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01 · Developers & project ownersOur RTE connection offer states energisation in 2032. Is that credible?
Xavier02 · Developers & project ownersWe have an RTE exploratory study for 120 MW but no connection offer (PTF). Can we sign the promise of sale for the land?Xavier03 · Developers & project ownersThe primary substation 4 km away shows capacity, but Enedis mentions reinforcement. Is 12 MW at MV (HTA) realistic?Xavier04 · Developers & project ownersWe want to start at 10 MW and scale to 40 MW. Should we request the full 40 MW now?Xavier05 · Developers & project ownersOur 12 ha plot is in an AU zone of the local land-use plan (PLU). Can we build a 60 MW data center on it?
Xavier · Frédéric06 · Developers & project ownersAn RTE "fast-track" site or a standalone site in Grand Est: which to choose for 300 MW?Xavier · Frédéric07 · Developers & project ownersOur 225/20 kV transformers are quoted at 140 weeks. How can we hold a 2028 commissioning date?Xavier08 · Developers & project ownersWe are taking over a brownfield site with a former 63 kV substation. Can it be reused for a data center?Xavier09 · Developers & project ownersA supplier is offering us generators until the grid connection arrives. Is it a good idea?Xavier · Frédéric10 · Developers & project ownersA small 2 MW regional AI data center: what building to look for, and what power to check before visiting?
Xavier · Anis11 · Developers & project ownersWe want to convert an 8,000 m² logistics warehouse into a data center. Slab, clear height, power: will it work?Anis · Xavier12 · Developers & project ownersWe are coming from the United States and targeting France. Which region for 50 MW deliverable before 2029?
Frédéric · Xavier · Nicolas13 · Industry, energy & landownersI own 20 ha of land near a 400 kV line. Is it worth anything for a data center?Xavier · Frédéric14 · OperatorsOur site has only one fibre entry. Our customers require two physically separate paths.Nicolas15 · OperatorsWe want to host cloud customers. Which internet exchange point (IX) should we connect to, and at what transport cost?Nicolas16 · Developers & project ownersOur rural site is 35 km from the city. Are latency and fibre an obstacle for AI inference?Nicolas · Xavier17 · Developers & project ownersOpening planned in 10 weeks, 400 snags still open and level 4 tests not started.Anis18 · Developers & project ownersOur tenant requires an integrated test with a real grid outage. How do we prepare it safely?Anis19 · OperatorsWe hired the operations team three weeks before opening: no procedures, no on-call rota.Anis20 · OperatorsThe site has been delivered, but the as-built documentation is incomplete and maintenance is not under contract.Anis21 · Developers & project ownersWe are aiming for a Tier III design certification. Will our electrical architecture hold up?Anis22 · OperatorsOur monitoring alarms go off 200 times a day. The team can no longer tell which ones are serious.Anis23 · OperatorsWe need to move from 10 kW racks to 60 kW GPU racks in an existing data hall.
Anis · Geoffrey24 · OperatorsAfter a UPS failure, our customer is asking for a root cause analysis and an action plan within two weeks.Anis25 · EPC & contractorsWe are an electrical contractor and must provide a commissioning manager for 9 months on a 30 MW project.Anis26 · EPC & contractorsOur client is asking us for a high-voltage (HTB) connection engineer to manage the agreement with RTE for 18 months.Xavier27 · EPC & contractorsWe are bidding on a data center tender and must price the high-voltage package. Do our lead time assumptions hold up?Xavier28 · Funds & lendersWe are financing 60 MW. The sponsor says it has a signed connection offer (PTF). What is it really worth?Xavier29 · Funds & lendersOur fund owns three 2 to 6 MW data centers built between 2010 and 2016. Will they still be lettable in ten years?Anis · Xavier30 · Funds & lendersOur fund is classified Article 9. Which data center metrics can we actually document?Geoffrey · Frédéric31 · Funds & lendersAhead of an acquisition, we have four weeks to complete the technical review of an operating 12 MW site.Anis · Xavier32 · Funds & lendersThe business plan assumes 30% AI densification with no electrical works. Is that realistic?Anis33 · Funds & lendersShould we fund the move to liquid cooling at a site built in 2014?Anis · Geoffrey34 · Funds & lendersThe project schedule shows revenue in 2027, but the transformer has not been ordered.Xavier · Frédéric35 · Funds & lendersA project in our portfolio is the target of a local petition. What is the risk to the schedule and value?
