SPATIAL INTELLIGENCE · UPSTATE NEW YORK

Nexus Frameworks

A verified, always-current model of upstate New York's land, water and energy, built to forecast change across the region.

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1,509
solar farms tracked
4,721
MW AC of solar
1,796
substations mapped
53
upstate counties

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Upstate New York, mapped for what comes next.

We build the spatial intelligence that helps upstate New York grow without losing what makes it worth living in.

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THE IDEA BEHIND THE ENGINE

WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

The Nexus Brief

What changed this week in upstate New York's solar, data center, farm and lake data, in five short sections.

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CORE PLATFORM · UPSTATE NEW YORK

Spatial Data Engine

One spatial workspace for grid, land, water and farm data across the 53 counties of upstate New York. Explore the market map and browse every dataset in the engine, with its real record count.

1,796
substations mapped
46
with hosting capacity
0
parcels analyzed

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Data archive

Every dataset in the engine, with its source, size and refresh status.

LIVE · ENERGY DEVELOPMENT

Solar & Data Centers

Every solar farm of 250 kW and up across the 53 upstate counties, checked so no project is counted twice, and every data center project we can find from its grid request, permits and reviews.

1,509
solar farms
4,721
MW AC
711
community solar
LiveSOLAR INVENTORY · DATA THROUGH AUG 31, 2026
0 MW 263 MW Farm, sized by MW Size not reported

New development tracker

Live

Every week we compare the state grid queue, every upstate utility's interconnection queue, state siting permits and federal and state project lists, and log what changed: new requests, re-filings, withdrawals, stage changes and projects that came online.

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Data centers
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Grid requests, DEC permits, local filings

    Dates for grid requests and withdrawals come from NYISO. Other changes are dated the week we detected them. Sources: NYISO interconnection queue, utility interconnection queues (National Grid, NYSEG/RG&E, Central Hudson, O&R), ORES, EIA-860M, NYSERDA, DEC air permits, county planning boards, county IDAs and regional news.

    Data center early warning

    Live

    A data center leaves a paper trail long before a press release. It asks the state grid operator for power, applies to DEC for an air permit for its backup generators, goes through a town or IDA environmental review, and clears land. We read every one of these records each week, group them by project and flag what is new.

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    Across upstate New York
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    From the state grid operator
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    Grid work under way or land cleared
    Not yet in the news
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    On the record, no news coverage found
    Power requested by upstate data centersRunning total of active requests, by month filed

    How a project shows up

        Sources: NYISO interconnection queue (Load Projects), NYS DEC Environmental Notice Bulletin and air permits, county planning boards, IDAs and local news, Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery. Sizes are the power requested from the grid, not built capacity, and a request is not a commitment to build. "Not yet in the news" means we found no news story about the project when we last checked. People who file requests in their own name are not named here.

        Moratoriums and local rules

        Live

        Town, village and city moratoriums and siting laws for solar, battery storage and data centers, from the last two years. We read county planning board referrals, IDA agendas and local news every week and keep the latest status of each rule.

          Read from public documents by Claude and kept only when the finding is clear. Check the linked source before relying on a status; a county referral means a law was proposed, not adopted.

          Seen from space

          Live

          Every week we look at each planned project site in Sentinel-2 satellite imagery and compare this season with the same months two years earlier. When new panels or graded ground show up, the project has started building, often before any filing says so. We also scan all 53 counties for new arrays that no filing mentions.

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          Planned projects with a known location
          New panels seen
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          Not there two years ago
          Ground work seen
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          Cleared and bare all season
          Unreported finds
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          New arrays or large clearings not in our tracker

          Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data, processed by Nexus Frameworks. Images are 20 m per pixel season composites. Sites are located from EIA plant coordinates or the project address on record; a project whose address is a mailing address may not be checked accurately.

          PIPELINE · NOT BUILT YET

          Planned solar

          Solar farms in upstate New York that are proposed, in permitting, approved or under construction, from the state grid queue, federal and state project lists, state siting permits and every upstate utility's interconnection queue. Projects reported by more than one source are combined so each is counted once. Community and commercial projects of 250 kW and up are included.

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          MW under construction

          Planned projects

          ProjectCountyMW ACStageExpected onlineReported by

          Largest farms

          Farms by size

          Most upstate solar is built in community-scale blocks of 1 to 5 MW. Fewer than 20 farms are larger than 10 MW.

