The problem. You are running a commercial, strategic or financial due diligence on a data center, a development project or a platform. Your mandate covers the market, the value or the business plan. Yet the question that often decides the deal is physical: will the announced power be delivered, and when? Your team does not always have a high-voltage engineer, an operations auditor or a permitting expert at hand, nor the time to find one within the deal timetable.
Our answer. GridReadiness works in support of your firm, within the scope you set, with named experts who check on the ground. A model or a database spots signals; our experts verify them.
The business plan assumes energisation in 2028 and we need to say whether that holds.
We have three weeks to deliver our report and nobody in-house can read an RTE connection offer.
The target operates several sites and we need to qualify the real condition of the facilities.
WHAT WE BRING TO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE
| Topic | What we check | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Grid connection | Connection offer or agreement, queue position, network works, capacity steps, entity holding the offer | A reasoned energisation date, with its assumptions |
| High-voltage equipment | Transformer and switchgear orders, suppliers, delivery slots | The slippage risk from long-lead equipment |
| Operating site | Condition of the facilities, redundancy, available versus contracted power, PUE, regulatory obligations and the EU A–G rating | Points to reflect in the valuation or the warranties |
| Permits and local context | Building permit, environmental permit, appeal periods, local opposition | The conditions precedent to recommend |
| Financial translation | Effect of a 6, 12 or 24-month delay on revenues, debt service and the leasing schedule | Quantified assumptions for your model or report |
When documents are not enough, our experts go to the site. The truth is on the ground.
HOW WE WORK WITH YOUR FIRM
We bill our work to your firm. We neither pay nor receive any commission. If one of our experts works for the target, the seller or their construction contractor, we tell you and we decline the assignment. Our commitment is a best-efforts obligation, not an obligation of result.
WHO IS INVOLVED
Frédéric Arnaud, founder, former financial auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers, coordinates the assignment and the financial translation. Xavier Watrelos for high-voltage grid connection and equipment. Francis Gillard for facility audits, cooling and energy efficiency. Anis Mokded for design, commissioning and operations. See all experts in the network.
We also work directly for lenders and funds: see lender due diligence and business plan review.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Can your memo be included in our report?
Yes. It is written for that. It remains signed by the experts who did the work, because that is what gives it weight with your client. How it is cited is agreed in the proposal.
Do you cover operating sites as well as development projects?
Yes. On a project, we check what drives energisation. On an operating site, we check the condition of the facilities, the power really available and regulatory compliance.
How are you paid?
A fixed fee, paid by your firm, on a written proposal. We neither pay nor receive any commission, on the assignment or on the transaction.