Add-on · Fixed-Fee
Due Diligence Review
An independent technical assessment of a data center facility — design, tier claim, commissioning posture, and capital risk — delivered as a written report on a fixed-fee and defined timeline. No ongoing engagement required.
Built for investors, lenders, and operators who need a credible technical opinion before capital commits.
What we deliver
Concrete artifacts you receive at the end of the engagement.
- ✓Executive summary with overall risk rating — written for a CFO or fund analyst, no technical translator required
- ✓Tier classification assessment against Uptime Institute standards vs. owner's claim
- ✓Power path and redundancy analysis — SPOFs, configuration gaps, and protective relay coverage
- ✓Cooling plant assessment — capacity, redundancy, condition, and failure-mode behavior
- ✓Controls, DCIM, and BMS evaluation — integration completeness and operational risk
- ✓Commissioning evidence review — what was tested, what documentation exists, and what's missing
- ✓Itemized risk register with severity ratings and capital impact estimates
- ✓Capital prioritization table — immediate, near-term (12 months), and long-term capex needs
Scope tiers
Three defined scopes. Fixed-fee quotes. No billing surprises.
Desktop Review
From $5,000Document-only assessment. We review as-builts, single-line diagrams, mechanical plans, commissioning reports, and O&M records. No site visit required. Suitable for early-stage underwriting, LOI diligence, or initial asset screening.
Turnaround: 5–7 business days from document receipt.
Design & Construction Review
From $10,000For facilities under active design or construction — not yet operating. We review SD, DD, and CD documents, specifications, RFI logs, submittal records, and current schedule. Assessment covers design completeness, constructability risk, budget adequacy, and commissioning readiness. Optional: attendance at one design review meeting.
Turnaround: 7–10 business days from document receipt.
Full Site Assessment
From $15,000Everything in Desktop Review plus a 1–2 day on-site visit. Physical inspection of electrical distribution, cooling plant, generator and UPS systems, and controls infrastructure. Includes O&M staff interview and photo-documented findings. Suitable for binding-offer diligence, credit committee underwriting, and pre-close acquisition review.
Turnaround: 10–15 business days from site visit.
Who engages us for this
Debt lenders and credit teams need an independent technical read before advancing a construction or term loan. An operating data center is not a self-documenting asset — tier claims, commissioning status, and deferred maintenance exposure need third-party eyes before the credit memo goes to committee.
Private equity and infrastructure funds need to understand what they're buying. Facility condition, tier integrity, capital requirements, and operational risk all affect hold-period economics and exit positioning. A written assessment from an independent technical advisor is standard practice in mature asset classes. Data centers are catching up.
First-time developers and enterprise operators need a sanity check before committing to a GC contract, a colocation lease, or a design package. When the design is finished but no independent party has reviewed it, you're relying entirely on the team with the most to gain from saying yes.
Independence matters here
We don't sell equipment. We don't have subcontractor relationships. We don't earn referral fees from the vendors we evaluate. Our only incentive is a written assessment that holds up under scrutiny — to your lender, your board, or your counsel.
That's especially true on a due diligence engagement — the value of the report depends entirely on whether it was written by someone with no stake in the outcome.
From the Field
Scenario
A regional bank's credit team was underwriting a $22M construction loan on a Tier III colocation build. The borrower's commissioning documentation included a factory test report and a punchlist — but no integrated systems test (IST) evidence. The bank needed to understand the exposure before advancing the final draw.
Outcome
Our desktop review identified the IST gap and two electrical design deviations that had been value-engineered after CD. We documented the risk, estimated the cost to remediate, and gave the lender a clear picture of what they held. The loan closed with appropriate reserves and a structured holdback tied to IST completion.
Scenario
A PE fund was evaluating an enterprise data center as part of a corporate portfolio acquisition. The seller's offering materials cited Tier III design. Our on-site assessment found two single points of failure in the power path that were inconsistent with the claim — one in the UPS bypass configuration and one in the transfer switch sequence.
Outcome
We documented both findings with reference to Uptime Institute Tier Standard: Topology. The buyer used the findings to negotiate a price adjustment and a seller escrow for remediation. The report paid for itself before closing.
Ready to scope your review?
Tell us what you're evaluating and when you need the report. We'll confirm scope, fee, and turnaround within one business day.