Data centers
Shaping the future of digital infrastructure
Rapid changes to energy policy, rate design, generator development, and load growth have complicated the pathway to powered land.
In this landscape, data center developers and investors need to create robust power supply strategies, understand the current environment, and establish a future outlook for electricity costs, data center-specific tariffs, and computing efficiencies.
And for utilities, this means developing comprehensive commercial and regulatory strategies that attract data center developers while minimizing ratepayer costs.
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We deliver a comprehensive suite of data center advisory services, partnering with developers, investors, regulators, and utilities.
Our experts in data center strategy, technology, regulation, M&A, and energy markets work across the full range of stakeholders, supporting leaders to achieve their strategic, capital, and regulatory priorities in the US and European markets.
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We conduct commercial, economic, and technical due diligence across all data center asset types and adjacent energy infrastructure, while creating pre- and post-deal strategy and value creation plans to maximize investment outcomes.
Our energy market forecasting and transmission modeling capabilities help identify constraints to ramping data center loads and devise strategies to accelerate market entry. Our understanding of the policy and regulatory environment, how to navigate utility load interconnection queues, and creative power supply solutions helps our clients power their campuses sooner.
Our data center experts help strengthen grid and energy infrastructure resilience by assessing risk and reviewing extreme weather plans using proprietary tools such as ReliabilityOne® and iPredict™, while embedding cyber security to safeguard critical systems.
Leveraging our deep expertise in electricity rate design and capital planning, we work with utilities to develop comprehensive commercial and regulatory strategies that attract data center developers while minimizing ratepayer costs.
Our data center advisors support market entry and growth strategies across the value chain, including exploration of data center adjacencies. As part of this, we design business models including behind-the-meter configurations, ownership strategy, and operating models. We also enable operational transformation through migration, cyber security, resilience, and technology adoption for data center operators.
How we’ve helped our clients
- Supported a multinational infrastructure fund to invest $900 million in data center development sites in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) market. We evaluated the supply, demand, and power costs of new sites, assessing feasibility and shaping the market with in-depth analysis.
- Conducted a reliability study for a Fortune 500 hyperscaler, identifying electric system risks and climate impacts to support data center development. We delivered a grid scorecard to guide regulatory engagement across key US regions.
- Supported due diligence for a data center developer, forecasting wholesale and retail power costs, validating utility agreements, and assessing contracts to identify exposure risks and accelerate market readiness for hyperscale tenants.
- Advised a Midwest utility on attracting data centers, developing tariffs, identifying energization-ready sites, and creating a power supply strategy to mitigate risks and streamline agreements with potential developers.
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