Renata Osei-Bonsu

Standard designs only work when data flows cleanly from architecture to operations at handover.

Coordination conflicts and equipment delays drive RFI volume in large data center campuses.

Governed version control keeps data center design, construction, and operations synchronized.

Suppliers withhold the data needed to measure data center supply chain emissions.

Data centers over 500 kW must report energy metrics to shape future EU performance standards.

Tight markets mean absorption data must drive sizing decisions, not follow them.

Narrow WUE metrics hide water pushed off-site through electricity generation.

Tech giants are betting their expansion on nuclear power they can actually control.

Procurement delays force fleet sizing decisions years before power and cooling design settles.

Data center operators must choose between physical, virtual, and behind-the-meter PPA structures.

FERC's new rules force data centers to pick their grid service tier before breaking ground.

Misaligned project documents turn committed power into expensive idle capacity across phases.

Seven-year waits for grid approval have become AI data centers' biggest obstacle.