Data Center Development Services
Data Center Development Services
Data center developers and associated power generators are under intense pressure to build quickly for a number of strategic, financial, and competitive reasons including:
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• Speed-to-market advantage in a rapidly growing market • Escalating demand for AI and Cloud services • Tenant demand and pre-leasing commitments • Investor expectations • Utility and grid constraints • Competitive land and fiber access • Regulatory and incentive windows • Client migration timelines We understand these drive your need to have engineering consultants who serve as your trusted partner to analyze project alternatives and move projects forward quickly and effectively.
Who we are
Data Center Development Services
Air Quality
Ecological Services
Survey / Geospatial
Civil Engineering
Environmental Engineering & Sciences
Waste Management
Cultural Resources
Manufacturing Infrastructure Services
Water Resources
CEC is an engineering and environmental consulting firm with more than 1,500 team members in offices nationwide. We understand the challenges behind data center site selection and design – including power, water, cooling, and permitting regulations – and we provide a range of support services from conceptual and master planning through facility operation.
Where we are
How we serve you
Data Center Development Services
Prepurchase Agreement Services
Critical Issues Analysis
Field Investigation Services
Design & Permitting
ConstructionPhase Services
Prepurchase Agreement Services CEC helps business, legal, investment, and financial stakeholder clients identify, quantify, and resolve complex environmental compliance and liability issues, as well as review and quantify facility asset capital and operation & maintenance obligations to protect value. CEC provides services during the business investment cycle with due diligence tailored to meet individual stakeholder needs while assessing opportunities to acquire assets and provide engineering and compliance services. These services may include: • Assessment of Environmental Liabilities assess fair market value assumptions for management, legal, and financial advisors to fulfill reporting obligations • Purchase Price Allocation - assess fair market value of environmental liabilities and asset retirement obligations before a transaction to assess value assumptions
Critical Issues Analysis Before you negotiate a project site with the landowner, CEC taps its vast network of knowledge, data, and contacts to provide early-stage project development services to help you qualify and compare prospective sites. Key services include a feasibility and fatal flaw desktop analysis of the following areas, which could potentially limit development: • • • • • • • • • • •
Wetlands and Floodplains Threatened and Endangered Species Preliminary Cultural Resources Environmental Conditions (Phase I ESA) Geohazards State/Local Land Ordinances and Zoning Topography Sight Distances Utility Load/Water Evaluation Permitting Requirements Brownfields, Mine Lands, Landfills, and other Non-Greenfields
Data Center Development Services
Field Investigation Services
CEC also offers several field investigation services that provide you with boots-on-theground information you can use for planning purposes. • • • • •
Streams & Wetlands (including delineations) Threatened & Endangered Species Surveys Cultural Resources Environmental Conditions (Phase I/II ESA) Geospatial Conditions (Topographic, ALTA, Subsurface Utility, and Boundary Surveys) • Property Condition Assessments (including structural and foundations assessments to support data center loading) • Geotechnical Conditions
Design & Permitting Challenges associated with local ordinances, state and federal regulations, community concerns, and design constraints have the potential to impact data center development projects. CEC works with stakeholders to help you develop and navigate productive strategies. CEC provides the following services to help streamline the design and permitting process. • • • • • • • • •
Civil Engineering Environmental Permitting Air Quality Permitting Water Management Planning Geotechnical Engineering Land Use Permitting and Variances Erosion and Sediment Control Stormwater Management Landscape Architecture and Visual Screening • Public/Community Outreach
Data Center Development Services
Construction-Phase Services
CEC understands that the success of a data center development project hinges on maintaining schedule, efficiency, and cost control during the late stages of a project. From bidding to project closeout, CEC helps you maximize project return on investment with construction-phase services such as: • • • • • •
Management Support Details and Bid Specifications Inspection, Oversight, and Monitoring Materials Testing and Oversight As-built Surveys Environmental Remediation
Project Picture
Project Picture
Data Center Complex Preliminary Design Services
Coal-Fired Power Plant Conversion
Combined-Cycle NG Power Plant Siting Analysis
200-MW Data Center Site Development
Carbon Node East Development Carbon County, Pennsylvania
Confidential Client Western Pennsylvania
Confidential Client South Central Ohio
Confidential Client Northeast Pennsylvania
CEC has completed preliminary design and is now is providing final design services associated with a 300-MW data center complex. The project includes land surveying, site work, grading, drainage, postconstruction stormwater management, threatened & endangered species, and Chapter 105 permitting.
CEC is involved in the planning stages of converting a former coal-fired power plant to a natural gas-fueled power plant to support a 185-acre data center development.
CEC conducted a comprehensive siting analysis for a combinedcycle natural gas power plant. This 202-acre facility is intended to supply electricity to a future data center complex.
CEC has been working on the adjacent power station and coordinating with a national architectural firm that specializes in data center design to mitigate site constraints and optimize the existing infrastructure. CEC will develop a full set of Design Documents for submission to regulatory agencies.
Data Center Development Services
Mike Archer, P.E.
Corporate Data Centers Lead marcher@cecinc.com 412.249.2337
Laura Wible, P.E.
Corporate Power for Data Centers Lead lwible@cecinc.com 412.249.3139
Subject Matter Experts
Patrick Bennett, P.E.
Corporate Real Estate Market Group Lead pbennett@cecinc.com 314.656.4578
Amanda Black
Corporate Power Market Group Lead ablack@cecinc.com 724.387.6350
Mary J. Guinee
Strategic Development Officer mguinee@cecinc.com 412.249.3157
Data Center Development Services
Get in touch
Mary J. Guinee
Mike Archer, P.E.
412.249.3157
412.249.2337
mguinee@cecinc.com
marcher@cecinc.com
www.cecinc.com 800.365.2324