Dirt to Data: Data Centers and AI Infrastructure

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. Full episodes and transcripts at suhailytayeb.com/dirttodata.

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  Episode #13

  Why Land Is Not Enough

  Sep 9, 202611 minS1

  <p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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...

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  Episode #12

  The Missing Middle Opportunity

  Sep 8, 202610 minS1

  <p>While everyone chases 300-megawatt megaprojects, a different-sized opportunity is quietly getting built faster.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p>

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  Episode #11

  How Utilities Think About Data Centers

  Sep 7, 202612 minS1

  <p>Developers ask how exciting a project is. Utilities ask a completely different question first.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p>

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  Episode #10

  Why Some Sites Never Get Built

  Sep 4, 20269 minS1

  <p>Most failed data center sites were never actually bad ideas. They just failed one specific test nobody was watching.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p>

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  Episode #9

  What Makes a Good Data Center Site

  Sep 3, 20269 minS1

  <p>Developers spend most of their time evaluating what they can't see. The invisible factors usually matter more than the visible ones.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p>

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