Complete conversion roadmap

From cultivation facility to dedicated AI node.

A public path for qualified U.S. cultivation sites and AI or enterprise buyers pursuing a complete 1.5–5 MW conversion. Power, permissions, and proof come before a build decision.

How to read the roadmap

Stage definitions, without a promise of outcome.

Available now: A confidential preliminary conversation can screen for the working target band and the documents needed for a fuller review.
Diligence-led: This work depends on site evidence, counterparty authorization, specialist review, local approvals, and utility confirmation.
Planned only: A construction and commissioning path is considered only after the preceding conditions, scope, and agreements are in place.

Six phases

A disciplined path to a dedicated node.

Each phase resolves a different question. The sequence is deliberately public, while a site-specific answer requires evidence and the right parties at the table.

PHASE 01
Available now
Qualify site and workload
Establish whether a complete conversion merits a closer look: the site, documented power position, physical envelope, and a defined AI workload must align with the working target band.
Owner move
Bring the facility address, current utility information, available one-lines, and a clear view of the cultivation footprint.
Buyer move
Describe the intended workload, operating requirements, location needs, and the evidence required for a first screen.
PHASE 02
Diligence-led
Authorize and structure
Confirm who can authorize access and discussions, name an accountable review team, and define the conditions for sharing site, operating, and utility records.
Owner move
Identify ownership, operating authority, and the parties needed to permit a confidential review of the facility.
Buyer move
Confirm the technical, operational, and decision-making participants who will evaluate a dedicated-node path.
PHASE 03
Diligence-led
Cease cultivation
Plan a full end to cultivation before conversion work begins, including lawful handling of crops, inventory, and equipment; cleaning; and controlled site turnover. There is no shared cultivation-and-compute operating phase.
Owner move
Map the cessation sequence with qualified regulatory, operational, and environmental advisers before releasing the building for work.
Buyer move
Verify the proposed turnover condition and confirm that the dedicated-node scope assumes cultivation has fully ceased.
PHASE 04
Diligence-led
Verify change-of-use and utility path
Test the local approvals and utility pathway required for the intended use. Existing service, zoning, building, fire, noise, water, and other requirements must be confirmed with the appropriate parties.
Owner move
Provide permits, correspondence, service records, and known site conditions for review; do not assume existing approvals transfer to a new use.
Buyer move
Coordinate reviews by the utility, the authority having jurisdiction, and specialists to determine what can be documented and what must change.
PHASE 05
Diligence-led
Retrofit power, cooling, and fiber
Develop the evidence-backed retrofit scope for electrical distribution, heat rejection or liquid cooling, physical security, and resilient network connectivity appropriate to the intended node.
Owner move
Make the building, existing equipment records, and utility areas available for qualified inspection when authorized.
Buyer move
Set performance requirements and commission licensed engineering review and carrier diligence before any construction decision.
PHASE 06
Planned only
Commission a dedicated node
After approvals, agreements, and retrofit work are complete, validate critical systems, document acceptance, and bring the facility into dedicated AI-node operation for the defined workload.
Owner move
Support final turnover of the ceased-cultivation site and retain the records required by the applicable authorities and agreements.
Buyer move
Lead integrated testing, network activation, operational handoff, and acceptance against the approved node requirements.

See the framework applied

An anonymized, document-informed conversion screen.

Walk through what a confidential cultivation-development record can establish, what it cannot establish, and which utility, engineering, approval, network, and transaction gates remain open.

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Next actions

Start with the role you hold.

The first step is a qualified conversation about the site and the intended node—not an assumption that every facility can or should be converted.

For facility owners

Prepare the site record.

Begin with location, operating authority, current utility documentation, facility plans, and the practical path to complete cultivation cessation.

Discuss a facility

For AI & enterprise buyers

Define the node need.

Bring the workload profile, power and cooling requirements, location constraints, network expectations, and a review team for an evidence-first screen.

Evaluate a powered site