Cross connect
Cross connect is a dedicated physical or logical connection between two endpoints inside a data center or campus. It can connect customers to carriers, cloud on-ramps, other tenants, or internal network nodes.
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Finance, Valuation, and Incentives
Capital investment commitment
Capital investment commitment is a required or promised level of project spending. Incentive eligibility, clawbacks, and public-benefit narratives often depend on whether eligible investment is defined and verified consistently.
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Curtailment
Curtailment is a required reduction in load or generation output due to reliability, economic, contractual, or system conditions. For powered land, curtailment risk affects bankability, uptime planning, tariff selection, and backup-fuel strategy.
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Stormwater management covers how runoff from roofs, roads, parking, substations, and graded land is collected, treated, detained, or discharged. Large data center campuses can create significant impervious area and drainage obligations.
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