Arcova promises to strip 18 months and up to $200M from AI data center builds
Cybersecurity and artificial intelligence consulting firm Arcova today launched an end-to-end data center development offering that brings engineering, cybersecurity, regulatory compliance and grid-planning coordination under one team.
The offering is designed to carry data center programs from site selection through day-two operations. Arcova says it cuts the average development timeline by 18 months and eliminates $60 million to $200 million in per-build transition costs created by fragmented vendor coordination.
The pitch targets a structural gap that AI demand has opened between what developers want to build and what the power grid can deliver. Grid interconnection adds three to four years to construction timelines, transformers and transmission equipment carry lead times of 66 to 120 months and interconnection studies can run 18 to 27 months when done manually. Every handoff between separate engineering, cybersecurity, regulatory and operations firms adds cost and delay, the company argues.
Arcova structures the offering around three capabilities applied as a single program.
