CASE STUDY 01
Data Center Site Readiness
Challenge
Intelligence Assembled
Output
Decision Supported
Leadership receives a defensible shortlist before committing significant development capital.
STOCK & MILSTER · ENERGY. INFRASTRUCTURE. CAPITAL INTELLIGENCE.
Independent intelligence on power, grid, land and capital — before you commit to a site, an acquisition, or an expansion.
Request an Infrastructure Intelligence BriefingIllustrative network · modeled figures · As of Oct 2026
WHAT WE DO
CLIENTS ENGAGE US TO ANSWER
01 · NATIONAL
Proposed load
300 MW
Corridor
PJM · Dominion
Illustrative scenario · modeled · not a client case
Energy system · bottleneck read
Modeled · illustrative
01 · Generation
1,200 MW
71% utilized
Accredited capacity in the zone.
02 · Transmission
Congestion detected
94% utilized
N-1 overload on the 500 kV path at full load.
03 · Substation
92% capacity
92% utilized
48 MW headroom before upgrade.
04 · Utility
Readiness 61
78% utilized
Large-load study backlog; tariff under revision.
05 · Facility
300 MW proposed
100% utilized
Design load at full build-out.
BOTTLENECK
06 · Capital
$184M exposed
88% utilized
Capital committed ahead of firm energization.
→ Infrastructure expansion required before full load
Today’s Intelligence · October 20, 2026
23 tracked infrastructure signals across North American power markets.
Executive Intelligence Dashboard
Ten signal classes monitored across PJM, MISO, ERCOT, SPP, SERC, and WECC — interconnection posture, transmission delivery, utility economics, and large-load formation in a single executive frame.
Sourcing
Verified public filings, ISO/RTO postings, state commission dockets, and company disclosures.
32
Active Infrastructure Signals
Updated Oct 10
4
Transmission Projects
Updated Oct 9
4
Utility Filings
Updated Oct 8
4
AI / Data Center Announcements
Updated Oct 10
4
Manufacturing Expansions
Updated Oct 9
3
Grid Constraints
Updated Oct 10
3
Large Energy Users
Updated Oct 8
4
Interconnection Queue Changes
Updated Oct 8
3
Renewable Announcements
Updated Oct 8
5
Executive Briefings Published
Updated Oct 9
SM-INTEL · COMPOSITE TAPE · MODELED
EXECUTIVE COMMAND CENTER · MODELED COMPOSITE
The largest AI, utility, transmission, industrial, and data center movements — synthesized against active grid alerts and the institutional intelligence graph beneath.
Movements of Record · Last 24h
HDL/01
Anthropic + Oracle break ground on first 1.6 GW phase of multi-region cluster
$38B program · TX / OH / VA · phase 1 energization 2028
OPENDominion +14.6% industrial tariff enters evidentiary hearing
SCC decision expected Q1 2027 · Loudoun / PW hyperscale corridor
OPENMISO LRTP Tranche 2.1 enters siting — first 1,180 miles routed
$27.4B program · unlocks 34 GW of queued capacity in MISO North
OPENSamsung Taylor, TX expansion clears ONCOR interconnect study
620 MW load block · $18B expansion · 2028 energization
OPENQTS / Blackstone New Albany campus secures AEP Ohio service agreement
1.2 GW · 480 acres · phased 2027–2030 · water-cooled
OPENFERC accepts PJM Order 2023 compliance revision on cluster cadence
Docket ER26-1184 · median queue latency trending to 4.3 yrs
OPENLoudoun County hyperscale queue positions reach 3.4 GW under study
6 projects · Dominion 500kV backbone · 2028–2030 in-service
OPENALRT/02
Loudoun 500kV substation at firm capacity ceiling — new service deferred
Dallas metro large-load cluster expands to +1,120 MW under study
Indiana Hub basis widening — north corridor congestion persists
Columbus pipeline +540 MW added — 2027 absorption tight
Georgia Power +11.4% industrial rate adjustment under PSC review
Phoenix West interconnect study rescheduled to Q2 2027
Coverage Graph
KPI/03 · Composite Coverage Indicators
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Companies Tracked
Hyperscale · IPP · IOU · Industrial
Src: SEC EDGAR · S&M entity graph · Upd Oct 10, 2026
0
Infrastructure Projects
Active pipeline · North America
Src: FERC · ISO queues · S&M tracker · Upd Oct 10, 2026
0
Data Centers
Operational + announced
Src: Public announcements · S&M tracker · Upd Oct 10, 2026
0
Transmission Projects
≥ 230kV · in queue or construction
Src: FERC · ISO transmission plans · Upd Oct 10, 2026
0
Substations
Bulk system · monitored
Src: EIA-860 · HIFLD · Upd Oct 10, 2026
0
