Gross vs. buildable acreage
Gross acreage is the total deeded or surveyed area of a parcel, while buildable acreage is what remains for buildings, substations and yards after subtracting wetlands, floodplain, steep slopes, easements, setbacks, buffers and stormwater areas. Buildable acreage is often far smaller than gross. For data centers, the shape and contiguity of the remaining land matter as much as the total.
The full guide · Land & site fundamentalsGross vs. Buildable Acreage: How Much of a Site You Can UseHow to get from a site’s gross acreage to the buildable area a data center can use, what gets subtracted, and how to estimate it early from public data.Where Gross vs. buildable acreage comes up
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