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Capacity is a scenario, not a conclusion
When acreage is supplied, DCFR calculates a land-based arithmetic range from stated area-intensity and reserve assumptions. It does not establish buildable, permitted, or utility-supported capacity.
Before the full report
Preliminary 20-site screening
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Land fit remains confirmation-gated
The current automated report compares area allowances and records parcel, assemblage, access, environmental, and layout confirmation items. A surveyed dimensioned test fit and route validation are separate work.
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Utility evidence stays distinct from demand
The report records supplied power-path evidence, calculates facility-demand scenarios, and leaves service capacity, upgrades, tariffs, and energization unconfirmed until supported.
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Open decisions have named follow-up
DCFR organizes calculations, findings, evidence limits, and next actions so utility, civil, code, MEP, cost, schedule, and design teams have a clearer starting point.
Selected-site report
What the selected full DCFR report includes
One selected parcel advances into a planning-grade DCFR report organized into seven modules. Each module separates DCFR findings, planning assumptions, and confirmation-required items.
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Submitted candidates · Area scenarios · Confirmation gatesDCFR output
Candidate Site Screening
DCFRILLUSTRATIVE SAMPLE · MODULE COVER
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Candidate Site Screening
Submitted candidate count
Arithmetic area-scenario status
Acquisition hold while critical evidence is open
Shows the submitted-candidate comparison, arithmetic area status, evidence gaps, and acquisition hold used before one candidate advances into a selected-site report.
Preview detail register
Included in DCFR report- Submitted candidate count
- Arithmetic area-scenario status
- Acquisition hold while critical evidence is open
- Missing-data and parcel-identity flags
- Candidate comparison basis
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Source evidence · Code questions · AHJ confirmationDCFR output
Zoning, Building & Fire Code Feasibility
DCFRILLUSTRATIVE SAMPLE · MODULE COVER
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Zoning, Building & Fire Code Feasibility
Available district-map evidence; use permission unconfirmed
Assumed floors for area arithmetic only
Building area, height, construction type, and egress questions
Records available district-map evidence and organizes permitted-use, adopted-code, fire-access, equipment-separation, and approval questions. Parcel-wide applicability and authority determinations remain unconfirmed.
Preview detail register
Included in DCFR report- Available district-map evidence; use permission unconfirmed
- Assumed floors for area arithmetic only
- Building area, height, construction type, and egress questions
- Fire access and equipment-separation questions
- Entitlement and fire-review confirmation register
Module valuePlanning outputConfirmation use
District / use
Point-map district when an audited source is available / use unconfirmed
Parcel-wide zoning, overlays, permitted use, and entitlement require authority confirmation.
Code and fire basis
Open confirmation register
Adopted editions, amendments, occupancy, construction type, egress, accessibility, fire access, and equipment controls require project-specific review.
Public preview only. The generated report records planning questions and source limits; it does not provide a licensed code analysis, NFPA determination, fire-protection design, or AHJ approval.
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Demand scenario · Evidence maturity · Open utility gatesDCFR output
Power & Utility Feasibility
DCFRILLUSTRATIVE SAMPLE · MODULE COVER
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Power & Utility Feasibility
Facility-demand and annual-energy scenarios
Submitted power-supply pathway
Evidence maturity and open dependencies
Calculates a facility-demand scenario, classifies the supplied power pathway and evidence stage, checks stated capacity arithmetic, and keeps service capacity and energization unconfirmed.
Preview detail register
Included in DCFR report- Facility-demand and annual-energy scenarios
- Submitted power-supply pathway
- Evidence maturity and open dependencies
- Claimed or unit-derived capacity arithmetic check
- Utility upgrades, tariff, commercial terms, and energization open
Module valuePlanning outputConfirmation use
Facility demand
Target IT MW multiplied by the stated PUE range
This is a demand scenario, not available utility capacity.
Power pathway
Submitted source type and evidence stage
Point of interconnection, upgrades, tariff, commercial terms, and energization remain confirmation gates.
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Thermal scenarios · Source findings · Required studiesDCFR output
Cooling, Water, Noise & Environmental Feasibility
DCFRILLUSTRATIVE SAMPLE · MODULE COVER
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Cooling, Water, Noise & Environmental Feasibility
Cooling preference and average rack-density assumption
Equivalent full-load rack-count scenario
Annual energy and onsite-water scenarios when inputs are supplied
Records the cooling preference, calculates annual energy and onsite-water scenarios when inputs are supplied, retains environmental-source findings, and identifies climate, service, discharge, and acoustic studies still required.
Preview detail register
Included in DCFR report- Cooling preference and average rack-density assumption
- Equivalent full-load rack-count scenario
- Annual energy and onsite-water scenarios when inputs are supplied
- Environmental evidence and retrieval gaps
- Climate, water/sewer, discharge, and acoustic confirmation items
Module valuePlanning outputConfirmation use
Thermal and water scenario
Calculated only from supplied PUE, WUE, load, and operating assumptions
Peak conditions, climate selection, service, discharge, and equipment performance remain open.
Environmental and noise evidence
Available source findings plus explicit retrieval gaps
Point-based public data cannot clear a parcel; acoustic compliance requires equipment and receptor data.
