Built-to-Suit Sites in India
Land plus a development partner who builds the shell, power yard and campus to your specification.
How our built-to-suit works
Land plus a development partner who builds the shell, power yard and campus to your specification. Every engagement starts with your brief: target MW, acreage, latency needs, budget and timeline.
We then screen parcels using utility data, carrier fibre maps, hazard layers and land records, visit shortlisted sites, and give you a clear, scored recommendation.
Deliverables
- Developer matching
- Lease or forward-purchase terms
- Spec and timeline control
- Handover support
The Built-to-Suit process, step by step
Five stages from brief to decision. Nothing moves to the next stage until the evidence behind it is written down.
- 01
Spec translation
Your MW, tier, floor loading, cooling and security requirements written into a brief developers can bid.
- 02
Land and partner shortlist
Sites paired with developers who have the balance sheet and delivery record to build them.
- 03
Commercial structuring
Lease versus forward purchase, rent and escalation, fit-out split and development milestones.
- 04
Documentation
Agreement for lease or development agreement, with specification annexes and remedies for slippage.
- 05
Delivery oversight
Milestone monitoring, change control, and handover with snag closure before rent starts.
What you get — and what it protects you from
Every Built-to-Suit engagement produces documents you can hand to a board, a lender or a utility. Each one exists to close a specific risk.
In your hands at the end
- Developer matching
- Lease or forward-purchase terms
- Spec and timeline control
- Handover support
Risks it takes off the table
- A shell delivered to the developer's spec instead of yours
- Rent starting before power is actually energised
- No remedy in the contract when a milestone slips
- A partner who cannot fund phase two
The numbers behind every Built-to-Suit recommendation
These are the thresholds and checks we apply, not averages. Where a site cannot meet one, we say so and show what it would take to fix it.
- Spec-locked
- annexed to the agreement
- Floor loading, cooling, tier and power yard
- 18–30 months
- typical shell delivery
- From signed agreement to snag-free handover
- Lease or buy
- structures compared
- Capital, control and exit modelled for both
- Milestone-linked
- rent commencement
- Tied to energisation, not to a calendar date
What usually goes wrong in Built-to-Suit
Most land problems in Indian data-centre projects are not bad luck — they are the same few shortcuts, repeated.
A specification written in prose
Anything you would reject at handover belongs in a schedule with a number against it.
Rent starting on a fixed calendar date
Commencement is tied to energisation, access and snag-free handover instead.
Choosing a development partner on price
We test balance sheet, delivered projects and phase-two capacity before anyone is shortlisted.
Three ways to work with us on Built-to-Suit
Start small if you only need a sanity check. Scope is agreed in writing before any work begins, so there are no open-ended bills.
| Engagement | Screening check | Full study | End-to-end mandate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Testing one parcel or an existing shortlist quickly | A decision you will have to defend to a board or lender | Taking it from brief all the way to signed and registered |
| Typical duration | 2 weeks | 6–10 weeks | 6–18 months |
| Commercials | Fixed fee | Fixed fee, scoped upfront | Retainer plus a success fee on completion |
| What you receive | A short red-flag note with a go / no-go view | The full pack: developer matching, lease or forward-purchase terms and the rest of the deliverables | Everything in the full study, plus negotiation, documentation and closing support |
| Site visits | On request | Every shortlisted site | As often as the transaction needs |
| Exclusivity | None | None | Mandate for the agreed catchment and term |
The rest of the land programme
Built-to-Suit rarely travels alone. Most clients combine it with two or three of these, run by the same team on one timeline.
Built-to-Suit by city
Frequently asked questions
Built-to-Suit Sites is a specialist service to secure built to suit data center india that meets data-centre needs for power, fibre, zoning and title.
Tell us your MW, acreage and timeline
We reply within one working day with matching parcels and a clear next step.