GroundScore DCI · decision intelligence for data-center siting

A nine-figure land decision rests on ground you can't see.

A data campus is a $500M to $2B commitment, and the land decision alone runs $10M to $100M. GroundScore DCI gives an early, desktop read on the ground-condition risk before a site goes under contract, the soil and infrastructure factors that shape whether a parcel builds on schedule or hides an eight-figure surprise. Every U.S. soil map unit scored 0–100 (foundations, trenching, corrosion of buried steel and concrete, water table, wetland risk), fused with power, water, seismic, slope, and climate into one Data Center Index. It sharpens your shortlist and saves time and money; field investigation is still required.

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GroundScore · National · live soil survey
National distribution · free

The whole country, on one axis

Every state placed by its GroundScore DCI, the combined index of soil, power, water, seismic, slope, and climate at the state's primary data-center area, sized by how much mapped ground it has. A state can have great soil and still screen poorly once the infrastructure is folded in, and the reverse. Click the map above to score any point.

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Where the industry builds · free

The data center markets, scored

The full GroundScore DCI for the markets companies actually evaluate: soil fused with power, water, seismic, slope, and climate into one number. Soil alone would flag some of these markets as unbuildable; the combined index shows where the infrastructure carries the deal and where the ground drags it down. Click any market to drop into it on the map.

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Representative point at each market's data-center cluster · click a market to fly there and score it · GroundScore DCI = soil + power + water + seismic + slope + climate.
The model · free

One score, built from the things that delay a power-on

The index fuses the soil survey's engineering interpretations, foundations, roads, shallow excavations, dwellings, with national corrosion ratings for buried steel and concrete, then penalizes the hard blockers: flooding, ponding, shallow bedrock, a high water table, hydric (wetland) soils, steep slope, and shrink-swell clay. Two real sites:

Worked examples computed live from Soil Data Access. The full per-parcel breakdown is a Pro feature.

Calibration · the receipts

Validated against where the industry actually built

We scored the announced and operating US hyperscale campuses on the GroundScore DCI — the industry's own siting record is the benchmark for every number this model produces.

Per-AOI screening · Pro & Enterprise

Shortlist the right ground before the field work

The public view stops at the state line. A screening reads the soil and infrastructure under a candidate campus: every interpretation and property behind the score, the six pillars, the limiting factors, and a written, pedologist-grade site-acquisition assessment. It does not replace a geotechnical investigation, ground truthing is always required, but it tells you which parcels are worth the drilling rig and which to walk away from. Priced per screening for active site-selection campaigns: on a $10M to $100M land decision, screening out one bad parcel early saves weeks and real money.

GroundScore DCI siting app

Per-parcel click-to-score, the six-pillar breakdown, GO / CAUTION / NO-GO verdicts, criteria-based site finding, AOI screening and the written site-acquisition assessment run in the licensed siting app. The aggregated national views on this page stay open.

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What a screening delivers

The ground-condition intelligence the siting tools don't have, built on the National Cooperative Soil Survey (SSURGO) and read by a pedologist: the difference between a parcel that powers on as planned and one that hides an eight-figure foundation, dewatering, or wetland-permitting surprise.

  • Per-parcel GroundScore 0–100 with the full interpretation + property breakdown
  • The six-pillar GroundScore DCI: ground, slope, power, water, seismic, climate
  • Limiting-factor flags: foundation, trenching, corrosion, wetland, water table
  • Written, pedologist-grade site-acquisition assessment (Soil Geospatial Intelligence) + PDF
  • API for your site-selection workflow, metered per AOI
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Per-AOI screening for active campaigns · enterprise licensing for site-acquisition teams. The aggregated views above stay free.