Site Selection is the first and very important step towards Design & Build of Data Center. It is very necessary to assess the suitability of site for Data Center before taking desicion to move ahead to Design-Build Stage. The output of this activity becomes critical input to Design & Build of Data Center and design consultant must incorporate an adequate solution to plug-in the gaps identified during this stage.

A poorly Site Selection can, not only be very bad for investment but also can cause huges losses due to outages, envrironmental or man made hazards.

Hence, a detailed site assessment needs to be done to indentify the gaps w.r.t. Site Selection Criteria.

• Clarity on Risks Level, Gaps, Issues & Challenges on nuts & bolts level. This will help incoporating adequate solution in design to eliminate or minimize the impact.

• Optimal Investment

• Least Risk of Outages from site & location perspective