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Site Readiness Calculator

Score a single site across the six readiness dimensions. Every input is weighted the way we weight it in a live diligence, and the outputs show what the site can actually deliver.

Site Readiness Index

80 / 100

Conditionally ready

Power Availability

Firm capacity, queue position and redundancy

82

weight 30%

40 MW

The critical IT capacity you want the site to carry at full build.

1.30

Total facility power divided by IT power. Drives how much grid capacity you need.

45 MW
87 / 100
18 months
78 / 100
80 / 100

Water Security

Basin stress, allocation and cooling fit

80

weight 15%

70 / 100
90 %
90 / 100
83 / 100

Fiber Density

Carriers, diverse routes and latency

74

weight 15%

3
75 / 100
2
67 / 100
8 ms
84 / 100

Land Suitability

Area, zoning and ground conditions

88

weight 15%

45 acres
100 / 100
65 / 100
100 / 100

Regulatory Environment

Permitting, incentives and policy stability

73

weight 15%

12 months
80 / 100
65 / 100
70 /100
70 / 100

Climate Risk

Flood, seismic and thermal exposure

81

weight 10%

80 / 100
100 / 100
1,800
63 / 100

How the score is built

Each input is converted to a score out of 100, averaged inside its group by field weight, then averaged across groups by the group weights below. Inputs without a weight feed the calculated outputs only.

  • Power Availability30%
  • Water Security15%
  • Fiber Density15%
  • Land Suitability15%
  • Regulatory Environment15%
  • Climate Risk10%

Reading the result

  • 80+Ready to underwrite

    The fundamentals hold up. Move to detailed diligence and term sheets.

  • 65+Conditionally ready

    Workable, but two or three conditions need to be closed before capital is committed.

  • 45+Material gaps

    Several inputs are below the threshold we would accept. Treat as an option, not a commitment.

  • 0+Not investable yet

    The constraints outweigh the opportunity on the numbers entered.

The working canvas

The calculator is the quantitative half. This is the page your team fills in around it, block by block, in a workshop or a diligence session.

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Site Readiness Canvas

Power Availability

Firm capacity, queue, timeline

Water Security

Allocation, stress, cooling fit

Fiber Density

Routes, carriers, latency

Land Suitability

Zoning, geotech, headroom

Regulatory Environment

Permitting, incentives, policy

Climate Risk

Flood, seismic, heat

Readiness Verdict

Weighted score & go/no go

Key Red Flags

What could stop this site

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