For space owners · Advisory-first
Grid congestion is the binding constraint in the European datacenter market. In the Netherlands, the connection queue for a new large-scale grid connection runs to years. A granted grid connection is the scarce asset — not the building around it.
The sites that hold one are rarely purpose-built. Shut-down horticulture with CHP connections. Closed or downsized industrial sites. Cold stores and printing plants. We validate demand for your specific site. Then we bring the tenants.
Why the connection is the asset
Dutch grid operators publish availability per service area in four states, running from available without a queue through to shortage with a queue. The unit that matters is the substation, not the province — which is why two sites ten kilometres apart can get completely different answers, and why "is there power in this region" is not a question anyone can usefully answer.
That inverts the usual property logic. A developer with capital can build a hall. What capital cannot shortcut is a grid connection granted years ago for a use that has since shut down or scaled back. Those sites are rarely purpose-built and rarely marketed as datacenter candidates — closed or downsized industrial premises, cold stores, horticulture with on-site generation. Whether a given site's connection is still live, and at what capacity, is exactly what a feasibility engagement establishes rather than assumes.
So the first question is not what the building could become. It is what the connection is rated at, what it is currently contracted for, whether that capacity transfers to a new use, and whether anyone in the market wants it at that location. We work in capacity bands with the source named, not in confident single numbers — the exact figure comes out of the conversation with the grid operator, not out of a desk study.
Engagements
from €75/hr
project fee + milestone
retainer from €5,000 / month
retainer per site · 6–12 months
Proof
A recent tenant acquisition campaign in a secondary Belgian market resulted in a signed pre-lease within 90 days of launch.
Campaign spend: €14K. Contracted value: €80K first year.
Client identities stay confidential. That is the point of the NCNDA.
How we work
Every provider on our shortlist signs the same agreement. Commission rate is the same for every facility. No backroom rates.
You see the technical envelope and commercial framing. You only see the buyer's identity once an NCNDA is in place.
Standard engagements are non-exclusive: our commission only triggers on placements we sourced. Exclusive representation exists as the supply mandate — a paid retainer with exclusivity enforced on both sides.
Read the public template at /legal/ncnda-template — it's the same document we use in every engagement.
In the current market the grid connection comes first: what the site is connected at, whether that capacity is still contracted and live, and whether it transfers to a new use. After that come structural questions — floor loading, clear height, water and cooling options, access — and then the commercial one, which is whether any tenant actually wants capacity at that location. A site can pass every structural test and still fail the last one.
Yes. Feasibility work is billed at €75/hour for research and analysis and €125/hour for board-level advisory, against a written scope agreed before we start. We do not provide free assessments, because the assessment is the deliverable.
We represent your powered site exclusively toward colocation tenants for a fixed retainer per site on a six to twelve month term. During the mandate we take on no competing site in your market. Exclusivity is contractual and binds both sides, and it includes the tenant acquisition campaign and negotiation support.
No. Standard engagements are non-exclusive and our commission only triggers on placements we sourced ourselves. Exclusive representation exists as a separate paid product rather than as a condition of being listed.
We work in capacity bands with the source named rather than in confident single figures. Grid availability is published per service area and the relevant unit is the substation, so the answer is location-specific. The exact contracted capacity is confirmed with the grid operator and the owner, not derived from a desk study.
Next step
We review your site details and respond within two business days with whether we can take the engagement, and at what terms. This is not a free consultation. It is a scoped advisory intake that produces a written proposal with clear deliverables and pricing.
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