Selection decision
A comparative site case with fatal-flaw criteria, evidence confidence and phased development yield.
SITE SELECTION & ASSESSMENT
Find the right site.
Know what it can support.
Compare candidate locations or assess a site already in view. We connect the operating brief, land, infrastructure, approvals and phased costs to the decision your team needs to make.
Discuss your site decisionREAD ONE BEFORE YOU COMMISSION ONE
A complete assessment, and the recommendation it produced.
A real 59-page Sitebraid assessment of a 121-acre candidate site, with the location, parcel identifiers, ownership and site imagery removed. Methodology, screening logic, capacity analysis and cost structure are unchanged. The recommendation it reached is summarized below.
FIND AND COMPARE SITES
Start with the campus you need to operate.
Define the geography, first-phase load, timing, resilience and expansion requirements. We compare candidate sites against that brief, identify constraints that could rule a site out, and establish the conditions for advancing the preferred location.
What that looks like in practice: what makes a roadside corridor a secured asset is confirmed line ownership, route classification and an actual permission path under TxDOT accommodation rules, not proximity. We test every candidate the same way, against the instrument that governs it.
Commitment ready
The selected investigation and site-control strategy, with acquisition release conditions developed with counsel.
Development handoff
A documented initial-phase basis, protected expansion requirements and assigned residual investigations.
A candidate that survives comparison can move into the site-specific assessment below. If your team already has adequate evidence, we can instead scope the remaining work needed for commitment or development handoff.
Explore the detailed site-selection scope and Texas requirements
When to engage us
Engage us before land becomes unconditional, or when a controlled site appears viable only if several unverified assumptions all succeed. We connect usable land, utility timing, development rights, off-site works and the tenant brief in one decision.
What we work from
- Required IT and facility capacity, operating date, cooling and resilience brief
- Parcel and title records, option terms, surveys, preliminary layouts and specialist investigations
- Provider evidence, route rights, enabling-cost estimates and future expansion requirements
01 / ENGAGEMENT ENDPOINTS
Choose the result you need.
These are distinct scopes, not an automatic three-stage contract. The engagement defines the selected endpoint, deliverables, authority and acceptance criteria.
Selection decision
You receive A comparative site case with fatal-flaw criteria, evidence confidence and phased development yield.
Acceptance The owner can choose, reject or condition a site without confusing desktop indications with verified capacity or rights.
Commitment ready
You receive The selected investigation and site-control strategy, with acquisition release conditions developed with counsel.
Acceptance The evidence required for the next land payment is assembled or its absence is accepted explicitly by the owner.
Development handoff
You receive A documented initial-phase basis, protected expansion requirements and assigned residual investigations.
Acceptance The next team can advance the site without reconstructing the assumptions on which the investment was approved.
02 / WORK PRODUCTS
Make the work tangible.
- Constraint-led comparison
- Identify non-negotiable timing, service and rights requirements before scoring amenities. Separate a disqualifying constraint from one that is solvable at an acceptable price. Record source, date and confidence so a promising conversation cannot become a confirmed site attribute.
- Phased usable-land case
- Combine engineer-developed pads, drainage, access, utilities, setbacks and construction reservations. Include title, easement, mineral and subsurface questions for the appropriate specialists. Compare usable phases, not just total acres or maximum conceptual buildings.
- Acquisition and enabling-cost bridge
- Connect land payments to investigations and provider evidence. Include off-site upgrades, rights acquisition, carrying cost and shared works before comparing sites. Distinguish the initial investment from the cost and conditions of exercising later expansion options.
ILLUSTRATIVE DECISION / NOT A CLIENT RESULT
The judgment behind the scope
Illustrative decision: a lower-priced parcel has more acreage but depends on an unsecured highway utility route. A smaller parcel supports the first required phase with fewer contingent rights. We would compare total enabling cost and time-to-accepted-capacity, not purchase price alone. The larger site remains conditional until the route is supported; its speculative future yield should not justify an unconditional acquisition.
03 / TEXAS EXECUTION
Turn the Texas context into project actions.
Reviewed September 10, 2026. These are development interfaces, not project-specific legal opinions. Counsel and qualified specialists confirm applicability and current requirements.
Check the source and service territory separately
Texas water service certification and source authority answer different questions. We have counsel and providers establish the applicable service route before giving a site credit for a nearby source or main.
Texas Water Code §§13.242, 13.250 and 13.2541Test public-corridor assumptions
TxDOT's accommodation framework applies to installations in its right of way. We establish line ownership, route classification and the actual permission path before treating a roadside corridor as a secured asset.
TxDOT Utility Accommodation Rules guidanceWho owns what
Sitebraid owns the integrated site comparison, evidence register and investment recommendation. Counsel addresses title and legal conditions; engineers and environmental specialists investigate physical feasibility; the owner makes the acquisition decision. We do not certify a site from desktop records.
Qualify the engagement
Agree the search boundaries, fatal-flaw criteria, investigation authority and conflicts before evaluating land. Assess the proposed team's relevant experience directly, with confidentiality arrangements for sensitive sites and counterparties.
ASSESS A SITE YOU ALREADY HAVE
What your assessment delivers.
For a site you already own or are considering, receive a report, concept exhibits, an editable cost and scenario workbook, and a findings review. We test development options and identify the evidence needed before the next capital commitment. The brief sets the scenarios, fee and delivery schedule.
Executive assessment and recommendation
The development proposition, controlling constraints and recommended next commitment. Key parameters distinguish gross acreage from screened development area, intended IT capacity from total facility demand, and conceptual capacity from documented service commitments.
