We develop the infrastructure beneath the compute.
FIU develops powered shells and complete data-centre infrastructure around customer requirements. Each project defines the buildings, power systems, cooling and supporting services we deliver. Operators run the data centre, while operators or tenants arrange their compute equipment.
AI-assisted origination brings grid, planning and land information together to identify sites worth investigating. Our team verifies the underlying rights and works with the network operator to establish the permitted load, required works and delivery programme.
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The power
Renewable generation, private wire, storage and grid supply are designed around the campus. The aim is dependable electricity, greater control over long-term costs and reduced exposure to fuel prices.
Wind, solar and hydro have no fuel bill. The delivered service still carries financing, maintenance, storage, network and reserve-supply costs. We assess the complete system over its operating life.
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The measurement
Metering and operating records make power performance visible. Our architecture is designed to record generation, consumption and storage flows, including charging sources and losses, supporting hourly renewable matching, customer reporting and independent verification.
The evidence must be useful to the people relying on it: the tenant, the lender and the relevant authority. Measurement, contractual energy claims and verification are specified together.
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The lease
A long-term lease gives an operator or tenant access to the agreed land and a powered shell or complete data-centre infrastructure. The scope of delivery, capacity, milestones, rent and service obligations are defined in the contract. Compute equipment is financed separately from FIU’s infrastructure.
For FIU-owned developments, we retain the enduring estate. In partnerships, the asset owner can retain ownership while FIU earns agreed development, licensing or participation income. The structure follows the site and the value each party contributes.
THE STARTING POSITION
We value a site for what its connection can become.
A battery development can bring together land, a grid agreement, electrical routes, planning work and a connection timetable. A former power station may offer an established substation, industrial land and a workforce with relevant skills. These are valuable starting points for a different use.
FIU evaluates those positions against the requirements of a data centre. Where the rights, engineering and customer economics align, we acquire the project or work with its owner to deliver the agreed powered shell or complete data-centre infrastructure.
THE THESIS
01 / DELIVERABILITY
Value is created by making the new use deliverable.
A battery valuation reflects a storage business. A data-centre development depends on permitted demand, reliable supply, connectivity and an occupier. We establish the route between them and commit capital as the evidence improves.
A battery connection is not automatically a data-centre connection.
Import and export rights, operating restrictions and planning permissions must support the proposed use. We obtain the network operator’s written agreement to the consumption profile and any required connection changes, and confirm the other approvals and delivery conditions before treating capacity as deliverable for the campus.
02 / POWER & DEMAND
Put useful demand close to renewable power.
In a constrained network, generation and demand can be in the wrong places. A suitably located campus can create a local customer for renewable electricity, with storage helping to manage the timing of supply.
We design the power system around the tenant’s service requirements. Continuous workloads need dependable supply; flexible workloads can provide additional value where the customer agrees. Each site must show how it will operate through periods of low renewable output.
03 / A NEW WORKING LIFE
Give existing electrical infrastructure a new working life.
Retiring generation sites and industrial estates extend the same approach. Their land, access and electrical infrastructure may support a new campus, subject to demand approval, environmental conditions and the needs of the surrounding community.