# Map your requirements.

> Site, go-live date, and terms from what you specify. You bring the GPUs.

[Map requirements](https://ardus.ai/contact)

## What you tell us.

Send it on a call, by email, or as a spec sheet. Above 10 MW, we scope it with your team.

- **MW.** 1 MW to 10 MW, in one block or phased by hall.
- **Rack density.** kW per rack. Sets which sites can power and cool it.
- **Cooling.** Air, rear-door, or direct-to-chip liquid.
- **Redundancy.** N, N+1, or 2N power, and whether the hall is cabled for a training fabric.
- **Location.** A region, a metro, or a latency target.
- **Go-live date.** The date your GPUs need power. Every path is scored against it.
- **Your GPUs.** The hardware you deploy and when it arrives. We find the space, power, and cooling around it.
- **Term and budget.** Contract term and the monthly budget the capacity has to fit.

## Lead times chain into one go-live date.

Every step you need is placed on a timeline with a lead time and a dependency. The longest chain of dependent steps sets the date we give you.

- **Lead time.** Every step, from contract to cross-connect, carries a sourced lead time. Nothing is scheduled without one.
- **Dependencies.** Some steps wait on others. Racks wait on power handover; fabric cabling waits on racks; fiber waits on the cross-connect order.
- **Critical path.** The longest chain of dependent steps is the critical path. Every other chain has slack and does not move the date.
- **Parallel tracks.** Contract, credit, and fiber orders run while the hall is prepared. Nothing waits that does not have to.
- **Fastest source.** Each item is quoted from more than one source. The model keeps whichever lands first.
- **Your GPUs set the target.** Tell us when your GPUs arrive. The schedule works back from that date, so power and cooling are ready before the hardware lands.

## What you get back.

Change any input and the model reruns.

- **Go-live month.** Set by the longest chain of dependent items.
- **Critical path.** The step that sets the date, and what is behind it.
- **Site.** The site, its power path, and the evidence behind it.
- **Terms.** Capacity, term, and monthly pricing for the MW you need.

## How we start.

From first call to a signed LOI.

- **First call.** We review your requirements and the existing sites that fit them.
- **NDA.** Signed before we share site details.
- **Credit application.** Our intake on your company, so terms can be set.
- **LOI.** Non-binding or binding, depending on the deal.