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  "record": {
    "id": "O-0102",
    "slug": "planet-labs",
    "title": "Planet Labs",
    "aliases": [
      "Planet",
      "Planet Labs PBC"
    ],
    "status": "draft",
    "last_reviewed": "2026-09-23",
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    "provenance": {
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    },
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    ],
    "kind": "company",
    "homepage": "https://www.planet.com/",
    "one_liner": "A company that builds and operates Earth-imaging satellites and sells their imagery; it is one commercial source used to track AI data-centre construction.",
    "sources": [
      {
        "source": "S-1700",
        "supports": "company description; renewed data-centre and chip-fab monitoring agreement with an AI developer (provider-reported)"
      },
      {
        "source": "S-1409",
        "supports": "named among commonly used providers of paid satellite imagery in a data-centre tracking report"
      }
    ],
    "type": "organization",
    "url": "https://trustbutveri.fyi/organizations/planet-labs/",
    "source_file": "content/organizations/planet-labs.md",
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    "body_markdown": "Planet Labs PBC designs, builds and operates a fleet of Earth-observation satellites and sells satellite imagery and geospatial data; it is a public benefit corporation listed on the New York Stock Exchange [[S-1700]]. Its imagery is one of the commercial inputs available for [[M-0020|remote detection of data centres]]:\n\n- **Named imagery source.** A Federation of American Scientists report on tracking AI data centres with satellite imagery names Planet Labs, with Airbus and Vantor, as commonly used sources of paid commercial imagery [[S-1409]].\n- **Monitoring for an AI developer.** Planet reports that in August 2026 it renewed an agreement with a \"hyperscaler AI developer\" for global monitoring of data centres and of semiconductor-fab construction [[S-1700]]. It says its high-resolution Pelican imagery tracks construction milestones at these sites, which it calls indicators of \"supply chain health and computing capacity\" [[S-1700]].",
    "body_text": "Planet Labs PBC designs, builds and operates a fleet of Earth-observation satellites and sells satellite imagery and geospatial data; it is a public benefit corporation listed on the New York Stock Exchange [S-1700]. Its imagery is one of the commercial inputs available for remote detection of data centres: - Named imagery source. A Federation of American Scientists report on tracking AI data centres with satellite imagery names Planet Labs, with Airbus and Vantor, as commonly used sources of paid commercial imagery [S-1409]. - Monitoring for an AI developer. Planet reports that in August 2026 it renewed an agreement with a \"hyperscaler AI developer\" for global monitoring of data centres and of semiconductor-fab construction [S-1700]. It says its high-resolution Pelican imagery tracks construction milestones at these sites, which it calls indicators of \"supply chain health and computing capacity\" [S-1700].",
    "referenced_by": [
      {
        "id": "M-0020",
        "title": "Remote detection of data centres",
        "url": "https://trustbutveri.fyi/mechanisms/remote-detection-of-data-centres/"
      },
      {
        "id": "S-1700",
        "title": "Planet Reports Financial Results for Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2027",
        "url": "https://trustbutveri.fyi/sources/planet-q2-fy2027-financial-results/"
      }
    ]
  }
}