Industrial Sites
Reshoring + expansion pipeline
Src: Public filings · S&M tracker · Upd Oct 10, 2026
0
Utilities
IOU · Co-op · Muni · G&T
Src: EIA-861 · Upd Oct 10, 2026
0
Executives
Decision-maker graph
Src: Public filings · S&M graph · Upd Oct 10, 2026
0
Counties
U.S. coverage · siting layer
Src: U.S. Census · Upd Oct 10, 2026
0 GW
Power Demand
Tracked committed load · 2030E
Src: EIA · ISO load forecasts · S&M model · Upd Oct 10, 2026
$0.00T
Pipeline Value
Aggregate infra capex tracked
Src: Public filings · S&M model · Upd Oct 10, 2026
0
States Covered
48 CONUS + AK + HI
Src: S&M coverage register · Upd Oct 10, 2026
Composite indicators · Illustrative aggregate coverage — production figures under NDA
COMMAND CENTER · MODELED COMPOSITE
Modeled composite intelligence across AI infrastructure, power markets, grid constraints, utility readiness, and large-load growth. Signals synthesized from public filings, ISO postings, and internal analysis — production data under NDA.
Last Updated
Latest infrastructure intelligence loading
Auto-refresh · 60s–10m by signal class
AI DATA CENTER · 01
Latest Data Center Announcements
West Texas constraint binding through afternoon peak intervals
Multi-phase AI training campus announced with staged ramp above 1 GW
Illinois Manufacturing Expansion — power availability assessment
HYPERSCALE · 02
Hyperscale Expansion Tracker
West Texas constraint binding through afternoon peak intervals
Multi-phase AI training campus announced with staged ramp above 1 GW
Illinois Manufacturing Expansion — power availability assessment
UTILITY · 03
Utility Large Load Requests
West Texas constraint binding through afternoon peak intervals
Multi-phase AI training campus announced with staged ramp above 1 GW
Illinois Manufacturing Expansion — power availability assessment
PJM · 04
PJM Capacity Signals
West Texas constraint binding through afternoon peak intervals
Multi-phase AI training campus announced with staged ramp above 1 GW
Illinois Manufacturing Expansion — power availability assessment
MISO · 05
MISO Queue Changes
West Texas constraint binding through afternoon peak intervals
Multi-phase AI training campus announced with staged ramp above 1 GW
Illinois Manufacturing Expansion — power availability assessment
ERCOT · 06
ERCOT Congestion Alerts
West Texas constraint binding through afternoon peak intervals
Multi-phase AI training campus announced with staged ramp above 1 GW
Illinois Manufacturing Expansion — power availability assessment
UTILITY RATE · 07
Utility Rate Increase Tracker
West Texas constraint binding through afternoon peak intervals
Multi-phase AI training campus announced with staged ramp above 1 GW
Illinois Manufacturing Expansion — power availability assessment
TRANSMISSION · 08
Transmission Expansion Tracker
West Texas constraint binding through afternoon peak intervals
Multi-phase AI training campus announced with staged ramp above 1 GW
Illinois Manufacturing Expansion — power availability assessment
INTERCONNECTION · 09
Interconnection Bottleneck Tracker
West Texas constraint binding through afternoon peak intervals
Multi-phase AI training campus announced with staged ramp above 1 GW
Illinois Manufacturing Expansion — power availability assessment
INDUSTRIAL · 10
Industrial Energy Exposure Tracker
West Texas constraint binding through afternoon peak intervals
Multi-phase AI training campus announced with staged ramp above 1 GW
Illinois Manufacturing Expansion — power availability assessment
Composite sourcing · FERC eLibrary · ISO data feeds · S&M derived indices
Open Intelligence TerminalMethodology note · modeled estimates
The market figures on this page are modeled estimates, not live market readings. Each is our synthesis of public ISO/RTO, regulatory, and disclosure inputs, refreshed on a stated cadence and labeled with its source and “as of” date. Treat them as directional indicators for framing a decision — not real-time prices, bids, offers, or investment advice.
SERVING · INSTITUTIONAL ROSTER
Limited engagement capacity
Infrastructure Funds
Utilities
Industrial Operators
Data Center Developers
Corporate Energy Users
AI Infrastructure Stakeholders
ADVISORY STANDARDS
Confidential Advisory
Every engagement is NDA-ready and principal-led; identifiers redacted in all external materials.
