorporated.
Publish the negotiation formula, transparency requirements, labor standards and recommended contribution levels.
Explain contribution levels, tariff classes, insurance, demand response and dedicated generation requirements.
Publish permit status, interconnection milestones, water withdrawals, emissions, compliance and community commitments as open data.
Data archive
Each release becomes a dated snapshot. New records can update current cards; prior status, source links and evidence labels remain available.
Verified through July 29, 2026. This snapshot preserves current project status, source links and the 13-item infrastructure watchlist.
The archive begins with the July 27 research release. New snapshots are appended, while the pre-merge content audit records material carried forward, corrected or retired.
The moratorium remains in effect and committee materials are posted through July 23; no project-specific environmental application was located.
Incomplete discretionary DEC permits for qualifying data centers are held while a statewide GEIS is developed.
The Final EIS is accepted, major permits are issued and first concrete was poured July 9.
The permit authorizes phased treatment and reuse with PFAS monitoring and response requirements.
Meetings are July 30 and August 6; comments close August 14.
Source records and evidence rules
Primary documents sit one click from the statement. A full searchable library, PFAS permit brief and downloadable data files are included.
Publication follows five rules that protect credibility and make maintenance realistic.
