Ask for the full project—and the evidence behind it.

• What data center type, tenant model, and computing use are proposed?
• What are the acreage, building area, number of buildings, phases, and maximum buildout?
• Who will own, operate, and remain accountable for the site through each phase?

Request: Concept and full-buildout plans, project narrative, phasing, ownership structure, and a schedule of assumptions requiring later confirmation.

• Why is this site suitable for an intensive, continuously operating use?
• What homes, schools, parks, habitats, floodplains, wetlands, farms, and other sensitive uses are nearby?
• How do massing, setbacks, buffers, lighting, substations, transmission, stormwater, and construction traffic fit the place?

Request: Existing-condition inventory, alternatives considered, views and sections, grading and stormwater plans, traffic analysis, landscape and lighting plans, and maintenance responsibilities.

• What are average, peak, and full-buildout electric loads?
• Has the utility confirmed capacity, timing, interconnection, and required upgrades?
• Who pays for generation, transmission, distribution, substations, and ongoing maintenance?
• Can the project reduce or shift load during constrained conditions?

Request: Utility capacity documentation, load profile, interconnection and upgrade plan, cost allocation, energy and emissions plan, flexibility analysis, and backup-power scenarios.

• What are average and peak water demands for every phase and the full project?
• What source is proposed, and how does it affect existing users and watershed conditions?
• Which cooling modes operate under normal, hot-weather, drought, maintenance, and emergency conditions?
• What wastewater, blowdown, temperature, chemistry, and treatment requirements are expected?

Request: Water balance, source and capacity confirmation, cooling comparison, WUE with assumptions, wastewater characterization, drought plan, metering, and reporting commitments.

• What are the baseline day, evening, and night sound conditions?
• Which sources operate continuously, intermittently, during testing, and during emergencies?
• Does the analysis include dBA, dBC, frequency content, tonality, and vibration where relevant?
• How will commissioning and complaint investigation work?

Request: Baseline study, acoustic model, source data, mitigation schedule, generator-testing plan, commissioning protocol, monitoring locations, and corrective-action process.

• What routine and emergency air emissions are expected?
• What generator testing, fuel delivery, refrigerant, and maintenance practices are proposed?
• How will construction waste, equipment replacement, and hazardous materials be managed?
• Which carbon claims include direct operations, purchased electricity, and construction boundaries?

Request: Air permits and calculations, operating schedules, fuel and refrigerant plans, materials and waste plan, and clearly bounded carbon accounting.

• What taxes, incentives, abatements, public costs, and service demands are projected?
• Which assumptions drive the fiscal forecast, and who independently reviews them?
• What construction and permanent jobs are expected, with what occupations and timing?
• Which community commitments are tied to demonstrated needs?

Request: Independent fiscal analysis, incentive documents, service-impact estimates, workforce assumptions, infrastructure responsibilities, and written commitments with schedules and reporting.

• What fire, hazardous-material, severe-weather, flooding, fuel, and utility-failure scenarios have been evaluated?
• Can local responders access the site, equipment information, and training they need?
• What specialized equipment, staffing, mutual aid, or water supply is required—and who funds it?

Request: Emergency response and continuity plans, fire and life-safety review, responder coordination, training and equipment commitments, incident communication, and update schedule.

• Which commitments belong in permits, development agreements, utility agreements, or other enforceable instruments?
• What is measured, where, when, by whom, and with what public reporting?
• How will ownership changes preserve obligations?
• What are the repowering, reuse, closure, remediation, and financial-assurance plans?

Request: Commitment register, commissioning plan, reporting template, responsible contacts, correction and enforcement process, assignment provisions, and decommissioning plan.