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Overview The purpose of this assessment is to help the Minnesota Technology Corridor (the Client) understand the requirements, costs, and other considerations to attract prospective data center developers to the Centerville market. The assessment includes the following sections: Location attributes An economic analysis A site risk assessment Appendixes containing detail analysis elements Assumptions and Disclaimers of knowledge, practical experience, and hands-on oversight of the construction/retrofit process, this assessment provides the following disclaimers: Excipio is not a licensed mechanical and electrical (M&E) engineering firm. Thus, the information provided in this document is for tactical and strategic planning purposes only. Should there be a decision to move forward with any of the recommendations, a licensed M&E firm is required. Excipio has access to some of the best M&E firms in the area from work on previous assessments. Excipio, nor any other organization, is not licensed or allowed by the Uptime Institute (UI) to consultants, the ratings provided in this docu rating standard. Only the UI can provide official certification, and this is an expensive and time-consuming process. The equipment load was derived using the current UPS, PDU, and rack power readings where available. Fluctuations in power consumption should not materially alter the analysis recommendations. Objectives The primary objectives for this assessment are as follows: Assess the viability of multiple sites for the suitability of a data center. Assess the utility and telecommunications infrastructure available, including the costs to bring the infrastructure to the proposed site. Estimate the physical size of a data center. Create a financial model for the construction and buildout of each site, incorporating net costs based upon current tax and other incentives. Provide documentation for use in marketing campaigns to entice prospective buyers. Approach Excipio provided data collection requests to the Client's representatives. Input from subject matter experts from the City of Centerville, Connexus, and Comcast Excipio provided weekly status updates and progress reviews. Excipio has provided a draft deliverable reviewed with the team before any edits to produce the final deliverable. 2020 MTC DCLM DC Model (1) Page 3 of 20 2020 Excipio Consulting, LLC. All Rights Reserved. This document is proprietary and confidential and may not be duplicated, redistributed, or displayed to any other party without the expressed written permission of Excipio Consulting LLC.