12 layers · Water + Power + Fiber plan
Industrial site selection for water-intensive operations
The same constraint stack as a data center, weighted for process load instead of compute.
Industrial site selection in the West is a water question first. Process load is the constraint that kills otherwise excellent sites, and in a closed basin no amount of incentive package creates a supply that does not exist.
Built for: Corporate real estate, economic development teams, manufacturers, and site selection consultants.
Why industrial site selection goes wrong today
Industrial site searches usually start with incentives and land price and end when water or power turns out to be unavailable. The constraints that disqualify sites are checked last, which is exactly backwards.
What industrial site selection has to answer
- Is there process water available here, and at what quality?
- What voltage class is nearby, and how far is the nearest interconnection point?
- Are there environmental constraints on the parcel that limit the buildable footprint?
- How does this candidate compare against five others on the same criteria?
The industrial site selection workflow
- 1
Start from the disqualifiers
Screen on water availability, regulatory overlays and environmental polygons first. Sites that cannot clear these never make a shortlist, which saves the entire evaluation budget for the ones that can.
- 2
Size the power
Substation max voltage and distance, transmission voltage class, and nearby generation tell you which sites are worth putting into an interconnection study and which are not. The study, not the map, produces the number a utility will stand behind.
- 3
Check water quality, not just quantity
For process loads, salinity and mineral content drive the treatment design. Water quality stations and upstream discharge permits give the picture before a sampling program does.
- 4
Rank and defend
Score candidate cells, export a comparison, and bring the committee the evidence behind the ranking rather than a preference.
The 12 layers this depends on
Each links to its source, refresh cadence and field list.
Power
Fiber & Network
Environmental
Capabilities industrial site selection uses
Every capability is described in detail on the platform overview.
Recommended plan: Water + Power + Fiber
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Water, power and fiber cover the majority of industrial screening. Step to Complete when environmental permitting risk is the deciding factor, which it usually becomes on greenfield sites.