Flypower
Flypower provides social and political intelligence reports that help data center and energy developers assess community opposition risks before committing to a site. The company combines AI-driven data harvesting with human analyst and editorial review to deliver go/no-go verdicts, stakeholder maps, and messaging strategies. Their modular reports—a 2-3 page Flyover for early screening and a 50-page Due Diligence report for deep analysis—are designed to prevent costly project delays and cancellations.
- Artificial Intelligence
- Data & Analytics
- Energy
- Government Technology
- Software Only
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Problem
Community opposition has become a significant financial risk for data center and energy projects, with $130B in projects blocked or delayed in Q1 2026 alone and 40% of data centers facing sustained organized opposition being cancelled. Traditional site selection tools like grid maps and zoning screens fail to capture the human and political dynamics—such as commissioner voting histories, pre-organized coalitions, or quiet vetoes—that ultimately determine project approval.
Solution
Flypower provides social and political intelligence reports that make this invisible human layer visible and actionable. The company's process combines AI-driven data harvesting of government meetings, social media, news, and regulatory filings with rigorous human analyst and editorial review to ensure accuracy. Each report delivers a clear go/no-go verdict, a stakeholder map scored for persuadability, an opposition file, threshold conditions, and a precedent playbook. Flypower offers two modular products—a 2-3 page Flyover Report for early-stage screening and a 50-page Due Diligence Report for full analysis—so clients can buy intelligence at the right stage of their pipeline.
Target Audience
Primary customers are data center and renewable energy developers, capital partners underwriting projects, and community engagement teams who need to navigate politically fragile jurisdictions and secure project approvals.
Features
- AI data harvest that ingests and structures public signals from government meetings, social media, news, regulatory filings, and land use plans
- Human analyst review validating every finding, including votes, opposition patterns, and risk scores
- Independent editorial and leadership review for accuracy, clarity, and consistency before delivery
- Scored risk assessment with explicit go/no-go reasoning and conditions for proceeding
- Stakeholder map profiling every key decision-maker's voting history, stated concerns, political cycle, and influencers
- Opposition file detailing named groups, leadership, tactics, activation status, and playbook transferability
- Precedent playbook covering comparable projects in the jurisdiction, including what approval required and what failed
- Community-specific messaging strategy with framing recommendations and positioning guidance