Services / Planning & Design Support

Build your data center for the demand that actually exists.

Most data center planning starts with engineering assumptions and ends with a facility that doesn't match what AI tenants need. Red&Teal brings real demand intelligence to your planning process — before the decisions that cost millions to reverse are locked in.

Real AI workload requirements — not theoretical benchmarks
Tenant profile modelling based on our active demand pipeline
Power, cooling, and density input from the market — not a textbook
Designed to complement your engineering and design partners
AI Workload Reality Check
Rack power density
Traditional: 4–8 kW
AI: 40–100+ kW
Cooling approach
Traditional: Air
AI: Liquid / Immersion
Networking
Traditional: Ethernet
AI: InfiniBand / RoCE
Floor load
Std: ~500 kg/m²
AI: Significantly higher
Redundancy
Traditional: N+1
AI: Higher availability

Designing to traditional specs for AI tenants means retrofitting later — at a fraction of the efficiency and a multiple of the cost.

The Stakes

The cost of designing for the wrong workload is not just inconvenience — it is millions.

These are the design decisions that are expensive or impossible to reverse once construction begins. Getting market-aligned input early is not a nice-to-have — it is risk mitigation.

Design DecisionGetting It Wrong MeansRed&Teal Input
Power density per rackUnder-provisioned infrastructure that can't support AI loads — costly to upgrade post-buildReal AI tenant power requirements from our active demand pipeline
Cooling infrastructureAir-cooled facilities that AI workloads overheat — liquid cooling retrofit is disruptive and expensiveCurrent-generation GPU cooling requirements by workload type
Power supply capacityInsufficient utility capacity that caps your ability to attract high-density AI tenantsPower provisioning benchmarks based on live AI deployment data
Floor load and structureStructural limitations that restrict the heaviest, most valuable GPU configurationsFloor load requirements for modern AI server configurations
Networking infrastructureStandard Ethernet backbones that can't support the low-latency requirements of training clustersNetwork specification guidance for InfiniBand and high-speed AI networking
Facility positioningMarketing a facility as "AI-ready" without the specs to back it up — damaging credibilityTenant profile modelling and competitive positioning guidance
What We Cover

Six areas where market-aligned input changes what you build

01

Demand Alignment

We translate real AI workload requirements — from our active demand pipeline — into infrastructure specifications. Your facility gets designed for actual tenants, not hypothetical ones.

→ Who will actually sign your leases
02

Power Strategy

Power provisioning levels, redundancy requirements, and utility engagement timelines — grounded in what AI tenants actually deploy, not theoretical maximums.

→ Right-size your power investment
03

High-density Rack Planning

Rack density targets, floor layout considerations, and the infrastructure implications of different GPU configurations — from H100 clusters to full-scale B200 deployments.

→ Plan for density that tenants need
04

Cooling Strategy Input

Cooling requirements for AI workloads — from rear-door heat exchangers at moderate densities to direct liquid cooling and immersion at scale. We tell you what AI tenants are actually asking for.

→ Don't over or under-spec cooling
05

Tenant Profile Modelling

Who your likely tenants are, what they need, and how to position your capacity in the market. We use our demand pipeline to tell you which AI companies and sectors are most likely to sign in your facility.

→ Know your future tenants before you build
06

Market Intelligence & Positioning

Real-time intelligence from the AI infrastructure market — demand trends, deployment patterns, emerging requirements, and competitor positioning — to inform both design and go-to-market decisions.

→ Know the market before you commit
From the Market

What we are seeing in AI infrastructure demand right now

40–100+
kW per rack
Standard AI training workload power density — 10× traditional enterprise IT
Liquid
Cooling preference
Majority of new AI cluster deployments now require liquid or immersion cooling
Speed
Top procurement driver
AI companies prioritise deployment speed above almost all other facility criteria
An Important Distinction

We complement your engineers. We don't replace them.

Red&Teal is not a structural engineering firm, MEP consultant, or data center architect. We provide the market-aligned demand intelligence that makes your technical partners' work more effective — and more commercially relevant.

The best time to engage us is before design decisions are finalised — when there is still time to incorporate real market demand into what you build.

When to bring us in

Early-stage planning. Feasibility assessment. Before utility engagement. Before structural decisions are locked in. Before you commit to a cooling strategy. The earlier, the more valuable our input.

Red&Teal brings
  • Active AI demand pipeline intelligence
  • Real tenant requirements — not theoretical
  • Market positioning and competitive context
  • Cooling and density benchmarks from live deployments
Your engineers bring
  • Structural and MEP design
  • Planning and regulatory compliance
  • Construction and project delivery
  • Detailed system specifications
Common Questions

What developers and operators ask before working with us

"We already have engineers — why do we need Red&Teal?"

Your engineers know how to build it. We know what tenants actually need — and those two things are not always the same. We give your engineering team the market context that makes their decisions commercially sound.

"How current is your demand intelligence?"

We are an active intermediary in the AI infrastructure market — sourcing compute and generating demand for data centers every week. Our intelligence is live, not from last year's research reports. We know what AI companies are asking for right now.

"Isn't this information available from public sources?"

General AI trends are — but the specific requirements of the companies likely to sign your leases are not. We tell you what our active buyers are actually specifying, not industry averages. There is a significant difference.

"When in the project should we engage you?"

The earlier the better. Once structural decisions are made, the cost of incorporating market feedback rises sharply. Ideally, before utility engagement, before cooling strategy is locked in, and before density planning is finalised. Early input is cheap. Retrofit is not.

Start the Conversation

The best time to get market-aligned input is before you build. The second best time is now.

Every month of planning with the wrong assumptions is a month closer to a facility that is harder to lease. Let us show you what the AI market actually needs — and help you build for it.

Suitable for new builds, expansions, and retrofit planning
Works alongside your existing engineering and design partners
Initial scoping call at no cost or commitment
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