Greenfield
A project built from scratch on undeveloped land, contrasted with brownfield reuse of an existing site.
Current numbers
~24–36 mo construction once power is secured; grid connection waits exceed 4 yr in primary markets and can overlap construction / ~6–12 mo fit-out / days–weekstime-to-power: greenfield self-build vs wholesale colo (live 50k+ GPU cluster) vs neocloud
18–24 mopublished greenfield hyperscale construction-duration estimate (Mastt, April 2026); calculate its start, finish and float in the project IMS
~$2M/MW vs upwards of $11M/MWliquid-cooling retrofit headline capex vs greenfield liquid-cooled build, per MW (before migration, downtime and lost-tenancy costs)