Why Site Status Labels Matter in Data Center Procurement
Procurement teams need to know whether capacity is operating, planned, or conceptual. Precise labels reduce risk.
GridColo Infrastructure Team · · 5 min read
A megawatt that is operating today and a megawatt in a formation-stage concept are not comparable. Yet both can appear in the same marketing total.
A disciplined vocabulary
- Operating
- Commissioned
- Under construction
- In development
- Customer engagement
- Reservations in preparation
- Formation stage
GridColo uses these labels on every site, with a written definition for each, and never rolls planned capacity into an available total.
