GOOD DATA CENTER

Let’s buildGood Data Centerprojects together.

A good data center project works for the company, the host community, and the infrastructure systems they share. Good Data Center connects the decisions around major projects into one lifecycle operating model built for stronger decisions, practical solutions, durable community value, and accountable delivery.

Shared facts · Practical solutions · Clear commitments · Accountable delivery
WHY GOOD DATA CENTER EXISTS

We believe in building the infrastructure the future requires and building it well.

Data centers are foundational infrastructure for AI and modern economic life. The strongest projects pair that scale with prepared infrastructure, clear decisions, practical solutions, measurable local value, and commitments that remain visible through delivery and change.

Chris MarklFounder · Good Data Center
THE MARKET REALITY

The data center buildout is historic. The operating model has to catch up.

AI infrastructure is expanding at extraordinary scale. That growth connects decisions about power, water, land, public systems, fiscal value, workforce, neighbors, and long-term operations.

66 GW
North American data center capacity under construction
JLL · 2026
95%
Capacity under construction already precommitted
JLL · 2026
77%
Capacity under construction in frontier markets
JLL · 2026
$6.7T
Estimated cumulative global data center capital outlays through 2030
McKinsey
THE COORDINATION CHALLENGE

A major data center is one project. The decisions around it rarely move as one.

Utility studies, land-use review, technical work, fiscal analysis, infrastructure planning, community priorities, agreements, and operations often move through separate records and timelines.

SEPARATE WORKSTREAMS
Applications and permits
Utility and interconnection studies
Environmental and technical review
Fiscal and incentive analysis
Agreements and monitoring
ONE CONNECTED PROJECT RECORD
Shared factsEvidence status and open questions stay visible.
Material issuesLeadership sees what can change design, approvals, value, or delivery.
Solutions + community valueIssues move into practical project choices and durable outcomes.
Commitments + assuranceOwners, instruments, metrics, monitoring, change, and remedy stay connected.
Traceable EvidenceEvery material claim resolves to a source, evidence status, and known uncertainty.
Qualified ReviewSpecialist conclusions are reviewed by qualified professionals when specialist judgment is required.
Clear Decision RightsGood Data Center connects the record while project sponsors, utilities, regulators, and public authorities retain their authority.
DEFINING GOOD

What makes a good data center project?

Good is practical, specific, and earned. It should be visible in project evidence, choices, commitments, implementation, and performance.

01

Shared Facts

Everyone works from the strongest available evidence, with assumptions and gaps visible.

02

Material Issues

Attention focuses on the questions that genuinely matter for this project and this place.

03

Practical Solutions

Issues become design choices, infrastructure pathways, operating practices, and workable responses.

04

Community Value

Economic, fiscal, workforce, infrastructure, and community outcomes reflect local priorities.

05

Clear Commitments

Responsibilities, funding, metrics, conditions, reporting, and accountability are defined.

06

Lifecycle Accountability

Commitments remain visible through construction, operation, expansion, ownership change, and significant change.

THE GOOD DATA CENTER FRAMEWORK

The operating model behind a good project.

The Framework turns the definition of “good” into a repeatable lifecycle process connecting facts, material issues, solutions, commitments, decisions, implementation, and assurance.

6
Systems
22
Assessment Areas
220+
Dimensions
7
Lifecycle Stages
01
DefineProject + decisions
02
FactsShared fact base
03
AssessMaterial issues
04
SolveSolutions + value
05
AgreeCommitments
06
DecideDecision record
07
DeliverAssurance
THE MATERIALITY FUNNEL

Comprehensive behind the scenes. Focused at the decision table.

Broad screening creates confidence in the short list. Leadership receives the material priorities that can change design, approvals, value, or delivery.

220+
Dimensions screened
Full coverage across 22 assessment areas
40–70
Applicable dimensions
Relevant to this project and this place
15–30
Dimensions for deeper analysis
Specialist review or scenario testing
8–15
Material priorities
Can change design, approvals, value, or delivery
10
Leadership actions
Owners, evidence, timing, near-term roadmap
REPRESENTATIVE APPLICATIONS

The Framework turns broad concerns into answerable project questions.

