A company, cloud or neocloud leasing halls or capacity from an operator often commits for years. Brochures promise capacity, density, redundancy and a date. The tenant usually has nobody to check what lies behind.
DOES YOUR SITUATION LOOK LIKE ONE OF THESE?
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?We are aiming for a Tier III design certification. Will our electrical architecture hold up?
Anis MokdedDesign, commissioning & operations
WHAT WE CHECK
Before signing
Power: actually connected, or only requested from the grid operator
Delivery date: credible given grid connection and equipment
Design: power architecture, backup, cooling, stated redundancy
Density: real ability to host GPU racks and liquid cooling
Site condition: visit, maintenance, incident history
Contract: SLAs, penalties, delivery and expansion clauses
Delivery date: credible given grid connection and equipment
Design: power architecture, backup, cooling, stated redundancy
Density: real ability to host GPU racks and liquid cooling
Site condition: visit, maintenance, incident history
Contract: SLAs, penalties, delivery and expansion clauses
See stranded compute and neoclouds and the European grid. We are paid only by the tenant, never by the operator.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Why audit a data center before leasing it?
Because stated capacity, delivery date, density and redundancy commit the tenant for years. An independent review checks they hold before signing.