ESTIGIA
From Site Selection to Operational Data Center
A data center is far more than a real estate or construction project. It is a complex infrastructure investment in which location, power, connectivity, planning, environmental constraints, resilience and regulation must be coordinated from the earliest stages.
Viability Is Decided Long Before Construction Begins
Site characteristics, power availability, grid connection, planning restrictions, environmental requirements, fibre connectivity and infrastructure capacity can all materially affect project cost, timing and feasibility.
PRAESTIGIA provides integrated advisory services for investors, developers, operators, technology companies and contractors — helping transform digital infrastructure opportunities into compliant, bankable and operational assets. Our focus is not simply whether a project can obtain the required approvals; it is whether it can be developed, connected, constructed and operated effectively.
“Power feasibility should be assessed at the beginning of the investment process — not at the end of the permitting procedure.”
Seven Workstreams. One Development Strategy.
Site Selection & Development Feasibility
Multidisciplinary site assessment: land use and development capacity, grid proximity, environmental and planning constraints, water and cooling, fibre connectivity, expansion potential — identifying deal-breakers and setting investment conditions precedent before site acquisition.
Power & Energy Strategy
Initial and ultimate campus demand, connection strategy and voltage level, substations and reinforcement works, backup generation and fuel autonomy, renewable integration, PPAs, storage and long-term energy resilience.
Planning, Permitting & Regulatory Strategy
A coordinated roadmap across planning, environmental, construction, electrical, fire-safety, water and telecom requirements — identifying dependencies, parallel tracks and critical-path items.
Environmental & Infrastructure Advisory
Environmental permitting, generator emissions, fuel storage, water supply and cooling technology, wastewater, refrigerants and F-gases, access roads and telecom infrastructure — treated as one coordinated system.
Design & Technical Compliance Coordination
Integrating regulatory requirements with resilience, redundancy, fire protection, cooling, electrical infrastructure and energy-efficiency considerations — early enough to be designed in, not retrofitted.
Project & Construction Contracts
Construction, engineering, supply, infrastructure and project-management agreements — with particular attention to performance requirements, completion milestones, interface risk, delay, warranties, testing, commissioning and acceptance.
From Development to Operation
Commencement of operation, cybersecurity and NIS2, critical-infrastructure requirements, EU energy-efficiency reporting obligations, fire-safety and environmental compliance, expansions and future phases.
Development & Permitting Matrix
For complex programmes, PRAESTIGIA develops and manages a Data Center Development & Permitting Matrix: what is required, who is responsible, what depends on what, when each action must occur — and what can affect the critical path.
Site → Power → Permitting → Design → Construction → Commissioning → Operation
A grid delay can affect construction. A planning restriction can affect design. An infrastructure dependency can change the development timetable. A contractual gap can create significant downstream exposure. We identify dependencies early and prevent isolated issues from becoming project-wide problems.
Complex Projects Require Integrated Advice
Data centers sit at the intersection of real estate, energy, infrastructure, regulation, technology and construction. PRAESTIGIA brings these elements together — strategic project thinking, knowledge of the Greek regulatory environment, infrastructure perspective, contractual expertise and execution-focused support.
- Plan intelligently. Deal-breakers surfaced before capital is committed.
- Structure effectively. One roadmap across power, permits and contracts.
- Execute with certainty. Interfaces managed through to operation.
Data Center Intelligence
Data Centre Permitting in Greece: A Practical Roadmap
The approvals, authorities and dependencies shaping a Greek data centre programme.
Power First: Grid Connection Strategy for Data Centres
Why electricity — not land — is the defining constraint, and how to manage it.
The EU Sustainability Rulebook for Data Centres
EED reporting, KPIs and what operators in Greece must do now.
From Digital Infrastructure Opportunity to Operational Asset
PRAESTIGIA helps clients structure data center projects correctly from the outset and navigate the critical decisions that determine their successful development.