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Land, Permitting, and Environmental

Substation easement

Substation easement gives rights for substation equipment, access, utility operation, and sometimes expansion. Its location and scope must align with electrical design, safety clearances, drainage, roads, and site phasing.

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Ring bus

Ring bus is a substation bus arrangement where breakers and circuits form a loop. It can improve reliability versus simple radial arrangements because one breaker or circuit can often be isolated while other paths remain energized.

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Deposit

Deposit is money posted to secure obligations, access diligence rights, or show commitment. In powered-land and utility processes, deposits may be refundable, non-refundable, milestone-based, or credited against future costs.

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AI data center

AI data center is a facility optimized for AI training or inference workloads that often require high rack density, specialized cooling, substantial power, and high-bandwidth network architecture. It is not just a bigger traditional data center; density and cooling assumptions can change the site feasibility model.

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