What sets hyperscale apart
There is no single official threshold. The term points to scale and to who uses the building: one large company, or a developer building for one. Campuses hold several buildings and are planned with power needs far above those of a typical enterprise data center.
What a hyperscale site needs
- A large block of power at transmission voltage, with room to grow.
- Enough flat buildable acreage for buildings, substations and often on-site generation.
- Fiber routes, and water or a cooling design that needs little of it.
- A realistic time to power.
Questions people ask
How is hyperscale different from colocation?
A hyperscale facility serves one very large user. A colocation facility leases space and power to many customers. Some developers build both types.
Why are hyperscale sites moving to rural areas?
Large blocks of power and land are hard to find near cities. Teams now look wherever the grid can deliver power soonest, which often means near high-voltage lines outside the metro areas.
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More glossary
- What is time to power?
- What is powered land?
- What is a powered shell?
- What is large load interconnection?
- What is a point of interconnection?
- What is an interconnection queue?
- What is queue position?
- What is ERCOT?
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