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Area arithmetic · Reserve allowances · Physical-fit holdDCFR output
Parcel Capacity & Site-Fit Model
DCFRILLUSTRATIVE SAMPLE · MODULE COVER
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Parcel Capacity & Site-Fit Model
Land-based IT range when target MW is absent
Customer-entered area scenario when target MW is supplied
White-space, gross-building, and support-yard allowances
Shows a land-based arithmetic range when no target MW is supplied, or an area budget against a stated target. Parcel identity, buildable geometry, access, and physical fit remain confirmation-gated.
Preview detail register
Included in DCFR report- Land-based IT range when target MW is absent
- Customer-entered area scenario when target MW is supplied
- White-space, gross-building, and support-yard allowances
- Circulation, stormwater, exclusion, and expansion reserves
- Parcel or assemblage conflicts and physical-fit next steps
Module valuePlanning outputConfirmation use
Area result
Land arithmetic range or target-demand area budget
Neither result establishes a parcel, buildable envelope, legal access, or physical fit.
Physical planning
Confirmation items and withheld release controls
Surveyed constraints, routes, grades, drainage, equipment, and reviewed geometry are separate acceptance evidence.
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Program arithmetic · Design questions · Logistics reviewDCFR output
Structure, Envelope & Constructability
DCFRILLUSTRATIVE SAMPLE · MODULE COVER
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Structure, Envelope & Constructability
Gross-building program range
Assumed floor count for footprint arithmetic
Exterior equipment-yard allowance
Frames floor-count, structural, ground-condition, envelope, delivery, laydown, and equipment-replacement questions. It does not select an assembly or establish structural capacity.
Preview detail register
Included in DCFR report- Gross-building program range
- Assumed floor count for footprint arithmetic
- Exterior equipment-yard allowance
- Foundation, load, clear-height, and envelope questions
- Delivery, lifting, laydown, and replacement-path prompts
Module valuePlanning outputConfirmation use
Program basis
Gross area, assumed floors, and exterior equipment-yard allowance
No structural capacity, wall section, material selection, or measured quantity is established.
Constructability
Ground, load, delivery, lifting, laydown, and replacement-path questions
Geotechnical, structural, contractor, vendor, and operations review remains required.
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Conditional calculations · Decision gates · Risk actionsDCFR output
Cost, Schedule, Risk & Decision Record
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Cost, Schedule, Risk & Decision Record
Conditional capital sensitivity from supplied rates
Requested schedule recorded as an uncommitted target
First-commitment and design-release gates
Shows cost sensitivity only when dated customer rates are supplied, records a requested schedule when present, and organizes decision gates, risks, owners, and next actions without promising cost or delivery.
Preview detail register
Included in DCFR report- Conditional capital sensitivity from supplied rates
- Requested schedule recorded as an uncommitted target
- First-commitment and design-release gates
- Unpriced scope and unknown durations
- Risk register, owners, and next-step actions
Module valuePlanning outputConfirmation use
Cost
Not estimated unless low and high customer rates are supplied
Any displayed range is a sensitivity, not a quotation or independent cost opinion.
Schedule and decision
Customer target plus dependency and evidence gates
No utility, AHJ, vendor, contractor, or completion-date commitment is inferred.
Methodology
What DCFR is based on
DCFR combines user-provided site inputs, rule-based data center planning logic, visible site/context constraints, and planning-grade calculation assumptions to produce an early feasibility judgment. Outputs clearly separate calculated assumptions from items that require utility, civil, code, environmental, legal, or licensed professional confirmation.
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Client-provided inputs
Candidate addresses, parcel references, acreage, target program intent, assumptions, and any shared site context.
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Available source evidence
Retrieved official-source records are cited with status and limitations. Point queries do not establish parcel-wide conditions, and unavailable sources remain unresolved.
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Planning calculation logic
Demand, energy, area, reserve, and optional cost scenarios use documented formulas and input origins. They do not establish buildability or market benchmarks.
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Explicit planning assumptions
Customer inputs and DCFR scenario defaults remain identified so project-specific professional inputs can replace them.
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Findings and confirmation actions
The report records risks, evidence gaps, responsible parties, and next-step questions for utility, civil, code, MEP, cost, schedule, and design teams.
ARCHITECT-LED
Architect-led feasibility intelligence
DCFR was created by Jeehee Hong, NCARB, AIA, LEED GA, a New York State Registered Architect with 20+ years of experience across architecture, site planning, mixed-use development, logistics, and mission-critical feasibility thinking.
The platform is designed to help brokers, land teams, developers, investors, and site-selection teams screen data center land before deeper consultant engagement.
Architect-led does not mean the report is stamped, sealed, permit-ready, or a substitute for local licensed engineering, legal, zoning, environmental, utility, or code review.
SCOPE NOTE
What DCFR does not provide
DCFR is a planning-grade decision-support package. Final acquisition, design, permitting, financing, and construction decisions require professional confirmation. DCFR does not provide final engineering, stamped drawings, permit approval, legal zoning opinion, utility capacity guarantee, environmental clearance, contractor pricing, or authority approval.
- Final engineering, stamped drawings, permit approval, construction documents, or permit drawings
- Legal zoning opinion, entitlement approval, land-use approval, environmental clearance, brokerage advice, appraisal, lending advice, or investment advice
- Utility capacity guarantee, interconnection approval, power reservation, tariff confirmation, or substation upgrade commitment
- Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, wetlands delineation, geotechnical report, ALTA/NSPS survey, traffic study, hydrology report, or acoustic engineering report
- Final construction cost, guaranteed schedule, contractor pricing, equipment procurement pricing, or authority approval
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