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Data Center Design and Operations

Wholesale colocation

Wholesale colocation serves larger deployments, often measured in hundreds of kW to multiple MW and delivered as suites, data halls, or dedicated capacity blocks. It behaves more like infrastructure leasing than small-scale hosting.

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IRB

Industrial Revenue Bond is a public-finance structure that can support industrial or economic-development projects and may be paired with tax exemptions or abatements depending on state law. Data center eligibility varies by jurisdiction.

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Certificate of occupancy

Certificate of occupancy is local confirmation that a building or space may be occupied for its approved use. It may not equal ready-for-service, because utility energization, commissioning, tenant fit-out, or SLA milestones can remain separate.

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Tier I

Tier I is basic capacity infrastructure with limited redundancy and likely site-wide shutdowns for maintenance or repair. It is usually not suitable for mission-critical hyperscale or AI loads without additional mitigations.

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