Site configuration and land account
Parcel and infrastructure maps, terrain and drainage screening, and concept layouts showing what remains after constraints and support areas are accounted for. Access, utility corridors, stormwater, backup equipment, service roads and expansion space are considered together. Concept exhibits are not surveyed boundaries or engineered plans.
Infrastructure routes and alternatives
Electrical connection options, water supply and cooling requirements, fiber access and physical diversity. Where relevant, compare natural gas supply and onsite generation, including fuel delivery, plant footprint and operating cost assumptions. Mapped proximity is separated from confirmed capacity, rights and delivery arrangements.
Capacity and operating scenarios
A capacity comparison across first-phase, expansion and alternative support layouts. Test the constraints that could reduce usable capacity, including hot-day cooling performance, equipment outages, backup fuel requirements and shared infrastructure reservations. Emerging options such as geothermal are screened where relevant, without crediting unproven supply.
Texas development and approval constraints
Jurisdiction and service-territory evidence, environmental and geotechnical screening, and site-dependent permitting questions. Identify how drainage, access, noise, air emissions, neighboring uses and provider requirements could change the design or schedule, with the validation required from agencies, counsel and technical specialists.
Development cost and funding framework
A phased budget covering qualification, design, enabling works, buildings, equipment and owner costs within the agreed scope. The companion workbook makes quantities, rates, allowances and exclusions reviewable. Separate construction cost from land acquisition, holding costs, utility deposits and financing assumptions; test how delayed occupancy or a smaller phase changes the capital burden.
Delivery sequence and capital-release gates
A dependency-led schedule connecting utility decisions, site investigations, approvals, procurement and customer acceptance. A staged qualification budget identifies what each tranche of spending must establish, the evidence needed to proceed, and when to hold, reduce or redirect the scope. A target date is not presented as a committed opening date.
Traceable evidence and next-stage brief
Dated sources, calculation bases, assumptions and unresolved questions accompany the findings. The closing recommendation identifies the investigations and provider decisions needed next. We review the package with your team so it can become a brief for action, not just a document to file.
A finding must change the next action.
This is the recommendation Sitebraid delivered on the 121-acre candidate site in the sample assessment. It is a real result, not an illustration. The site, its owner and its imagery are withheld; the finding is not.
The proposition brought to us: a two-parcel assembly of approximately 121 acres with a mapped 345 kV transmission corridor crossing it, targeted at a 100 MW first phase and an ultimate 500 MW campus.
What the assessment established: the assembly and the crossing transmission justify continued evaluation. They do not establish available power. A mapped corridor is a connection lead, not import capacity. Cooling performance, a permitted backup installation and the provider intake path were the controlling evidence gaps. The county’s severe ozone status makes whole-source air permitting material even for emergency generation.
The recommendation: retain the site for bounded first-phase qualification, and hold unconditional acquisition and major equipment procurement. Test whether a grid-led first 100 MW phase with permitted independent backup outperforms a separately engineered onsite-power alternative, compared at equal load, outage, occupancy and time-to-service. Preserve the expansion land without treating the 500 MW scenario as committed capacity.
What had to be true before the next commitment: at least one credible power route, safe access, water and fire supply, and independent communications paths. Confirm the provider intake path and a coordinated cooling, backup, fuel, road and emissions configuration before promoting either target to investment capacity.
Why this matters: the proposition was not rejected and it was not approved. The assessment converted an attractive-looking site into a bounded, staged decision with named evidence gates, and kept capital uncommitted until those gates close.
A defined scope. A reviewed recommendation.
We agree the assessment scope, fee, required inputs and delivery schedule before work begins. The brief identifies the site assembly, scenarios, deliverables and review arrangements. Additional sites, changed design requirements, field investigations and third-party work are scoped separately.
Before delivery, a human reviewer checks the findings, assumptions, calculations and recommendation. Technical and legal conclusions that require specialist validation remain with the appropriate professionals.
The base engagement is desktop development screening. It does not establish utility allocation, guarantee an opening date, replace a survey or environmental investigation, provide engineered design or legal advice, or secure an approval. Cost estimates are not contractor quotations. A budget allowance for a study does not mean that study has been completed or commissioned.
A recommendation to hold or change course is a valid outcome. The value is knowing what must be resolved before the next commitment, including when a different site, smaller phase or alternative infrastructure strategy deserves consideration.
FROM ASSESSMENT TO ACTION
Assess the site. Resolve the constraint. Deliver the phase.
1. Establish the decision
The assessment identifies what the site can support on the evidence available, what remains unconfirmed and which commitment is justified. Your team receives the report, supporting exhibits and workbook, and a findings review.
2. Agree the work to resolve
Your existing team can act on the findings. If you need Sitebraid to take on a power, water, approval or other constraint, we agree a separate scope, responsibilities, fee and evidence of completion.
3. Advance the selected phase
Where appointed, our campus readiness work connects utility prerequisites, enabling works and turnover criteria. Delivery remains subject to the required funding, specialist designs and provider or agency decisions.
You can engage at any of these points. There is no automatic follow-on contract. Explore the full capability portfolio or see how we define an engagement.
START WITH YOUR SITE
Tell us what you need to decide.
Tell us whether you need to find a site or assess one already in view. Share the search area or parcel references, current stage, intended first phase and decision deadline. If capacity or timing is not yet defined, say so. We will confirm fit, identify the information needed and agree the scope.
Keep the initial inquiry nonconfidential. Document access and information-sharing arrangements can follow. Do not send tenant agreements or sensitive utility records in the first message.
Discuss site selection or assessment
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