"AI-Ready" and "liquid-cooling ready" are now common labels in data center offers. There is no shared definition. For a tenant or buyer, the only way to know what they mean is to bring them back to verifiable facts.

DOES YOUR SITUATION LOOK LIKE ONE OF THESE?

We must choose between three hosting providers that all claim to be "AI-Ready". How do we compare?We are leasing 5 MW of colocation for GPU racks. The operator promises delivery in nine months. How do we check?The business plan assumes 30% AI densification with no electrical works. Is that realistic?
Anis MokdedAnis Mokded
Design, commissioning & operations
Francis GillardFrancis Gillard
Data center design & auditsAll situations →

POWER

1. What power per rack does the site accept today, in halls actually delivered?

2. And in three to five years? Which density path, which works, who pays?

3. Is site power connected, or only requested from the grid operator? See what each French connection document is worth.

COOLING

4. Is liquid cooling installed, planned, or merely possible?

5. Up to what water temperature and what share of heat removed by air?

6. Where does the water come from, and what happens in heatwaves?

OPERATIONS AND CONTRACT

7. What real redundancy, and what incident history?

8. Who operates the liquid cooling, with what skills?

9. What total cost over the contract term? Not just price per kilowatt.

10. What terms if the site falls short, or if you must leave?

THE TAKEAWAY

A label is not a capability. See choosing data center hosting and pre-lease audit.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What is an "AI-Ready" data center?

There is no shared definition. Check power per rack, cooling, actually available power and the site's ability to evolve.