Land Intelligence for Data Center Site Selection
Find qualified sites lightning fast with comprehensive tools, up-to-date data, and dynamic mapping insights into energy infrastructure, fiber proximity, and community context. As a land intelligence platform, Latapult supports data center teams from the first site search through development.
Make Faster, Smarter Decisions
Solving the Toughest Parts of Data Center Site Selection
Find the Right Locations, Faster
Identify sites with the necessary infrastructure, acreage, and location without the wait.
See Infrastructure in Context
Visualize where fiber and transmission lines overlap with parcel and environmental data.
Validate Sites Before You Invest
Get early visibility into flood risk, topography, and development limitations.
Keep Teams Aligned in Real Time
Share pins, bookmarks, and updates across your entire project team.
Understand Full Community Impact
Use census and POI data to assess demographic information, schools, and surrounding infrastructure.
Stay Ready to Scale
Customize data, track projects, and expand workflows as your footprint grows.
The Challenge
Latapult for Data Center Construction Projects
Designed to help find viable sites without slowing you down.
- Run proximity searches based on distance from fiber lines, substations, or
existing utility zones
- Filter sites by acreage, ownership, or value
- See where infrastructure overlaps to prioritize high-potential zones
- Identify existing data centers nearby for context or adjacency planning
- Eliminate delays from toggling between fragmented tools
The Solution
GIS Data That Keeps Every Variable Visible
No more guessing what’s around or under the land. Quickly find the data you need, including:
- Power and transmission line locations
- Fiber networks
- Parcel ownership and transaction history
- FEMA flood zones and topography
- Census and community demographics
- Road, rail, and port access
Built-In Tools That Speed Up Site Discovery
- Drop pins to mark and annotate potential sites
- Use bookmarks to track and group top candidates
- Apply the Buildable Area Tool to calculate usable land instantly
- Export maps to share with executives and partners
- Import external site plans or overlays
- Use filters to spot emerging zones before they’re widely recognized
Tailored for Data Center Siting and Strategy
Unlock deeper insights with our premium add-on for customizable layers.
Designed for teams who need tailored control over infrastructure planning and siting strategy.
- Add internal data like fiber overlays, utility capacity, or easements
- Customize filters for grid capacity, service areas, or proximity thresholds
- Tag sites based on operational fit, like cooling potential or footprint
- Track infrastructure gaps that could increase project cost
- Build long-range siting maps for phased development or future relocation
We work with data center developers and operators nationwide. Put your trust in experienced hands.
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300+
Businesses nationwide
Supported in uncovering insights that transform projects.
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50x
Faster search
To quickly and strategically respond to service and work order questions.
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$1K+
In savings a month per user
On resources, labor, and more.
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$1M+
In GIS data
Powering environmental, demographic, geospatial, and topographic insights.
Frequently Asked Questions
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What are the key data center site selection criteria?
Power comes first: available utility capacity, distance to substations and high-voltage transmission, and the timeline to energize. Then fiber access, contiguous acreage for future phases, water for cooling, road access, and low exposure to flooding and other natural hazards. Latapult maps transmission lines, substations, existing data centers, flood zones, and natural hazard risk next to parcel data, so teams can apply the same criteria to every candidate site.
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How do data center teams narrow from markets to parcels?
Teams usually shortlist markets on power availability, fiber, climate, incentives, and latency to users, then search parcels inside those markets. At the parcel level, Latapult proximity searches find tracts within a set distance of substations or transmission lines, filtered by acreage and ownership. Shortlisted sites can then be saved, shared, and compared in the same platform, carrying the work from site selection through land acquisition.
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What is powered land?
Powered land is a site with a confirmed path to large-scale power, such as an existing substation, a utility commitment, or capacity reserved for the project. It is the most sought-after land type for data center developers. Latapult helps teams find candidate parcels near substations and transmission lines; capacity itself must be confirmed with the utility. Utilities planning that capacity use Latapult’s utility mapping software.
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How much land does a data center campus need?
It depends on the facility. Edge and enterprise data centers can fit on a few acres, while hyperscale campuses often need 100 acres or more for multiple buildings, an on-site substation, and future phases. Latapult’s Buildable Area Tool shows how much of a parcel is usable after wetlands, flood zones, and steep slopes are removed.
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What hazard data matters for data center siting?
Most teams check flood zones, seismic and severe weather risk, and wildfire exposure. Latapult includes FEMA flood zones and National Risk Index data, so hazard checks run on the same map as power and parcel research.
