Water stress and supply
Use regional stress and available water context to identify follow-up. Confirm project demand, rights, restrictions and service with the appropriate provider and reviewers.
Data center site-selection resources
Screen candidate data center sites for water, grid and local rules.
Compare early site questions before investing in deeper diligence. Start with a practical screening guide, then review available site evidence across water, nearby grid infrastructure, local rules and Community Fit. Keep sources, dates and unknowns visible; a screening result is not confirmed service capacity or an approval.
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Three separate questions, one consistent review.
Use the same proposed load, cooling concept and schedule across candidates. Review the scale and age of each source before comparing a headline result.
Grid context and capacity
Nearby infrastructure helps frame a utility inquiry. It does not establish the serving utility, deliverable megawatts, queue position, upgrades or time to power.
Local rules and process
Check the actual jurisdiction, adopted rules, application pathway and applicable conditions with local staff and counsel. Keep proposed policy separate from current requirements.
Scope note: Quick screening means organized early review, not instant engineering, utility studies or permitting answers. Missing evidence is never treated as favorable.
Practical guide
Build a shortlist with clear next questions.
The candidate-screening guide includes a step-by-step review, a checklist, six FAQs and primary sources from WRI, Dominion Energy and EPA. It explains what an initial screen can tell you and which facts require project-specific confirmation.
Product scope
A Site Viability Scorecard screens one U.S. site.
Review available water and climate, nearby grid, Community Fit and permit context with sources and limitations. Use the findings to focus the next professional review, not to certify feasibility.
Emergency-response, sensitive-receptor and noise, and workforce context are supplemental where available. They do not alter the composite viability score or compliance certificate. Current outputs retain their actual site, block-group or county scale.
Scope note: A full Community Engagement Playbook and analyst-assisted diligence are separately scoped. Confirm current pricing, coverage and delivery before purchase.
Related diligence
Review documented community concerns before capital.
Water, infrastructure and planning questions can also be topics of public discussion. Keep dated project-specific activity separate from broad community context, and plan meaningful participation while choices remain.
Scope note: Community Fit is not resident sentiment, proof of local support or an approval forecast.
Choose the right scope
Match the review depth to the next decision.
A scorecard organizes a one-site screen. A separately scoped playbook supports engagement planning. An analyst-assisted engagement adds agreed professional review and support. None substitutes for utility confirmation, engineering studies or legal advice.
Start with the evidence. Keep the unknowns visible.
Read the screening guide or ask about a scorecard for a specific U.S. candidate. Inquiry links do not initiate a purchase, trial or subscription.
Read the candidate-screening guide · Ask about a Site Viability Scorecard