Each question connects evidence, responsibility, solution design, commitment structure, and assurance.

POWER

Can planned load align with real capacity and upgrade timing?

Test ramp, reliability, cost responsibility, and safeguards.

Discuss power →
WATER

Is the source physically and contractually secure?

Verify demand, fallback, drought performance, and monitoring.

Discuss water →
LAND + NEIGHBORS

What will nearby receptors actually experience?

Evaluate noise, light, heat, traffic, setbacks, and shared infrastructure.

Discuss land →
FISCAL VALUE

What public value remains over the lifecycle?

Separate investment, revenue, public cost, incentives, and distribution.

Discuss fiscal value →
HOST CAPACITY

Can public systems carry the project well?

Connect infrastructure, public safety, staffing, workforce, and durable community value.

Discuss host capacity →
WHEN TO BRING IN GOOD DATA CENTER

Engage wherever project complexity starts crossing organizational lines.

Good Data Center can shape major choices early, reconnect an active project, or carry commitments through delivery and change.

EARLY

Shape the project while choices remain open.

Establish the fact base, host conditions, infrastructure dependencies, material issues, and priority next steps.

ACTIVE PROJECT

Connect workstreams before friction compounds.

Align specialist work, project questions, public priorities, solutions, and commitment pathways in one record.

DELIVERY + CHANGE

Keep commitments visible after decisions are made.

Track owners, metrics, reporting, significant-change triggers, corrective action, and lifecycle assurance.

ONE PROJECT · DIFFERENT VALUE

A stronger project structure creates value across the table.

The same operating model helps each participant see the issues, decisions, and commitments they control.

Developers

Earlier alignment, clearer host conditions, stronger issue resolution, and more durable delivery pathways.

Utilities

Clearer load assumptions, upgrade responsibilities, safeguards, cost allocation, and change visibility.

Governments

A more complete project view, stronger decision records, defined responsibilities, and accountable commitments.

Regional + State Partners

Readiness, infrastructure planning, and repeatable project learning across markets.

Investors

Better visibility into infrastructure dependencies, project durability, commitments, and material change.

Professional Services

Specialist expertise connected to the project record, decision path, owners, and implementation.

HOW WE WORK

Engage at the depth your project requires.

Start with a focused readiness view, apply the full Framework to a live project, add ongoing operating capacity, or maintain assurance through delivery.

FOCUSED

Readiness Screen

A focused view of project completeness, host readiness, material issues, infrastructure dependencies, and priority next steps.

Best whenmajor choices are still open or leadership needs a rapid project view.
PROJECT

Framework Project Partnership

Full application of the Framework to a live project, producing the Material Issues Register and Solutions + Community Value Blueprint.

Best whenmultiple decisions, disciplines, and stakeholders need one operating record.
ONGOING

Good Data Center Desk

Dedicated lifecycle capacity for issue tracking, document review, specialist coordination, leadership briefings, and significant-change support.

Best whenthe organization needs continuity across a complex project or portfolio.
LIFECYCLE

Lifecycle Assurance

Carry commitments through construction and operation with monitoring, reporting, significant-change review, and corrective action.

Best whenapproval conditions and commitments need durable implementation.
GOOD DATA CENTER INTELLIGENCE

Real projects reveal repeatable lessons.

We track market and project developments because recurring patterns should sharpen the questions, safeguards, and records used on future projects.

TRUST · TEXAS · 2026

CyrusOne is trying to earn trust before projects harden.

Earlier engagement, project specific facts, and clear infrastructure responsibility show how trust can become part of the operating model.

Framework lens: shared facts, issue ownership, public process, and accountable commitments.
WATER · TEXAS · 2026

When missing information becomes a planning constraint.

Incomplete disclosure can limit planning around a rapidly growing infrastructure category.

Framework lens: source certainty, evidence status, fallback conditions, and usable disclosure.
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Let’s build good data center projects together.

Start with one question, one site, or one live project. A few details are enough to begin.