Digital infrastructure
Data center developers and operators are scaling campuses faster than their processes, power and local approvals can keep up. We help them close that gap.
How we help
Economic and fiscal impact analysis
Independent impact studies that show counties the jobs, tax revenue and workforce a campus brings, in terms they can check.
See it in Services02Tax credits and incentives
Modeling the state and local incentives that make a campus pencil, including data center equipment exemptions, and supporting incentive applications.
See it in Services03Stakeholder engagement
Engagement with residents and local stakeholders, and public presentation of project findings, so approvals move through local government’s own process.
See it in Services04Program strategy and governance
A program office, cadence and reporting sized to a portfolio that is growing faster than its team.
See it in Services05Forensic audits
Independent review of historic and ongoing campus costs, change orders and contractor pay applications.
See it in Services06Lender technical advisory
Independent review of budgets, schedules and construction progress for lenders and investors financing data center campuses.
See it in Services07Business intelligence platforms
Portfolio, milestone and ready-for-service views built on your own data, so leadership sees every campus in one place.
See it in Services08Project controls and risk assurance
Independent review of schedule, cost and risk, with early warning on dates that are slipping.
See it in ServicesNot sure where to start?
Tell us what you’re building and where it’s stuck, and we’ll point you to the right team.
Contact us“We brought in Alpen to better understand our data and to perform root-cause analysis on some challenging projects… they got to work and gave our leadership team actionable insights to move our program forward. We use their analysis on all of our big projects.”
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Antelope Data Campus: 1.5 GW of behind-the-meter power in Iron County
Alpen built the economic impact case, led community and stakeholder engagement, and aligned workforce partners, ahead of the campus’s conditional use permit in June 2026.
Economic & Stakeholder Advisory
Scaling delivery for a fast-growing data center developer
An ongoing partnership covering PMO design and advisory, automated executive dashboards and schedule assurance for ready-for-service dates.
Capital Program Advisory
State legislatureAdvising lawmakers on new data center policy
Alpen was selected to advise the legislative committee crafting new policy for data centers, on the economic, tax, financial and regulatory implications.
Public sector advisoryRelated insights
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The limits of top-down expansion: what Utah’s primary election teaches the data center industry
AI infrastructure needs a social license to operate. Projects pushed past local control drew a backlash; projects built with county officials got permitted.
The age of gigascale: why rural towns are the new frontier for AI infrastructure
Alpen’s impact study of a 1.5 GW rural Utah campus found nearly 11,000 trade jobs a year during buildout and county revenue equal to 134% of its general fund.
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