Critical Location Factors (CLFs)

Critical location factors (CLFs) are an important part of Stream’s robust data center location strategy and site development process.

As a colocation provider pursuing a build-to-suit data center project or planning for our own adaptable turnkey colocation, our first step is to gather data points from our customers and develop a list of CLFs. Some of these factors are consistent across customers—for example, access to reliable high-voltage data center power infrastructure, acreage to enable scalable growth, etc. Others are more dependent on the particular customer’s requirements, such as access to water (some customers use water for cooling; others do not) or proximity to existing sites or networking nodes.

Explore more in our executive brief Hyperscale Site Selection is About Finding Hidden Value and Mitigating Development Risk.