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Brownfield Conversion
A Brownfield Conversion is the redevelopment of a previously used site or existing building, such as a factory,…
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Campus Expansion Reserve
A Campus Expansion Reserve is land, power, water and connectivity capacity deliberately set aside within or adjacent to…
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Carrier Diversity
Carrier Diversity is the availability of multiple independent network operators serving a facility over physically separate routes and…
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Deliverable Power
Deliverable Power is the practical megawatt capacity a utility can actually energize for a site by a committed…
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Diverse Utility Feed
A Diverse Utility Feed provides electrical supply over two or more physically and electrically separate paths, ideally from…
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Energization Date
The Energization Date is the committed date on which utility power is first made available to a site,…
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Entitlement
Entitlement is the package of land-use and regulatory approvals, such as zoning, planning permission and use permits, that…
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Environmental Impact Assessment
An Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a formal study of a proposed development's likely effects on air, water,…
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Fatal Flaw Analysis
A Fatal Flaw Analysis is an early, rapid screening of a candidate data-center site to identify any single…
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Fiber Availability
Fiber Availability describes the presence, capacity and route diversity of optical fiber serving a site, including proximity to…
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Flood Plain Review
A Flood Plain Review assesses a prospective site's exposure to flooding using mapped flood zones and hydrological data.…
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Greenfield Site
A Greenfield Site is undeveloped land, typically without prior industrial use, on which a data center is built…
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Grid Substation
A Grid Substation is a utility facility that transforms voltage between transmission and distribution levels and switches, protects…
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Land Banking
Land Banking is the practice of acquiring and holding land, often with power and connectivity potential, ahead of…
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Latency Zone
A Latency Zone is a geographic area within which network round-trip time to a defined set of users…
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Nuclear-Adjacent Data Center
A Nuclear-Adjacent Data Center is a facility sited next to a nuclear power station to tap its large,…
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Permitting Risk
Permitting Risk is the possibility that planning, environmental, utility, water or construction approvals are delayed, refused or granted…
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Power Availability
Power Availability is the degree to which adequate grid capacity can be secured and energized within a project's…
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Powered Land
A Powered Land site is a parcel of land where firm electrical utility capacity has been secured and…
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Seismic Risk
Seismic Risk is the exposure of a site to earthquake ground motion and its potential to damage structures…
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Stranded Power
Stranded Power is electrical generation or grid capacity that exists but cannot reach demand because transmission is congested,…
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Transmission Constraint
A Transmission Constraint is a limitation in the high-voltage grid, such as thermal line limits, congestion or insufficient…
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Utility Capacity
Utility Capacity is the total electrical power a utility can deliver to a site through its available transmission…
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Water Availability
Water Availability is the assessment of how much water a candidate site can reliably draw for evaporative cooling…