Is your data center ready for AI? Answer seven questions about power, cooling, redundancy, network and space, and get a readiness score, your main blockers, the equipment that closes the gaps, and the facility upgrades to plan — for GB200-class GPU racks and warehouse-to-AI conversions.
AI has moved the goalposts for what a data center must provide. A room built for 5–10 kW/rack air cooling cannot host a GPU rack that draws 40–120 kW and rejects nearly all of it as heat. This checker scores an existing facility against dense-AI requirements so you know — before committing capital — whether it is ready, needs upgrades, or is better replaced by a retrofit or new build.
It weighs seven dimensions, each scored from your answer and combined into one readiness score:
The weighted average becomes a 0–100 score and a tier — AI-ready, minor upgrades, major upgrades, or not yet ready — and every dimension below the ready bar surfaces as a blocker, an upgrade note, and the catalog equipment that closes it.
Modern AI concentrates enormous power into a small footprint. A GB200 NVL72 rack integrates 72 Blackwell GPUs at roughly 120 kW and ships with integrated direct-to-chip liquid cooling — an order of magnitude beyond a traditional rack. Hosting it means the building must deliver dense rack power, a technical-water loop and CDUs, multi-megawatt utility capacity, redundant UPS and generation, an 800G-capable low-latency fabric, and a floor that can carry heavy liquid-cooled racks.
That is why warehouse-to-AI conversions are common: warehouses already have the space, height and structure, so the project is really about power and cooling. The readiness checker turns "is my building ready?" into a scored list of exactly what to add — and links each gap to the transformer, UPS, CDU, rear-door exchanger, PDU or switch that fills it, so the assessment flows straight into a scoped quote.
How the overall score maps to a recommendation. Scores are a weighted self-assessment against dense-AI requirements; confirm with a full facility survey.
| Score | Tier | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| 85–100 | AI-ready | The facility can host dense AI with minor tuning. |
| 65–84 | Minor upgrades | Close a few gaps and the site is ready for GPU racks. |
| 45–64 | Major upgrades | Significant power and cooling work is needed before AI racks. |
| 0–44 | Not yet ready | A retrofit or purpose-built approach is the faster path. |
It depends on power density, cooling, electrical redundancy, network fabric and floor loading. Traditional enterprise rooms built for 5–10 kW/rack air cooling are usually not ready for modern GPU racks, which need 40–120 kW/rack and liquid cooling. This checker scores your facility across those dimensions and tells you the specific gaps to close.
A GB200 NVL72 rack draws roughly 120 kW and ships with integrated direct-to-chip liquid cooling, so the facility must supply high-density rack power (busway/rPDU), a technical-water loop and CDUs, multi-megawatt utility capacity, N+1 (or better) UPS, an 800G-capable fabric, and a floor rated for heavy liquid-cooled racks. The checker flags which of these you are missing.
Often yes — warehouses have the floor space and ceiling height AI halls need. The work is in power and cooling: securing multi-MW utility capacity, adding transformers/switchgear and UPS, and installing liquid cooling (CDUs or rear-door exchangers) plus a technical-water loop. Run the checker to see the scope and the equipment required for your building.
The essentials are dense rack power (40 kW+/rack), liquid or hybrid cooling sized to the load, redundant power (UPS + generation), a high-bandwidth low-latency network (400/800G), sufficient utility feed, and structural capacity for heavy racks. The checker weighs each and returns a single readiness score plus the blockers.
It is a fast, weighted self-assessment against dense-AI (GB200-class) requirements — accurate enough to gauge readiness, prioritise upgrades and budget the equipment. A full assessment depends on your one-line diagram, mechanical design, structural survey and utility agreements. Our engineers confirm the real picture when you request a quote.
Our solutions engineers assess power, cooling and network together, size the equipment and confirm real lead times — no payment, no commitment, quotes back in about one business day.
Our engineers scope power, cooling and compute together. No payment, and quotes come back in about a business day.