Existing capacity & competitive density
Total MW already deployed, operator concentration, and vacancy estimates broken down by submarket — so you know where the white space actually is.
Solutions · Site Selection
Pick the right site for your next datacenter build.
Site selection drives 60% of an owned datacenter's lifetime economics. Kova Stack gives developers, hyperscalers, and enterprise build teams the existing-capacity, power-availability, and competitive-density data they need before committing capital to a parcel.
What's in a Site Brief
Five layers of site intelligence
Power utility & substation context
Recent utility capacity filings, queue length for new service requests, and transmission constraints that will gate your timeline.
Permit velocity & approval timelines
How long permitting actually takes in each jurisdiction — derived from filings we've already tracked across 47 county databases.
Operator presence & adjacency
Which hyperscalers and colos already have facilities nearby (AWS, Microsoft, Google, Meta, Equinix, Digital Realty) and how that affects fiber, talent, and tax-incentive landscape.
Tax-incentive & jurisdiction analysis
State and local incentive programs, sales-tax exemptions, and abatement structures that materially shift unit economics for owned builds.
Metros Covered
42 top US datacenter metros — plus emerging markets
Operator-level facility detail across 26 states. Get a brief tailored to your shortlist, or ask us to compare candidates head-to-head.
Ashburn / Northern Virginia
130 facilities · world's densest DC market
Dallas-Fort Worth
184 facilities · 50 operators tracked
Phoenix
Hyperscale corridor · power-friendly
Atlanta
Southeast hub · growing fiber density
Chicago
Midwest connectivity gateway
Silicon Valley / Bay Area
Constrained but high-value
Columbus, OH
Top growth market · Intel & hyperscale
Reno, NV
Tax-favored · expanding capacity
Hillsboro, OR
AWS/Meta corridor · clean power
Quincy, WA
Hyperscale enclave · hydro power
South Florida
Latin America gateway
Salt Lake City
Western expansion · tax incentives
How It Works
From shortlist to signed land deal
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Send us your shortlist (or your criteria)
Two or three candidate sites — or just the constraints (region, MW target, power profile, customer proximity). We work from either.
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We compile the site brief
Capacity, power, permits, competitive density, and tax landscape for each candidate. Delivered as a clean PDF and an interactive dashboard.
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Review with our analyst team
30-minute walkthrough where we explain the trade-offs and rank the candidates. You leave with a defensible recommendation for your investment committee.
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Ongoing market monitoring
After site selection, Kova Stack tracks new permits, competitor moves, and utility filings around your chosen site so you can react to changes during the build cycle.
Related Solutions
Acquisition & M&A Screening →
Screen colocation acquisition targets with operator-level facility data, equipment age, redundancy, and lease-vs-owned status.
Enterprise & Edge Planning →
Plan owned enterprise facilities and edge deployments. Find underserved metros and size build-vs-colo decisions with real market data.
Get a custom site brief
Tell us about your build. We'll come back within 48 hours with a tailored brief covering your candidate sites and the market context that matters.
Request a Site Brief- 48-hour turnaround
- Confidential intake
- Investment-committee ready