A developer may know the market they want to enter. They may know the approximate acreage they need. They may know they need access to transmission infrastructure or proximity to a substation.

The difficult part is finding the actual parcels that bring those requirements together.

From Searching for Land to Finding Development Opportunities

Traditional site discovery can require developers and land acquisition teams to work through multiple data sources:

• County parcel records
• Property ownership records
• GIS mapping systems
• Transmission maps
• Substation locations
• Acreage calculations
• Parcel boundaries
• Ownership structures
• Mailing addresses
• Distance measurements
• Manual GIS analysis

Each individual data source can be useful. The problem is putting everything together.

Site Data is designed to perform that initial screening before a developer has to spend time manually evaluating hundreds or thousands of parcels.

Instead of starting with a blank GIS map, developers can start with pre-analyzed development opportunities.

The platform allows users to select a state, drill down to a county, review available opportunities, and identify sites based on factors such as acreage, parcel structure, ownership, transmission proximity, and substation proximity.

Start With the Market You Want

The process begins at the market level.

Select a state and then choose a county with available development intelligence.

For example, a developer researching Beaver County, Oklahoma can review available opportunities identified in that market.

Users can then evaluate the opportunities rather than manually searching through the entire county.

The Data Developers Actually Need

A large tract of land isn’t necessarily a good development site.

For utility-scale solar, BESS, and data center development, location and infrastructure can be just as important as acreage.

Looking Beyond the Individual Parcel

One of the more important capabilities of the system is identifying parcel assemblages.

Sometimes the opportunity isn’t a single large parcel. Instead, several parcels may be located together and create a much larger development opportunity.

Site Data can identify these connected parcel opportunities and analyze their combined characteristics.

This can be particularly useful when looking for large sites where suitable acreage is fragmented across multiple parcels.

Instead of manually searching for neighboring parcels and trying to determine whether they form a potential development tract, developers can start with an already-screened opportunity.

What Does a Purchased Site Look Like?

Once a developer finds an opportunity worth investigating, they can purchase the individual site report.

The purchased report provides substantially more information than what is displayed in the public market listing.

The example above demonstrates the type of opportunity that can be analyzed through Site Data.

The purchased report also identifies ownership information and the specific substation associated with the opportunity.

The customer receives an interactive GIS map showing the actual parcel boundaries and infrastructure relationships.

This makes it possible to visually inspect the opportunity instead of relying solely on a spreadsheet of numbers.

Why the Interactive Map Matters

A list of parcel numbers is useful.

A map that shows how those parcels relate to one another is much more useful.

The interactive GIS report allows a developer to see:

• Parcel boundaries
• Transmission lines
• Anchor parcels
• Connected parcels
• Substation locations
• Ownership relationships
• Site acreage
• Site score
• Infrastructure distances

The map provides a visual starting point for the next stage of due diligence.

Instead, Site Data helps developers determine which opportunities are worth taking to those next steps.

Useful for Solar Development

Useful for BESS Development

Useful for Data Center Site Selection

The Goal Isn’t to Replace Due Diligence

Site Data is not intended to tell a developer that a property is guaranteed to work.

A site that looks promising on a GIS map still requires additional investigation.

Depending on the project, developers may need to evaluate:

• Interconnection feasibility
• Available transmission capacity
• Environmental constraints
• Flood zones
• Wetlands
• Topography
• Zoning
• Access
• Title
• Mineral rights
• Water availability
• Local permitting
• Community considerations
• Landowner willingness
• Engineering requirements

That can be an extremely valuable question when a development team is evaluating an entire county or market.

Don’t Just Search a County. Screen It.

The traditional approach to site origination often starts with a large amount of raw information.

Site Data takes the opposite approach.

The system starts by screening the market against specific development characteristics and presenting the resulting opportunities in an organized format.

Instead of searching through thousands of parcels hoping to find something interesting, developers can begin with a shortlist of opportunities that already have relevant characteristics.

That means less time spent on initial discovery and more time spent on opportunities that have the potential to move forward.

Need Something More Specific?

Not every project has the same requirements.

One developer may need 500+ acres within one mile of a transmission line.

Another may need 1,000–2,000 acres near a substation.

Another may be looking for a particular county, ownership structure, or parcel configuration.

That’s why Site Data also offers custom site queries.

Provide the market and the criteria you’re looking for, and a custom opportunity search can be built around your project requirements.