Tool

Design a data centre. Prove the investment case.

From a market on the map of Europe to the report your investors read. Six questions, in the order a development gate asks them.

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1,664data centres mapped in Europe
467data-centre projects in the pipeline
17markets priced
2,654data points

Permitted or buildingAnnounced or in planning

Where should you build?

Start from a market on the map of Europe. Its power price, grid wait, permits, climate and land follow it into every later step.

Pick a market

Markets in the pipeline

Live

3Paused
8Rationed
5Conditional
2Congested
6No rule in force
6Not tracked

Colour: the strictest rule on new grid connections in the market’s country. Size: projects in the pipeline.

How big are the building, the power and the cooling?

IT load, rack density and liquid cooling size the halls, the electrical chain and the cooling plant. Choose an operational class and the plant redraws.

Illustrative: three modules stand for N. The tool sizes them from your load.

Size a design

Operational class

UPS, generators and cooling N+1; two distribution paths, A and B.

When does the first hall go live?

A cost plan by element and a programme in which the grid connection, the equipment or the build sets the date. In much of Europe today it is the grid.

Plan the build

What sets the date

Red: the critical path. The tool dates every bar from your market and design.

What does it take to run?

Redundancy, staffing, security, certifications and the PUE target, set once as the site’s operating standard. Running costs and compliance follow from it.

Set the standard

Operating standardInvestor report, section 14

Operational class: Concurrently maintainableUPS, generators and cooling N+1, distribution 2N
Staffing: Engineers on site at all hoursCentral operations centre monitors the site
Security: Guards on site 24/7Or remote monitoring with patrols
Certifications: ISO/IEC 27001, ISO 50001ISO 14001, SOC 2 Type II and EN 50600 on request
Energy: Design PUE from climate, cooling and loadHeat export to a district network as an option

Who signs the leases?

Retail enterprise, wholesale, or big customers such as hyperscale and neocloud. The mix sets prices, how fast the halls fill, churn and contract terms, against each market’s take-up.

Set the customer mix

Customer mix

RetailWholesaleBig customers

30%Retail
45%Wholesale
25%Big customers

The mix also moves:

Price per kW
Fill speed
Churn
Contract term
Oversubscription

Will it pay back?

Project and equity returns, scenarios, sensitivity and a risk register, printed as a report an investment committee can read.

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Investor report

Your project

Market, phases and operational class as you set them

Contents

Headline
Sources and uses
Cash flow
Returns
Scenarios
Sensitivity
Risks
Market and customers
Brief and design criteria
Accommodation, power and cooling
Sustainability and market rules
Cost plan
Programme
Operating plan
Inputs
Next steps

Your figures replace ours

Every default can be overwritten, field by field, or pasted in one go: your cost plan, your price list, your running costs. They stay in your browser and in the project link. Free to use.

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