Blandine · Frédéric36 · Funds & lendersWe want independent quarterly monitoring of the progress of a project we are financing.Frédéric · Xavier37 · OperatorsWe have not yet declared our reference year on OPERAT for our 3,500 m² data center.Geoffrey38 · OperatorsOur PUE is 1.55. How much is that costing us, and what is the plan to get down to 1.35?Geoffrey · Anis39 · OperatorsWe have to report our indicators to the European data centre database, and our data is incomplete.Geoffrey40 · OperatorsOur BMS does not comply with the BACS decree. What needs to be installed, and by when?Geoffrey41 · OperatorsThe municipality wants us to supply our waste heat to a district heating network. Does it make financial sense?Geoffrey · Blandine42 · OperatorsOur chillers use a refrigerant that is about to be restricted. Replace or retrofit?Geoffrey · Anis43 · Local authoritiesA developer wants to build a 200 MW data center on our business park. What should we ask for before signing?Blandine · Xavier44 · Developers & project ownersThe public pre-consultation opens in three weeks, and an association is organising a public meeting against the project.Blandine45 · Local authoritiesResidents are asking us about the water use and noise of the future data center. We have no figures to give them.Blandine · Geoffrey46 · Local authoritiesThe council must vote on a conditional sale agreement for inter-municipal land. How do we frame the developer's commitments?Blandine · Frédéric47 · Industry, energy & landownersOur 50 MW / 100 MWh storage project is waiting for a grid connection offer. How do we avoid the queue?Xavier48 · OperatorsAn outage at our data center has been covered by the local press. Our clients and the town hall are calling.Blandine · Anis49 · Developers & project ownersA national newspaper article lists our project among the "data centers drying out France".Blandine50 · Developers & project ownersAn association has filed a legal challenge against our building permit. How do we communicate without making things worse?Blandine
Xavier02 · Developers & project ownersWe have an RTE exploratory study for 120 MW but no connection offer (PTF). Can we sign the promise of sale for the land?Xavier03 · Developers & project ownersThe primary substation 4 km away shows capacity, but Enedis mentions reinforcement. Is 12 MW at MV (HTA) realistic?Xavier04 · Developers & project ownersWe want to start at 10 MW and scale to 40 MW. Should we request the full 40 MW now?Xavier05 · Developers & project ownersOur 12 ha plot is in an AU zone of the local land-use plan (PLU). Can we build a 60 MW data center on it?Xavier · Frédéric06 · Developers & project ownersAn RTE "fast-track" site or a standalone site in Grand Est: which to choose for 300 MW?Xavier · Frédéric07 · Developers & project ownersOur 225/20 kV transformers are quoted at 140 weeks. How can we hold a 2028 commissioning date?Xavier08 · Developers & project ownersWe are taking over a brownfield site with a former 63 kV substation. Can it be reused for a data center?Xavier09 · Developers & project ownersA supplier is offering us generators until the grid connection arrives. Is it a good idea?Xavier · Frédéric10 · Developers & project ownersA small 2 MW regional AI data center: what building to look for, and what power to check before visiting?Xavier · Anis11 · Developers & project ownersWe want to convert an 8,000 m² logistics warehouse into a data center. Slab, clear height, power: will it work?Anis · Xavier12 · Developers & project ownersWe are coming from the United States and targeting France. Which region for 50 MW deliverable before 2029?Frédéric · Xavier · Nicolas13 · Industry, energy & landownersI own 20 ha of land near a 400 kV line. Is it worth anything for a data center?Xavier · Frédéric14 · OperatorsOur site has only one fibre entry. Our customers require two physically separate paths.Nicolas15 · OperatorsWe want to host cloud customers. Which internet exchange point (IX) should we connect to, and at what transport cost?Nicolas16 · Developers & project ownersOur rural site is 35 km from the city. Are latency and fibre an obstacle for AI inference?Nicolas · Xavier17 · Developers & project ownersOpening planned in 10 weeks, 400 snags still open and level 4 tests not started.Anis18 · Developers & project ownersOur tenant requires