Strategic Planning & Consulting · Expert Guidance, Informed Decisions
Bring in experts early to safeguard your project.
Committing capital to a site you do not fully understand, or signing off on a design that has not been stress-tested against real operating conditions, can cost you years and a great deal of money. Take advantage of our team's experience and focused efforts to accelerate and derisk your projects.
Site Selection · Decision Matrix
3 finalists
Recommended · Site B · lowest lifecycle risk
Approach
How we work
We bring the same depth we apply in the field to the planning decisions that shape a project before ground breaks. Our team has commissioned, built, and operated the kinds of facilities we are helping you think through. That experience changes what we look for, and what we flag.
Our analysis is grounded in what actually happens during design, construction, and operations, not only what appears in specs. We have seen where design assumptions break down in the field and where procurement strategy creates schedule risk the project team does not see until it is too late. That pattern recognition is what we offer.
We present evidence-based findings. We tell you what we see, what the risk is, and what we would do. We do not tell you what you want to hear. If a site, a design, or a deal has a real problem, you will know it before you commit.
Scope
Where we engage
Strategic Planning and Development
The decisions that set the parameters for everything that follows: what you need, how it performs, and what you are willing to trade off.
- Owner's Project Requirements (OPR) definition and validation - translating your business needs into technical specifications the design team can build to
- Basis of Design (BOD) development - redundancy strategy, performance specifications, design criteria for electrical, mechanical, and controls systems. This is the document that holds the designer accountable.
- High-density and AI workload design review - rack densities from 30 kW to 200 kW and above, liquid cooling evaluation, and GPU cluster capacity modeling
- Sustainability assessment - power usage effectiveness (PUE) and water usage effectiveness (WUE) targeting, renewable energy integration, and ESG framework alignment
Site Selection and Due Diligence
The risks embedded in a site are hard to see without field experience. We find them before you close.
- Geographic risk assessment - seismic, flood, hurricane, tornado, and wildfire exposure
- Utility capacity and reliability evaluation - power, water, fiber, and natural gas
- Regulatory and permitting feasibility analysis
- Total cost of ownership (TCO) modeling across alternative sites
Design and Engineering Support
A design review by someone who has commissioned the resulting systems. We find what looks fine on paper but fails in the field.
- Constructability review, value engineering, and cost optimization
- Trade sequencing and construction phasing strategy
- Long-lead equipment identification and supply chain risk assessment
- Commissioning program development and commissioning authority selection support
- Prefabrication and modularization opportunity evaluation
Procurement and Supply Chain
How you buy equipment and structure contracts determines a large share of your schedule risk. We help you get this right before the orders go out.
- Procurement strategy development - early equipment procurement, EPC, EPCM, and design-build approaches
- Equipment specification review and bid evaluation support
- Vendor qualification, reference checking, and selection recommendations
- Owner-Furnished Contractor-Installed (OFCI) logistics planning and single-source dependency mitigation
Risk Assessment
Identifying the scenarios that would hurt you most, before construction locks them in.
- Technical risk identification across design, construction, and operations phases
- Schedule risk analysis using Monte Carlo simulation and critical path sensitivity
- Failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) for mission-critical systems
- Business continuity and disaster recovery planning for operational facilities
Operations and Maintenance Strategy
Most operational failures are predictable. A well-designed maintenance program prevents them. A poor one just documents them after the fact.
- Preventive maintenance program development aligned with OEM recommendations
- Staffing models and organizational structure recommendations
- Standard operating, maintenance, and emergency operating procedure (SOP, MOP, EOP) development
- Operator training curriculum design, hands-on facilitation, and certification programs
- Performance monitoring frameworks for continuous improvement
Real Estate and Transaction Support
Colocation contracts and data center acquisitions have technical details that look harmless and are not. We verify the numbers and flag the clauses before you sign.
- Colocation site selection and technical due diligence
- Power and cooling capacity verification and growth planning
- Service level agreement (SLA) review and performance guarantee evaluation
- Lease terms negotiation support - power pricing, cross-connect fees, and exit clauses
- Multi-site portfolio strategy and risk diversification planning
Deliverables
What you get
- Basis of Design (BOD) documents with system descriptions, design criteria, and performance specifications
- Site selection reports with comparative analysis, risk assessment, and total cost of ownership modeling
- Design review reports with constructability feedback, value engineering recommendations, and risk identification
- Commissioning program frameworks with test plans, schedules, and resource requirements
- Procurement strategy recommendations with vendor evaluation criteria and contracting approaches
- Risk assessment matrices with mitigation strategies and contingency planning
- Operations and maintenance manuals, SOPs, MOPs, and EOPs
- Training programs with curriculum, certification criteria, and knowledge transfer documentation
- Colocation due diligence reports with technical validation, SLA review, and lease negotiation support
- Strategic planning reports with roadmaps, budgets, and implementation timelines
Clients
Who we work with
- Investors and Developers: Private equity firms, REITs, and data center developers who need technical depth behind capital allocation and design decisions before committing
- Owner-Operators: Hyperscale cloud providers, colocation operators, and enterprise IT organizations managing growing critical infrastructure portfolios
- End Users: Enterprises, government agencies, and institutions that rely on mission-critical facilities and want an independent read on what they are being sold or built
- Lenders and Insurers: Financial institutions and underwriters requiring technical due diligence and independent risk assessment before committing capital