Data Center Deep Dive Ep. 2 | What Makes a Data Center Site Real?

In Episode 2 of the Data Center Deep Dive series on The Kansas City Market Pulse, host Logan Freeman breaks down the difference between land that looks promising on a map and a site operators will actually take seriously.

The big misconception: landowners think acreage is enough. It is not.

Episode Highlights:

• The Four Things: Operators care about power, fiber, entitlements and whether the development makes sense.
• De-Risked, Not Raw: Operators buy de-risked infrastructure, not raw land.
• Timing Matters: Transformers are custom built with lead times of 12 to 24 months or longer.
• Deal Killers: FEMA 100-year or 500-year floodplains are a red flag.
• Powered vs. Regular Land: The gap between powered land and ordinary industrial land is massive.

Do not get distracted by acreage. Utility agreements, fiber and entitlements make a site real.

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