an integrated test with a real grid outage. How do we prepare it safely?Anis19 · OperatorsWe hired the operations team three weeks before opening: no procedures, no on-call rota.Anis20 · OperatorsThe site has been delivered, but the as-built documentation is incomplete and maintenance is not under contract.Anis21 · Developers & project ownersWe are aiming for a Tier III design certification. Will our electrical architecture hold up?Anis22 · OperatorsOur monitoring alarms go off 200 times a day. The team can no longer tell which ones are serious.Anis23 · OperatorsWe need to move from 10 kW racks to 60 kW GPU racks in an existing data hall.Anis · Geoffrey24 · OperatorsAfter a UPS failure, our customer is asking for a root cause analysis and an action plan within two weeks.Anis25 · EPC & contractorsWe are an electrical contractor and must provide a commissioning manager for 9 months on a 30 MW project.Anis26 · EPC & contractorsOur client is asking us for a high-voltage (HTB) connection engineer to manage the agreement with RTE for 18 months.Xavier27 · EPC & contractorsWe are bidding on a data center tender and must price the high-voltage package. Do our lead time assumptions hold up?Xavier28 · Funds & lendersWe are financing 60 MW. The sponsor says it has a signed connection offer (PTF). What is it really worth?Xavier29 · Funds & lendersOur fund owns three 2 to 6 MW data centers built between 2010 and 2016. Will they still be lettable in ten years?Anis · Xavier30 · Funds & lendersOur fund is classified Article 9. Which data center metrics can we actually document?Geoffrey · Frédéric31 · Funds & lendersAhead of an acquisition, we have four weeks to complete the technical review of an operating 12 MW site.Anis · Xavier32 · Funds & lendersThe business plan assumes 30% AI densification with no electrical works. Is that realistic?Anis33 · Funds & lendersShould we fund the move to liquid cooling at a site built in 2014?Anis · Geoffrey34 · Funds & lendersThe project schedule shows revenue in 2027, but the transformer has not been ordered.Xavier · Frédéric35 · Funds & lendersA project in our portfolio is the target of a local petition. What is the risk to the schedule and value?Blandine · Frédéric36 · Funds & lendersWe want independent quarterly monitoring of the progress of a project we are financing.Frédéric · Xavier37 · OperatorsWe have not yet declared our reference year on OPERAT for our 3,500 m² data center.Geoffrey38 · OperatorsOur PUE is 1.55. How much is that costing us, and what is the plan to get down to 1.35?Geoffrey · Anis39 · OperatorsWe have to report our indicators to the European data centre database, and our data is incomplete.Geoffrey40 · OperatorsOur BMS does not comply with the BACS decree. What needs to be installed, and by when?Geoffrey41 · OperatorsThe municipality wants us to supply our waste heat to a district heating network. Does it make financial sense?Geoffrey · Blandine42 · OperatorsOur chillers use a refrigerant that is about to be restricted. Replace or retrofit?Geoffrey · Anis43 · Local authoritiesA developer wants to build a 200 MW data center on our business park. What should we ask for before signing?Blandine · Xavier44 · Developers & project ownersThe public pre-consultation opens in three weeks, and an association is organising a public meeting against the project.Blandine45 · Local authoritiesResidents are asking us about the water use and noise of the future data center. We have no figures to give them.Blandine · Geoffrey46 · Local authoritiesThe council must vote on a conditional sale agreement for inter-municipal land. How do we frame the developer's commitments?Blandine · Frédéric47 · Industry, energy & landownersOur 50 MW / 100 MWh storage project is waiting for a grid connection offer. How do we avoid the queue?Xavier48 · OperatorsAn outage at our data center has been covered by the local press. Our clients and the town hall are calling.Blandine · Anis49 · Developers & project ownersA national newspaper article lists our project among the "data centers drying out France".Blandine50 · Developers & project ownersAn association has filed a legal challenge against our building permit. How do we communicate without making things worse?BlandineTypical situations, based on real enquiries and anonymised. Figures are illustrative.