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Data Center Site Planning

From site selection to shovel-ready — plan your data center infrastructure on a live GIS platform.

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SITE PLAN · Madera 412 acDC-1100 MWDC-2 · planned230 kVsubstationCooling▼ Water intakePHASING SUMMARYP1 · 100 MW (live 2027 Q3)P2 · 150 MW (2028 Q4)Buildout · 250 MW totalCAPACITY RAMP & UTILITY DELIVERY250200150100 MW020262027202820292030Utility deliveryDC loadPEAK LOAD250 MWINTERCONNECT230 kVENERGIZED2027 Q3

Data Center Site Planning in Power-View

Who this is for

Data center developers, utility interconnection teams, transmission planners, and EPC firms coordinating large-load infrastructure projects from planning through construction completion.

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Data Center Site Planning

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Overview

Once a site is selected, the planning phase determines whether a data center project advances or stalls. Transmission routing, substation siting, interconnection agreement negotiation, environmental review, and construction sequencing all happen simultaneously — across teams from developer organizations, utility interconnection departments, and multiple engineering firms. Power-View provides the shared geospatial workspace that keeps these workstreams coordinated and continuously documented.

The most common cause of data center project delay during planning is coordination failure rather than technical complexity. Developer and utility teams working from different versions of the same information. A corridor acceptable last month now has a new constraint. A substation upgrade the developer counted on was deferred from the capital plan. Power-View solves this with a shared live GIS workspace where every plan change is immediately visible to all parties — reducing the decision-to-action lag that compounds into months of delay on large infrastructure projects.

What’s included

✓Transmission routing analysis with corridor options and constraint overlays displayed on live GIS

✓Substation siting evaluation with capacity, estimated cost, and construction timeline comparison per option

✓Phased load growth planning with capacity modeling across multiple development tranches over time

✓Shared stakeholder coordination workspace with role-based access for developer and utility team members

✓Document management for interconnection agreements, studies, environmental reviews, and permit submissions

✓FERC Order 2023 cluster study documentation and milestone timeline tracking integrated into the workspace

✓Construction sequencing with grid upgrade dependency analysis and critical path milestone planning

✓Environmental and cultural resource review integration with constraint mapping and mitigation documentation

Standards & regulatory compliance

This service directly supports compliance with the following standards and regulatory frameworks. GridIntel documentation is structured to generate compliance evidence as a byproduct of normal operations.

  • FERC Order 2023 cluster study and queue transparency requirements
  • NERC FAC-001 transmission facility connection requirements
  • IEEE 1547 point-of-interconnection design standards
  • State PUC large load service tariff and application requirements
  • NFPA 70 National Electrical Code for facility design

Key benefits

Why organizations choose GridIntel for Data Center Site Planning

Coordinated multi-party planning on a single live platformDeveloper and utility teams work from the same current information — eliminating the version confusion that costs months of delay.
Faster interconnection study cycles through proactive data sharingProactive documentation and real-time data sharing with the utility compresses study request and response cycles.
Risk-aware construction sequencing before surprises occurGrid upgrade dependencies are identified before they become critical-path problems during active construction.
All regulatory documentation organized and accessible in one placeFERC, state PUC, and local permitting documentation organized and accessible to all parties throughout the project.

“Power-View planning clients consistently reduce interconnection coordination cycle time by 35 to 50 percent.”

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