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The Real Estate &
Hosting Layer Behind Every Site

Power-first underwriting starts with the right land or building. Alpine's Real Estate/Hosting Advisory practice brings data-center-specific site selection and partner-matching discipline to every engagement.

Hosting & Colocation Partner Matching

Matching the Client's Capacity Needs to the Right Operator

Connecting site or module capacity to hosting and colocation operators meeting our client's contract term needs.

Alpine will support and advise on the customer's data center infrastructure needs including:

1. Space Requirements

Square footage, suite requirements, number of racks, weight, hot-aisle/cold-aisle configuration.

2. Power Requirements

Megawatts, power density, voltage, amperage, redundancy, PDU type, back-up power, renewable energy requirements.

3. Cooling

Liquid or forced-air cooling method, operating temperature, high-density cooling needs, airflow requirements.

4. Uptime & SLA Expectations

99.9% / 99.99% / 99.999%, Tier II/III/IV, redundancy requirements.

5. Connectivity & Network

Carrier preference, bandwidth, cross-connect.

6. Security & Access Control

Biometric, mantraps, CCTV, visitor management.

7. Compliance Requirements

SOC 1 or 2, ISO 27001, ISO 9001, etc., industry-specific regulatory obligations, audit requirements.

8. Office Space

Dedicated onsite office space, conference room, parking.

9. White Glove

Remote hands/smart hands, SLA requirements, coverage hours.

10. Equipment & Installation

Equipment inventory, special power connectors, network equipment specs, etc.

11. Logistics

Loading docks, hours of operation, staging area requirements.

12. Growth Planning

Space needs, new technology evolution, etc.

03 Real Estate Advisory Services

Alpine's real estate advisory practice brings data-center-specific site selection and due diligence discipline to every Modular and Containerized engagement — and is available as a standalone advisory service to capital partners, utilities, landowners, and hosting/colocation providers.

This service line is newer than our Modular and Containerized practices and is being scoped in detail — the areas below reflect our current focus.

  • Power-advantaged site selection — proximity to substations, transmission capacity, and interconnection queues
  • Existing-building retrofit evaluation — structural, electrical, and thermal feasibility for AI edge conversion
  • Site due diligence — zoning, entitlements, environmental, and utility coordination
  • Portfolio strategy — site banking and phased land assembly for multi-site programs
  • Market selection support — target-metro analysis aligned to inference demand and grid capacity
Why Site Selection Is the Bottleneck
5–7 yrs
Average grid interconnection queue wait
160+ wks
Lead time for large power transformers
~2,300 GW
Generation stuck in U.S. interconnection queues
Booked
Grid power largely committed through 2030

Retrofit-First Advantage

Existing buildings are often already powered and permitted — faster speed-to-revenue and lower capital exposure than greenfield builds.

Hosting & Colocation Fit

We match qualified sites and modules to hosting and colocation operators looking to expand into AI-ready inventory.

Aligned With Our Own Pipeline

The same site criteria we apply to our own Modular and Containerized projects — power, land, and permitting readiness — inform every advisory engagement.

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The Other Two Lines of Business

01 · Modular

Modular Data Centers

The MDC Series — custom, purpose-built steel modules bolted into Tier III halls, sized from 1 MW to 5.6 MW+.

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02 · Containerized

Containerized Data Centers

Factory-built, liquid-cooled 1–5 MW modules — freestanding or retrofit — energized in months.

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