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Sources & Citations: Data Center Land Requirements
Last updated: May 13, 2026
Sources · Citations · Receipts · Piece 3 · May 4, 2026
Operator brief on the acreage, zoning, soil, water-rights, and proximity factors that determine site viability for a sovereign AI campus. Every quantitative claim paired with the named, primary report that supports it. URLs verified May 13, 2026.
Editorial standard. Every URL below is either (a) the named publisher’s official research document, (b) an Independent Market Monitor or system operator’s published analysis, (c) a peer-reviewed research report from a named institution, (d) a regulator’s primary publication, or (e) the legal text of the legislation or rule itself. No paywalled trade-press summaries are load-bearing.
A · Thermal & density standardsASHRAE · Uptime
| Claim | Primary source | Document / URL |
|---|---|---|
| ASHRAE Technical Committee 9.9 thermal guidance for high-density data center computing — defines air-cooling cliff (50-60 kW/rack) and liquid-cooling thresholds that shape footprint and acreage requirements. | ASHRAE TC 9.9 — Mission Critical Facilities, Data Centers, Technology Spaces | tc0909.ashraetcs.org/ |
| Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey on rack density distribution — confirms approximately 8 kW average typical density and ~1% of operators above 100 kW/rack. | Uptime Institute Global Data Center Survey 2024 | intelligence.uptimeinstitute.com/resource/uptime-institute-global-data-center-… |
B · Power tariff & grid dataEIA · LBNL
| Claim | Primary source | Document / URL |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Energy Information Administration Electric Power Monthly — publicly tracked retail commercial-industrial power tariffs by state and utility, used as the baseline for site-by-site cost modeling. | U.S. Energy Information Administration — Electric Power Monthly | www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/ |
| Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ‘Queued Up: 2024 Edition’ — 5-year median U.S. interconnection wait, ~2,600 GW in queue, drives the site-selection emphasis on behind-the-meter generation. | LBNL — “Queued Up: 2024 Edition” | emp.lbl.gov/publications/queued-2024-edition-characteristics |
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Chicago
Harris, Chad Everett. "Data Center Land Requirements for a Sovereign AI Campus." SAVRN, May 4, 2026. https://savrn.com/data-center-land-requirements/.
APA
Harris, C. E. (2026, May 4). Data Center Land Requirements for a Sovereign AI Campus. SAVRN. https://savrn.com/data-center-land-requirements/
BibTeX
@misc{savrn_land_requirements_2026,
author = {Harris, Chad Everett},
title = {{Data Center Land Requirements for a Sovereign AI Campus}},
publisher = {SAVRN},
year = {2026},
month = {may},
url = {https://savrn.com/data-center-land-requirements/}
}
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