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Analysis on entitlements, site selection, and what it actually takes to get data center and energy projects approved.

data center framework
May 29, 2026

The Data Center Entitlement Process, Explained

Zoning approvals, environmental review, utility coordination, and community benefit agreements. A simplified guide to what the entitlement process actually involves written from the developer's seat.
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data center framework
May 29, 2026

How Data Center Projects Lose in Community Process -- and How To Win

Why $85 billion in data center projects have been canceled in three years, what developers consistently get wrong about community process, and what the projects that get approved do differently.
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data center framework
May 21, 2026

How to Evaluate a Data Center Site: The Six-Dimension Framework

Most data center sites fail not because of the land, but because of what the land requires to develop. A framework for assessing regulatory feasibility across every dimension that determines whether a project actually gets built.
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