GroundScore DCI is a single, unified site-suitability index. It is not two separate models stitched together; it is one composite that fuses the soil and ground conditions with the infrastructure realities of a data-center campus, expressed as a single 0–100 score and a GO / CAUTION / NO-GO read.
Every criterion — soil and site alike — is expressed as a fuzzy limitation from 0 (no limitation) to 1 (fully limiting), exactly the way a soil-survey interpretation is built. All the criteria then enter one weighted aggregation: the soil survey's raw inputs flow in directly — the engineering interpretations (commercial buildings, roads, shallow excavations), corrosion of buried steel and concrete, depth to bedrock, seasonal high water table, shrink-swell (linear extensibility), drainage class, flooding and ponding, hydric (wetland) rating — alongside the site criteria measured at the exact point.
The weights reflect what actually gates a data-center build — power and ground heaviest by default — and re-tune live with your persona, priorities, campus size and cooling. A most-limiting term rides on top: a single fatal flaw — frequent flooding, a hydric map unit, no grid in reach — drags the site down rather than being averaged away. A campus is only as good as its worst constraint.
Prime 80+ · Favorable 65–80 · Guarded 50–65 · Elevated 35–50 · Severe <35. Draw an area to screen every map unit in it and get a buildability distribution plus a written, pedologist-grade assessment. The whole model is validated against the siting record of 88 operating hyperscale campuses.
Desktop screening from the National Cooperative Soil Survey (SSURGO via Soil Data Access) fused with public infrastructure data. A screening signal to prioritize sites; it does not replace a geotechnical investigation. Ground truthing is required before commitment.