Competitive Advantage
Achievements
- Developed 2.2M SF, 290MW of enterprise, powered shell, build-to-suit, HPC data centers
- Delivered campuses, tenant builds and power delivery projects … on time, on budget
- Secured 3x ROI on a recent powered land sale transaction
- Completed over 3.0M SF of data center acquisition and disposition transactions
- Built portfolio of data centers totaling 20 properties valued at $1.2B
Vertical Platform of Diverse Skills with End-to-End Responsibility
- Investment, acquisitions, dispositions
- Site selection, due diligence, entitlements, incentives
- Powered land sites, powered shells, build-to-suit, turn-key, campuses
- Power, connectivity infrastructure, design, construction, commissioning
- Expertise includes achieving superior investment returns; selecting sites: securing entitlements and incentives; building power and connectivity infrastructure; managing design, construction, and commissioning; and overseeing transition to operations
- Translation of investment objectives into project scope
- Budgets and schedules, procurement of critical equipment, commissioning activities, and tenant fit-outs to “go live” operations.
Market Experience and Relationships
- 40+ collective years in the data center industry
- Wide range of data center occupier, investor, operator, supplier, vendor relationships
We Mitigate Risks at Each Step of a Project or Engagement
- Establish project viability: underwriting each opportunity with a detailed 60-point process
- Location: secure locations which provide adequate land area, initial and phased in power (preferably from renewable sources), along with access to connectivity networks
- Relationship: ensure that all key partnership, vendor relationships are aligned, constructive
- Team: match specialists to the specific requirements of each engagement
- Power: navigate power supply and transmission grid limitations, changing regulations, high initial engagement costs, revenue securitization
- Connectivity: confirm availability of short haul, long haul networks
- Environmental: evaluate soils management, soil quality, ground water, air quality, generator air permits, wetlands, flora/fauna, local regulations
- Noise: evaluate base ambient conditions, generator, rooftop equipment noise
- Cost: manage higher construction and equipment costs, labor market conditions
- Supply chain: advancing data center power and cooling designs and modular solutions which support the AI/ML boom and higher rack densities
We See the Big Picture Up Front, Saving Money and Time in the Long Run
- Guide clients with seasoned insight and trusted advice
- Consistently produce value-driven and scalable solutions from concept to turnover which meet critical reliability, redundancy, cost, schedule, efficiency, investment objectives
- Understand the complex objectives required by our customers and investors