Guides & Resources
In-depth guides covering every aspect of data centre infrastructure - from site selection and cost modelling to cooling technology and tier classification.
How to Choose a Data Centre Location: The Complete Guide
A step-by-step framework for evaluating data centre locations. Covers power, connectivity, risk, costs, and regulatory factors across global markets.
Read guideColocation vs Hyperscale: Which Data Centre Model Is Right?
Compare colocation and hyperscale data centre models. Understand costs, control, scalability, and when each approach makes sense for your organisation.
Read guideData Centre Tiers Explained: Tier I, II, III, and IV
Understand the Uptime Institute tier classification system. Learn what each tier means for redundancy, uptime, and cost, and which tier your workload requires.
Read guideData Centre Cooling Technologies Compared: Air, Liquid, and Immersion
Compare air cooling, direct liquid cooling, and immersion cooling for data centres. Understand efficiency, cost, and when each technology makes sense.
Read guideData Centre Costs Explained: What You Actually Pay
Complete breakdown of data centre costs including power, colocation, construction, and operating expenses. Real pricing data across major markets.
Read guideData Centre Power Procurement: Strategies, Rates, and Contract Structures
How data centre operators procure power at scale. Covers utility contracts, PPAs, behind-the-meter generation, nuclear, and real rate benchmarks across markets.
Read guideSale-Leaseback Transactions in the Data Centre Market
How sale-leaseback deals work in the data centre sector. Covers valuations, cap rates, deal structures, and the operators and investors driving this $30B+ market.
Read guideData Centre Due Diligence: The Acquisition Checklist
Comprehensive due diligence checklist for acquiring data centre assets. Covers 25+ items across power, cooling, structural, commercial, environmental, and legal categories.
Read guideNorthern Virginia Data Centre Market: The Definitive Guide
Deep dive on the world's largest data centre market. Covers Ashburn's history, 3.5+ GW of capacity, power constraints, key providers, and where growth is heading next.
Read guideData Centre Zoning and Permitting: A Market-by-Market Guide
How zoning and permitting timelines vary across US data centre markets. Covers moratoriums, community opposition, and strategies for navigating the approval process.
Read guideAI Infrastructure Requirements: What GPU Workloads Demand from Data Centres
Technical requirements for AI training and inference infrastructure. Covers power density, liquid cooling, network fabric, GPU rack specifications, and facility design.
Read guideData Centre Investment Guide: REITs, Private Equity, and Valuation Frameworks
For institutional investors entering the data centre sector. Covers public REITs, private equity platforms, joint ventures, valuation metrics, and risk factors.
Read guideFibre Connectivity for Data Centres: Dark Fibre, Lit Services, and Cross-Connect Economics
How data centre connectivity works. Covers dark fibre versus lit services, carrier selection, cross-connect pricing, and the economics of interconnection.
Read guideData Centre Security Standards: Physical, Cyber, and Compliance
Physical and cyber security requirements for data centres. Covers SOC 2, ISO 27001, biometrics, mantraps, CCTV, and the full security stack from perimeter to rack.
Read guideModular Data Centres: Prefab Construction, Cost, and Deployment Models
How modular and prefabricated data centres work. Covers construction speed, cost per MW, deployment models, leading vendors, and when modular makes sense.
Read guideData Centre Water Usage: WUE, Cooling Consumption, and Drought Risk
How data centres consume water, the WUE metric, water-free cooling alternatives, and the growing regulatory pressure on water usage in drought-prone markets.
Read guideEuropean Data Centre Markets: Frankfurt, Amsterdam, London, Dublin, Paris, and the Nordics
Market overview of Europe's major data centre hubs. Covers capacity, pricing, power, regulatory environments, and growth trajectories across the FLAP-D markets and Nordics.
Read guideData Centre Lease Negotiation: Terms, SLAs, and Deal Points
How to negotiate a data centre colocation lease. Covers escalation clauses, SLA structures, termination rights, power commitments, and the 15 terms that matter most.
Read guideHyperscaler CapEx Trends: $280 Billion and Where It Is Going
AWS, Microsoft, Google, Meta, and Oracle capital spending analysis. Covers the $280B committed for 2025-2026, regional allocation, and what it means for the data centre market.
Read guideData Centre Decommissioning: End-of-Life Planning, Costs, and Compliance
How to decommission a data centre facility. Covers equipment removal, environmental compliance, data destruction, asset recovery, and the full cost of shutting down.
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