Physical world intelligence · built for agents
Know which sites break ground next, and who is building them.
Groundtrace finds the records behind utility solar, battery storage, wind and data center projects across the United States, and gives your team and your AI assistant one clear answer per project: where it is, when work starts, and who is building it.
Breaking ground next
Projects about to start work.
Ranked by how soon work is likely to begin. Who is building each one, which trades are on site and who to call are in the app.
| Project | Size | Stage | Construction start | Developer | Builder |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meitner SolarUtility solar · Gray County, TX | 703 MW | Pre-construction | Jul 2026 | IP Meitner, LLC | M. A. Mortenson Company sample |
| Bug Tussle Wind ProjectOnshore wind · Lamar County, TX | 397 MW | Pre-construction | Jul 2026 | Bug Tussle Wind, LLC | subscribers |
| Notch Peak Solar LLCUtility solar · Millard County, UT | 324 MW | Pre-construction | Aug 2026 | Notch Peak Solar LLC | |
| Cielo Vista StorageBattery storage · Duval County, TX | 311 MW | Pre-construction | Jul 2026 | Cielo Vista Storage, LLC | — |
| Southern Bighorn Solar HybridUtility solar · Clark County, NV | 300 MW | Pre-construction | Sep 2026 | 300MS 8me LLC | |
| Unnamed 250 MW solar projectUtility solar · Clinton County, IA | 250 MW | Pre-construction | Aug 2026 | — | — |
| Energizar BESSBattery storage · Suffolk County, MA | 250 MW | Pre-construction | Jul 2026 | Energizar Storage LLC | |
| South Branch SolarUtility solar · Hancock County, OH | 205 MW | Pre-construction | Aug 2026 | Leeward Asset Management, LLC | — |
| Panther Solar B912Utility solar · Perry County, IL | 200 MW | Pre-construction | Sep 2026 | Panther Solar B912, LLC | |
| Unnamed 200 MW solar projectUtility solar · Washington County, LA | 200 MW | Pre-construction | Jun 2026 | — | — |
Thousands more projects in development, with builders, subcontractors, timelines and the people to call.
Request accessUpdated daily. Start dates are the construction permit on file unless marked estimated. One builder is shown as a sample; the rest are shown to subscribers.
Industries
Every kind of site that needs crews.
The same public records cover the whole physical economy. Four industries today, each with its own page per state.
Utility solar
Battery storage
Data centers
Onshore windFor agents
Ask your assistant. Get a ranked answer, with sources.
Groundtrace works inside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and your own agents. Ask in plain words and get a short answer your team can act on.
- Ranked by how soon work is likely to start
- Every company, date and contact backed by a public record
- Filter by phase, trade, job size, county or grid
- Connect in one step, no SDK
- Meitner Solar, Gray County, 703 MW. Construction permit on file since July 2026. Builder M. A. Mortenson Company, confirmed by two records: the permit and Mortenson’s own careers page.
- Cielo Vista Solar, Duval County, 503 MW. Permit on file since July 2026. Builder not yet named in any record.
- Hollow Branch Creek Solar, Leon County, 460 MW. Permit on file since September 2026. Builder shown to subscribers.
A real answer from the record, with one builder shown as a sample.
search_projectsFind projects by any field, ranked by what starts first.enrich_projectsEverything on a project you already know.identify_orgA company, its projects and its role on each.get_evidenceThe record behind any fact.describe_coverageWhat is covered and how fresh it is.M. A. Mortenson Company
Gray County, Texas · 703 MW · permit on file since Jul 28, 2026
- 1Construction stormwater permit TXR1586YY, Texas Commission on Environmental QualityJul 28, 2026
- 2Solar general foreman, Banner and Meitner, Mortenson careers pageOct 15, 2026
How it works
Every answer comes with its receipt.
Each fact carries the public record it came from, how many records agree, and whether it is confirmed or an estimate. Your team can check any answer in one click.
Sources
Signals from the public record, months before the press release.
A project leaves a paper trail long before anyone announces it. Groundtrace finds those records where they are published and links every answer back to them.
Questions
Straight answers.
What Groundtrace is, where its facts come from, and how to use it with your assistant.
What is Groundtrace?
Groundtrace is a data layer for physical-world construction projects: utility-scale solar, battery storage, onshore wind and data centers across the United States. For each project it answers where it is, what stage it is at, when construction is likely to start, who is developing it and who is building it, with the public record behind every fact. It is built for AI agents first, as an MCP server and a REST API, with a web app on the same data.
How does Groundtrace know a project is about to break ground?
From the paper trail a project leaves before anyone announces it: interconnection requests in the grid operators' queues, construction stormwater permits, county agendas, tax agreements and zoning cases, state siting and procurement filings, builders' own hiring pages, and satellite imagery of ground work. These records are read daily. The construction start is the date on the permit when one is on file; otherwise it is an estimate, and it is labeled as one.
Which industries and states does Groundtrace cover?
Utility solar in 46 states, battery storage in 41 states, data centers in 25 states and onshore wind in 2 states: 6,780 projects in development across 49 states today. Every industry has a page per state with its counts and the projects next to start work.
What do confirmed, reported and estimated mean?
Confirmed means two or more independent public records agree (copies of one filing count once, and aggregator sites never count). Reported means one public record says so, and it is linked. Estimated means a projection by Groundtrace's models; it is always labeled and never counted as a fact. Where no record names a builder or a date, the field stays empty rather than guessed.
Where does the data come from?
Public records: the grid operators' interconnection queues (ERCOT, CAISO, PJM, MISO and SPP), the EIA, state environmental agencies and the EPA for construction stormwater permits, county agendas and tax agreements, state siting boards and utility commissions, builders' own careers pages, and Sentinel-2 satellite imagery. Every value links to the record it came from, with the time it was read.
How do I use Groundtrace with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or my own agent?
Connect the Groundtrace MCP server with the token sent with your access, then ask in plain words. The server has five tools: search_projects finds projects by any field, ranked by what starts first; enrich_projects returns everything on a project you already know; identify_org returns a company, its projects and its role on each; get_evidence returns the record behind any fact; describe_coverage says what is covered and how fresh it is. The same data is available through the REST API and the web app.
Does Groundtrace publish personal contact details?
No. A contact is a role, a company, a name and the work email and phone printed next to that name on a professional page, with that page as the evidence. Groundtrace never publishes home addresses and never reads people-search or contact-data sites. The public pages show no contacts at all; they are in the subscriber record.
How much does Groundtrace cost?
Exploring the map and the next projects to break ground in each state is free. Team is from $750 a month with 2,000 records included, then $0.25 per record, month to month with no seats, and includes every project in development with timelines, builders, developers, trade subcontractors, work contacts, the app, the API and the MCP server. Enterprise is custom, with watchlists, alerts, new states and industries on request, and dedicated support.
How often is the data updated?
The public records are read daily, and each page says when its data was last published. A new permit, agenda item or queue update shows up on the next day's pages.
Who is Groundtrace for?
Teams that sell into construction sites before work starts: civil, grading and clearing, piling and mechanical, electrical, equipment rental, survey and layout, staffing and housing, robotics and equipment, and the AI assistants and sales tools those teams use.
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- Every project in development, with timelines
- Builders, developers and trade subcontractors
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- Watchlists and alerts
- New states and industries on request
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