Cooling and Water
Wastewater discharge is the release of used water from cooling, treatment, sanitary, or process systems under permit or utility rules. Data centers using evaporative or water-cooled systems must understand discharge volume, chemistry, temperature, and treatment requirements.
Tenant improvement allowance is landlord funding for tenant build-out. In data centers, ordinary office TI concepts may not fit well because electrical, mechanical, security, and commissioning costs are much larger and more specialized.
Read definition →Make-up water is water added to replace losses from evaporation, blowdown, drift, or leakage in cooling systems. It is a key input for WUE, utility-water planning, and local community impact.
Read definition →MW valuation expresses value relative to contracted, deliverable, or usable MW. It is useful in powered-land markets but can mislead unless the MW basis, timing, reliability, and obligations are clear.
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