Data-Driven Analysis
Composite sourcing across FERC, ISO/RTO feeds, utility filings, and proprietary derived indices.
Independent Intelligence
No EPC, broker, developer, installer, or capital-placement conflict. Intelligence first.
Ethical Advisory Approach
We are paid for clarity, not transaction volume. Recommendations are decision-quality, not deal-quality.
THESIS
For four decades, infrastructure capital deployed before terrain was understood. Power was a utility line item. That model has broken.
HISTORICALLY · LEGACY SEQUENCE
Capital moved first. Power, grid, and community risk were absorbed after the cap table closed.
TODAY · INTELLIGENCE-FIRST SEQUENCE
Intelligence now precedes capital. Stock & Milster is the intelligence layer before capital deployment.
STRUCTURAL PRESSURES · WHY THE SEQUENCE INVERTED
AI load growth
Hyperscale + inference compute compressing decade-long demand curves into 24 months.
Grid constraints
Capacity reserves thinning across PJM, MISO, ERCOT under accelerating large-load requests.
Transmission bottlenecks
765 kV and 500 kV corridor saturation throttling new generation and load.
Utility capacity scarcity
Service-territory queues full; firm-power availability has become the binding constraint.
Community resistance
Permitting risk and political sentiment now reshape go/no-go far earlier in the funnel.
Power availability risk
Long-lead substation and generator delivery dates push interconnection 5–7+ years out.
Interconnection uncertainty
Cluster restudy, withdrawal cascades, and upgrade reassignment reprice deals after award.
Stock & Milster is positioned as the intelligence layer institutions consult before capital is deployed. We do not build, broker, develop, or place capital — we ensure decisions are defensible against the terrain.
WHEN TO CALL STOCK & MILSTER
Stock & Milster works upstream of vendors and project execution. We help leadership understand power availability, cost exposure, infrastructure constraints, market conditions, alternatives, and risk before capital is committed.
“Stock & Milster advises on the decision. We do not sell the project.”
We may independently evaluate solar, storage, grid supply, efficiency, generation, infrastructure upgrades, or the status quo. Our compensation never depends on which technology or project a client ultimately selects.
01 · Before you
Acquire a company or facility
02 · Before you
Select a major site
03 · Before you
Expand manufacturing capacity
04 · Before you
Commit significant infrastructure capital
05 · Before you
Enter a new utility territory
06 · Before you
Develop an energy-intensive facility
07 · Before you
Evaluate a data-center location
08 · Before you
Make a long-term power decision
Engagements are customized according to scope, complexity, geography, number of facilities, and depth of analysis. Scope is defined in an initial executive conversation.
CORE ADVISORY OFFERING
An independent read on power availability, utility exposure, grid constraints, and infrastructure risk — completed before an acquisition, site purchase, or expansion is committed.
WHAT YOU RECEIVE
D/01
Power Availability Assessment
D/02
Utility & Tariff Exposure Review
D/03
Grid & Transmission Risk Assessment
D/04
Infrastructure Readiness Scorecard
D/05
Facility Energy Risk Assessment
D/06
Acquisition Energy Due Diligence Memo
D/07
Site Comparison Matrix
D/08
Executive Risk & Opportunity Brief
INDEPENDENT BY DESIGN
Stock & Milster advises on the decision. We do not sell the project. We are not an EPC, installer, utility, equipment manufacturer, broker, or project developer.
WHO WE ADVISE
01
Private Equity & Investment Firms
02
Data Centers & AI Infrastructure
03
Manufacturers
04
Cold Storage & Refrigerated Facilities
05
Large Commercial & Industrial Operators
06
Developers
07
Commercial Real Estate
08
Multi-Site Businesses
09
Expansion & Acquisition Teams
PROOF OF INTELLIGENCE
Representative engagement structures showing what is asked, what is assembled, what is delivered, and what decision it supports. Anonymized and illustrative — no client identifiers, project sizes, or performance figures are disclosed.
CASE STUDY 01
Challenge
Intelligence Assembled
Output
Decision Supported
Leadership receives a defensible shortlist before committing significant development capital.
CASE STUDY 02
Challenge
Intelligence Assembled
Output
Decision Supported
Management can compare status quo, efficiency, solar, storage, demand management, and other capital strategies.
CASE STUDY 03
Challenge
Intelligence Assembled
Output
Decision Supported
Capital is directed toward locations with the strongest risk-adjusted infrastructure profile.
