Early ClarityStorm research project

First-pass screening for AI/data-center site-readiness risk.

Compute Site Readiness helps teams spot power, grid, permitting, cooling, and equipment risks before spending serious time or money on a candidate AI/data-center site.

Simple value prop

A pre-purchase inspection for AI/data-center sites.

The current tool narrows broad site searches into places worth deeper diligence and places that may become multi-year utility problems.

It is built for early screening, not final engineering sign-off.

What it does today
  • Scores PJM counties for AI/data-center power-readiness risk.
  • Flags constrained, risky, and power-advantaged markets from public signals.
  • Generates plain-English feasibility snapshots for early go/no-go conversations.
  • Surfaces utility, permitting, cooling, water, and long-lead equipment questions to ask next.
What it does not claim
  • Exact spare capacity at a parcel or substation.
  • A replacement for utility confirmation, MEP engineering, legal, or permitting diligence.
  • A guarantee that a project can receive firm service by a specific date.
Current use

ClarityStorm is using this project for customer discovery with brokers, site-selection teams, economic-development groups, and infrastructure advisors.

If you work on large-load site selection, the most useful feedback is blunt: what is missing, wrong, or not credible?

Current sample package

Built to start the right diligence conversation.

The first reports compare a constrained market with a more promising alternative, then list the questions that still need utility, permitting, engineering, or local-market confirmation.

Constrained-market example

Loudoun County, VA screens as a high-pressure market where data-center demand, congestion, and backlog signals deserve early caution.

Alternative-market example

Will County, IL screens better on high-voltage infrastructure and current demand pressure, while still requiring utility confirmation.

Early buyer question

Before optioning a site, ask what firm service level is realistic in 24–36 months and what upgrades would be required.

What a feasibility snapshot includes

County/site-area risk class and score.

Power infrastructure and demand-pressure signals.

Nearby alternative counties worth checking.

Utility questions for the next diligence step.

Manual permitting, cooling/water, and equipment flags.

Clear next action: investigate, compare, or pause.

Contact

For feedback, sample reports, or a candidate site/county screen, contact Jason English at ClarityStorm.

jason@claritystorm.com