What site selection brokerages and consultancies are
This section describes a category, not a named company. Large commercial real estate firms often have data center advisory teams. Smaller specialist consultancies do similar work. In general, these firms help a client define requirements, search the market, visit sites, negotiate with sellers or landlords and close a deal. Brokers usually act as an agent for one side of a transaction.
Services, fees and coverage vary from firm to firm. Ask each firm how it is paid, whom it represents and what it delivers.
What Voltane is
Voltane is a siting service for projects that need a lot of power. You tell Voltane what you need: megawatts, target energization year, region and acreage. Voltane then finds candidate sites in Texas, with a focus on ERCOT, reports on each one and returns a priced shortlist. It starts with a request form and a booked call. See Find me a site.
Behind the service is Voltane's own Texas map engine, built from public data. It reads land for distance to transmission lines and substations, interconnection queue activity, flood zones, wetlands, protected land, gas pipelines and more. Every fact carries its source and date. Every estimate is labelled as an estimate, with its range and its method. The engine is an internal tool, not a public product. Voltane shows the evidence the engine produced for each site in the report.
Some limits, stated plainly. Voltane's capacity signal is a proxy built from distance to transmission and queue competition. It is never available MW at a substation. Voltane does not publish landowner names. Its results are screening only, not a site suitability determination. A second service, Analyze my site, for a site you already have in the contiguous United States, is available by request; online ordering is not open yet.
Voltane is a neutral data service. It does not buy, option or broker land, and it does not act as anyone's agent.
How they differ
| Question | Brokerage or consultancy | Voltane |
|---|---|---|
| Model | Advisory and transaction services. Terms vary by firm | Done-for-you engagement that starts with a request form and a call |
| What you get | Market search, site visits, negotiation and deal support. Varies by firm | A priced shortlist of candidate sites, with a sourced report on each |
| Coverage | Varies by firm | Texas, with a focus on ERCOT. Analyze my site takes sites across the contiguous United States, by request |
| Who does the work | The firm's brokers and advisors | Voltane, using its internal map engine |
The biggest difference is the role. A broker helps you do a deal. Voltane helps you decide which land is worth a deal, using public land and grid data, and shows its sources. Voltane does not negotiate, represent you to a seller or handle a closing.
Which fits when
A brokerage or consultancy may fit when you need someone to represent you, run a negotiation and manage a transaction, or when relationships in a local market matter most.
Voltane may fit when you want an evidence-first shortlist of Texas sites before you engage anyone on a deal, or when you want an independent read on power access.
The two can work together. A Voltane shortlist can be the starting list a broker takes to market.
Product details change. Check each company's own site before deciding. All trademarks belong to their owners.
Questions people ask
Is Voltane a broker?
No. Voltane does not buy, option or broker land and does not act as anyone's agent. It finds and reports on candidate sites.
Can I use Voltane and a broker together?
Yes. Voltane can produce the shortlist and the evidence. A broker can then handle outreach, negotiation and closing.
Does Voltane contact landowners for me?
Voltane does not publish landowner names. Each site in a report points to the official county record so you or your broker can take the next step.
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- Find me a site
- Analyze my site (by request)
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Need a site, or have one?
Tell us what you need and Voltane finds, reports on and prices candidate sites in ERCOT. Or bring a site you already have for a path-to-power report (by request for now).