{"id":"data-center-record-2026-06","slug":"data-center-construction-record-june-2026","question":"Will U.S. data-center construction spending hit a new record in June 2026?","role":"companion","contractType":"binary","resolutionMethod":"strict_new_record","status":"proposed","summary":"A record-watch contract anchored to the official monthly Data center series rather than a company announcement or private estimate.","whyItTrades":"Record highs are legible, newsworthy, and easy to verify while still exposing a direct view on physical AI infrastructure buildout.","resolutionObservation":"Whether the June 2026 Data center value is strictly above every earlier monthly value available in the same first-release workbook.","formula":"June 2026 Data center SAAR > max(all earlier Data center SAAR observations)","outcomes":["Yes","No"],"tiePolicy":"Matching the prior record resolves No; the June value must be strictly higher.","currentRead":"May 2026 preliminary set the current series high at $59.307B SAAR, so June must print above $59.307B.","currentStats":[{"label":"Current record","value":"$59.307B","detail":"May 2026 preliminary"},{"label":"June hurdle","value":">$59.307B","detail":"Strict comparison"},{"label":"Source precision","value":"$1M","detail":"Published in millions SAAR"}],"resolutionSteps":["Retrieve the first official Census private-SA workbook that contains a June 2026 preliminary observation.","Record the retrieval timestamp, workbook SHA-256, original Census URL, and an immutable Homecastr archive URI.","Read the published integer values in millions of dollars SAAR; do not substitute a forecast or later revision.","Find the maximum Data center observation dated before June 2026 in that same workbook snapshot.","Resolve Yes only if the June 2026 value is strictly greater than that maximum; otherwise resolve No."],"page_path":"/prediction-markets/data-center-construction-record-june-2026","resolution_source":{"publisher":"U.S. Census Bureau","dataset":"Value of Construction Put in Place","table":"Private construction, seasonally adjusted annual rate","landingPageUrl":"https://www.census.gov/construction/c30/historical_data.html","workbookUrl":"https://www.census.gov/construction/c30/xlsx/privsatime.xlsx","unit":"Millions of U.S. dollars at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR)"},"reference_snapshot":{"capturedAt":"2026-07-18T00:00:00-04:00","currentPeriod":"May 2026 preliminary","comparisonPeriod":"April 2026 revised","dataCenterCurrent":59307,"dataCenterPrevious":58977,"dataCenterPriorRecord":59307,"threshold":60000},"release_policy":"first_official_release_containing_june_2026_preliminary","evidence_policy":{"required":["retrieved_at","source_url","sha256","immutable_archive_uri"],"note":"The Census source is public but requires a venue-approved oracle or attestation adapter for on-chain settlement."},"execution_policy":{"status":"proposal_only","liveMarketIds":[],"orderSubmissionEnabled":false,"capitalAllocationEnabled":false,"runtimeOverridesAllowed":false,"scoreAdmissionRegistry":"repository_owned_empty"}}