Dirt to Data: Data Centers and AI Infrastructure

Suhail Y Tayeb
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AI isn't weightless. It runs on concrete, cooling, and community consent. Dirt to Data is Suhail Y Tayeb's ongoing analysis of the real estate, power, and infrastructure decisions behind data centers and AI. He built PACTS and the AI Infrastructure Decision Language to test whether a specific opportunity is real, or just announced. Suhail is director of NYU's Center for the Sustainable Built Environment and a Clinical Assistant Professor at NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate.

  1. vor 22 Std.

    What Is an Interconnection Queue

    Seeing the grid and having the right to use it turn out to be two completely different things. Suhail unpacks the Q in GTSQT, explains why queue position can become part of the asset, and walks through the Bring-Your-Own-Power debate, including the FERC-versus-state fight over who gets to connect large loads and who pays for it. Dirt to Data is hosted by Suhail Y Tayeb, Director at NYU's Center for the Sustainable Built Environment and a clinical assistant professor at the NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate.

  2. vor 1 Tag

    Understanding Workloads

    Two data center sites can both be power-ready, fiber-ready, and fully approved, and still not be the same opportunity. Suhail introduces LENS² in full, the framework for matching a feasible site to the customer who should actually use it: Latency, Expansion Path, Near-Term Delivery, Stability, and Workload times Uptime. Dirt to Data is hosted by Suhail Y Tayeb, Director at NYU's Center for the Sustainable Built Environment and a clinical assistant professor at the NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate.

  3. vor 2 Tagen

    Why Land Is Not Enough

    A 300-acre parcel with a transmission line running through it and an 80-acre parcel with a two-year power timeline can sit in the same market and be worth wildly different amounts. Suhail breaks down why land is only the starting point of a data center opportunity, not the opportunity itself, and explains why deliverable power, connectivity, approvals, and timing determine what a site is actually worth to a customer. Dirt to Data is hosted by Suhail Y Tayeb, Director at NYU's Center for the Sustainable Built Environment and a clinical assistant professor at the NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate.

  4. vor 3 Tagen

    The Missing Middle Opportunity

    While everyone chases 300-megawatt megaprojects, a different-sized opportunity is quietly getting built faster. This episode brings PACTS and LENS squared together, and makes the case for why the 10-to-40-megawatt segment is often the better bet, not the consolation prize. Dirt to Data is hosted by Suhail Y Tayeb, Director at NYU's Center for the Sustainable Built Environment and a clinical assistant professor at the NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate.

  5. vor 4 Tagen

    How Utilities Think About Data Centers

    Developers ask how exciting a project is. Utilities ask a completely different question first. Suhail explains how utilities actually prioritize large-load requests, revisits GTSQT from the utility's side of the table, and looks at where Bring-Your-Own-Power changes who's asking whom for permission. Dirt to Data is hosted by Suhail Y Tayeb, Director at NYU's Center for the Sustainable Built Environment and a clinical assistant professor at the NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate.

  6. 4. Sept.

    Why Some Sites Never Get Built

    Most failed data center sites were never actually bad ideas. They just failed one specific test nobody was watching. This episode walks through the real reasons projects die, mapped directly against the PACTS framework from the last episode, so you can spot the pattern before it repeats on your own deal. Dirt to Data is hosted by Suhail Y Tayeb, Director at NYU's Center for the Sustainable Built Environment and a clinical assistant professor at the NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate.

  7. 3. Sept.

    What Makes a Good Data Center Site

    Developers spend most of their time evaluating what they can't see. The invisible factors usually matter more than the visible ones. Suhail lays out PACTS in full: Power, Approvals, Connectivity, Thermal and Water, Schedule. This is the five-part test that determines whether a site is actually buildable. Dirt to Data is hosted by Suhail Y Tayeb, Director at NYU's Center for the Sustainable Built Environment and a clinical assistant professor at the NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate.

  8. 2. Sept.

    Why Fiber Matters

    "We have fiber" sounds like an answer. On its own, it barely qualifies as a fact. This episode goes deep on R cubed F, the connectivity framework introduced earlier in the series, and walks through what actually separates a resilient network from a fragile one. Dirt to Data is hosted by Suhail Y Tayeb, Director at NYU's Center for the Sustainable Built Environment and a clinical assistant professor at the NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate.

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AI isn't weightless. It runs on concrete, cooling, and community consent. Dirt to Data is Suhail Y Tayeb's ongoing analysis of the real estate, power, and infrastructure decisions behind data centers and AI. He built PACTS and the AI Infrastructure Decision Language to test whether a specific opportunity is real, or just announced. Suhail is director of NYU's Center for the Sustainable Built Environment and a Clinical Assistant Professor at NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate.

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