          Data center development

          Live

          Data centers need large, reliable grid connections, and solar and storage projects compete for the same substations. We track data center power requests, permits and site work across upstate New York, so developers, utilities and towns can see where new demand and new supply meet.

          Data center projects tracked
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          Power requested
          0 GW
          Substations mapped
          1,796

          All solar farms

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          Sources

          NYSERDA Statewide Distributed Solar Projects (data through Aug 31, 2026), the USGS U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database and OpenStreetMap.

          No double counting

          Every source record belongs to exactly one farm. Our audit checks 7,676 records statewide. Sizes marked Verified were confirmed against public project sources.

          What's included

          Farms of 250 kW AC and up, plus mapped farms with no reported size. Farms without a confirmed location are listed but not mapped. Landowner and substation details are kept private.

          CAPABILITIES

          Services

          What we deliver today, what's in development, and what's on the roadmap, with the technical specifications behind each.

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          VERTICAL · ENVIRONMENTAL BIOSECURITY

          Biosecurity

          One early-warning engine for the living threats to upstate New York's water, crops and forests. Drone and satellite imagery, weather, terrain and field sampling come together into maps that show where a threat is heading before it arrives.

          Three programs, one engine

          Choose a program to see what it tracks and how.

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          Alert status board

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          Monitoring systems

          What each program measures in the field. Every system feeds the same engine.

          Field protocols

          Credibility comes from process. Every sample follows a written protocol.

            Compliance frameworks

            The rules and standards our work is designed around.

              WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

              The Nexus Brief

              Upstate New York's energy, farm and lake intelligence, every week. Free to read.

              What's in each issue

              • Solar: new farms, filings and grid queue changes, plus one stat from our 1,509-farm inventory.
              • Data centers: new proposals, permits and power requests across upstate.
              • Biosecurity and water watch: algal bloom notices, county-level avian flu updates and invasive species, in season.
              • From the field: one image or finding from our own drone and lake surveys.
              • Map of the week: one map or chart that explains a trend.

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              The Nexus Brief · Issue #1PREVIEW
              1. SOLAR

                Upstate New York has 1,509 solar farms of 250 kW and up, totaling about 4,721 MW AC.

              2. DATA CENTERS

                Each week: new grid requests, DEC permit notices, town reviews and land clearing at data center sites, often before any announcement.

              3. BIOSECURITY AND WATER WATCH

                Bloom notices, county-level avian flu updates and invasive species reports, in season.

              4. FROM THE FIELD

                One image or finding from our own drone and lake surveys.

              5. MAP OF THE WEEK

                Where upstate's solar capacity sits, county by county.

              ABOUT

              About Nexus Frameworks

              A founder-led company building in upstate New York. We're growing the team as the platform reaches customers.

              Aaron Williams, Founder, President and CEO of Nexus Frameworks

              Aaron Williams

              Founder, President & CEO

              Aaron founded Nexus Frameworks to make infrastructure siting faster and more transparent for upstate New York. He leads product, the spatial data engine and field operations, and works directly with developers, landowners and lake communities across the region.

              FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate
              Certified for commercial drone operations under 14 CFR Part 107
              GIS & spatial analysisSolar site screeningDrone operationsData productsUpstate NY

              THE COMPANY

              Spatial intelligence for upstate New York

              Nexus Frameworks is a Syracuse company that maps what's being built, grown and changing across the 53 counties of upstate New York, and turns that data into forecasts people can act on.

              Everything runs on one spatial data engine. It integrates public agency records with proprietary data from drone surveys, field sampling and research partnerships. The result is one trusted view of upstate New York today, and a clearer view of tomorrow.

              Energy
              Every solar farm of 250 kW and up, planned projects and data center development, mapped against the grid.
              Biosecurity
              Early warning for algal blooms and runoff, vineyard and orchard disease, and invasive species.
              Lakes and fields
              Drone surveys and lake depth mapping that fill the gaps public data leaves.
              Who we serve
              Developers, landowners, towns, lake associations, water suppliers, growers and researchers.

              Our aim is simple: help upstate New York grow without losing what makes it worth living in.

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              CONTACT

              Contact

              Tell us about your site, lake, farm or project. We reply within two business days.

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              Direct channels

              Location

              Headquarters: Syracuse, New York

              Serving all 53 upstate counties. Field work by appointment.