Proprietary Methodology
Frameworks that turn judgment into a score
Every recommendation we make is backed by a repeatable framework. Each one distills the factors that decide whether capital deploys on time, on budget, and on thesis.
Data Center Site Readiness Index™
A single, defensible score that compares candidate sites across the six factors that decide whether capital deploys on time and on budget.
Power Availability
25%Firm capacity, queue position, and energization timeline.
Water Security
15%Allocation, cooling fit, and long term stress exposure.
Fiber Density
15%Route diversity, carrier count, and latency to demand.
Land Suitability
15%Zoning, geotech, contiguity, and expansion headroom.
Regulatory Environment
15%Permitting velocity, incentives, and policy stability.
Climate Risk
15%Flood, seismic, heat, and physical asset resilience.
Power Availability Framework™
Power is the binding constraint of the AI era. This framework pressure tests whether the megawatts you need will actually arrive, and when.
Grid Capacity
30%Substation headroom and firm vs. interruptible supply.
Renewable Access
25%PPA depth, onsite generation, and 24/7 carbon free options.
Utility Reliability
25%SAIDI/SAIFI history and N+1 transmission resilience.
Future Expansion Potential
20%Planned upgrades and multi phase energization path.
Water Risk Scorecard™
Water is the next licence to operate constraint. The scorecard quantifies stress, sustainability exposure and cooling fit before they threaten uptime or approvals.
Water Stress
40%Basin level scarcity, withdrawal limits, and competition.
Sustainability Risk
30%Regulatory, reputational, and community exposure.
Cooling Suitability
30%Air, liquid, and hybrid cooling fit for the climate.
Hyperscaler Location Assessment Model™
Built from how hyperscalers actually decide. It scores a market on scalability, latency, ecosystem maturity and talent so you can anticipate, or attract, anchor tenants.
Scalability
30%Multi hundred MW runway and contiguous land bank.
Latency
25%Proximity to population, peering, and cloud on ramps.
Ecosystem Maturity
25%Carriers, construction supply chain, and operators.
Talent Availability
20%Critical facilities, M&E, and operations labor pool.
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