Energy-first site intelligence
Discover locations near natural gas pipelines for on-site power generation. Skip saturated markets. Find the sites others overlook.
Power supply delays have extended construction timelines by 24 to 72 months in primary markets.
Northern Virginia, Phoenix, and Silicon Valley are saturated. Hyperscalers are scrambling for alternatives.
Grid infrastructure buildouts add massive CapEx—and getting a utility to build a substation could push your project start 24 months.
Instead of finding land then fighting for power, find sites where on-site generation is already viable. Natural gas pipelines enable behind-the-meter power that bypasses grid constraints.
| Rank | Location | Pipeline | Dist | $/Acre | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🔒 Enterprise Only | 🔒 Locked | 0.8 mi | 🔒 | 🦄 Unicorn | |
| 2 | 🔒 Enterprise Only | 🔒 Locked | 1.2 mi | 🔒 | 🦄 Unicorn | |
| 3 | 🔒 Enterprise Only | 🔒 Locked | 0.5 mi | 🔒 | 🔥 BTM | |
| 4 | 🔒 Enterprise Only | 🔒 Locked | 1.8 mi | 🔒 | 🔥 BTM | |
| 5 | 🔒 Enterprise Only | 🔒 Locked | 2.1 mi | 🔒 | 🔥 BTM |
"I've led site selection for a 400,000 sq ft battery manufacturing facility and spent months working with state economic development offices across the country. The process was like finding a needle in a haystack.
Site selection consultants are great at finding listed properties with specs. But for unique builds that need lots of acres and lots of power, the landscape is different. Brokers don't understand power generation, regulatory codes, or engineering capabilities. They rule out entire regions—like hurricane zones—because they don't know that dozens of multi-billion dollar plants have operated successfully through multiple hurricanes with proper engineering.
I couldn't find a tool that combined energy infrastructure with site intelligence. So I built one."
Led engineering for a 700-acre facility with 28-foot storm surge walls, 1.5 GW off-grid power island with 10+ gas turbines. All critical infrastructure rated for 192 mph winds.
Led development of America's first silicon anode battery manufacturing facility in Louisiana, plus site selection for 400,000 sq ft second-generation facilities nationwide.
Designed major offshore facilities 150 miles into the Gulf of Mexico, built to survive the harshest ocean conditions including hurricanes.
Design experience in America's most hurricane-prone regions—192 mph wind loads, 28-foot storm surge walls, flood-elevated structures. Plus arctic facilities built on permafrost. If it's hostile, we've engineered for it.
PE-licensed engineer with formal project management training and a mechanical engineering background.
Here's what companies pay for site intelligence that still misses energy opportunities:
3-4 months of work. Great for tax incentives and negotiations—but they don't understand power generation or engineering tradeoffs.
2-3 months for top 2-3 sites. Required before you can validate power availability and get utility estimates.
For large projects, vetting the best option takes months. Speed matters—the best sites don't stay available.
DatacenterScout gives you a head start. Identify high-potential markets in minutes—so you bring a targeted shortlist of counties to your brokers and engineering teams, not the other way around.
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