Source · Stock & Milster engagement structures · anonymized and illustrative·As of Q3 2026
DECISION-GRADE DELIVERABLES
Institutional research products built for executives, investors, developers, and capital committees. Previews are structural representations — engagement deliverables are prepared under confidentiality.
DEL/01
SAMPLEDecision summary, key intelligence, implications, recommended action.
DEL/02
SAMPLE87
Composite readiness score across power, land, transmission, and permitting.
DEL/03
SAMPLESubstation-level headroom, interconnection posture, and energization windows.
DEL/04
SAMPLETariff structure, demand charges, and long-horizon rate trajectory scenarios.
DEL/05
SAMPLECapacity, congestion, queue depth, and load growth by market.
DEL/06
SAMPLEFederal, state, utility, and local incentive stack with eligibility conditions.
DEL/07
SAMPLESide-by-side ranking of candidate locations across weighted criteria.
DEL/08
SAMPLEGrid, regulatory, community, and schedule risk in a single executive frame.
Source · Stock & Milster deliverable library · structural previews·As of Q3 2026
VIEW ADVISORY CAPABILITIESHOW WE WORK
01
Define the Decision
Identify the capital, infrastructure, energy, or location decision requiring intelligence.
02
Build the Intelligence Layer
Aggregate utility, grid, market, regulatory, infrastructure, incentive, and proprietary intelligence.
03
Quantify Risk & Opportunity
Compare scenarios, constraints, economics, and strategic alternatives.
04
Deliver Decision Support
Provide executives with concise, defensible intelligence for capital allocation and strategic action.
EXECUTIVE ENGAGEMENT
Bring us the infrastructure, energy, site-selection, or capital decision. We’ll determine what intelligence is required to evaluate it.
WHO WE SERVE
Stock & Milster works with a limited roster of institutional teams making capital decisions in power-constrained markets.
Data Center Developers
Hyperscale infrastructure teams evaluating siting, power, and interconnection.
Private Equity & Infra Funds
Diligence on power-exposed assets, platforms, and energy-adjacent theses.
Industrial Operators & Reshoring
Site selectors evaluating tariff, utility, and resilience exposure.
Renewable Developers
Queue posture, interconnect risk, offtake and transmission positioning.
Land & Power Strategy Teams
Parcel control, substation proximity, and capital-aligned land thesis.
Utilities, Municipalities & EDOs
Capacity strategy, community alignment, and large-load evaluation.
CORE ADVISORY
Each engagement is principal-led, NDA-ready, and scoped to the decision the client is preparing to make.
Infrastructure Risk Assessment
Power, transmission, utility, permitting, land, and market exposure analysis for strategic decisions.
Scope this engagementData Center Site Readiness Review
AI load growth, firm power availability, fiber proximity, water/gas constraints, substation access, and community risk.
Scope this engagementPower Availability Intelligence Brief
Utility territory, load growth, queue posture, congestion, capacity, and reliability intelligence.
Scope this engagementInterconnection Risk Audit
Queue depth, upgrade exposure, withdrawal patterns, timing risk, and market-specific constraints.
Scope this engagementIndustrial Energy Exposure Advisory
Utility cost exposure, tariff risk, resilience, incentives, and behind-the-meter strategic options.
Scope this engagementMarket Entry Intelligence Brief
County, utility, transmission, policy, incentive, and buyer-readiness review for expansion markets.
Scope this engagementWHY S&M
Independent advisory model
No EPC, broker, developer, installer, capital placement, or transaction conflict
Principal-led intelligence
Built for board, IC, and executive decision-making
NDA-ready engagements
Retainer and project-based advisory available
Intelligence before capital deployment
Our work is designed for investment committees, development teams, infrastructure strategists, and executive decision-makers evaluating power-constrained markets.
DELIVERABLES
Each deliverable is built for board, investment-committee, and executive consumption — concise, decision-ready, and defensible.
Executive Infrastructure Briefing
Site Readiness Scorecard
Grid & Transmission Risk Memo
Utility Territory Intelligence Report
Buyer / Offtaker Alignment Map
Interconnection & Queue Risk Summary
County & Community Sentiment Brief
Retainer Advisory Dashboard
Strategic Recommendation Memo
METHODOLOGY
Six layers of terrain. One unified strategic frame. Every engagement maps the project to the same diligence spine.
Power
LAYER · 01Capacity, load growth, utility territory, reliability
Transmission
LAYER · 02Substation proximity, voltage, congestion, queue depth
Land
LAYER · 03Acreage, parcel control, buildability, environmental constraints
Market
LAYER · 04ISO region, capacity pricing, incentives, utility posture
Community
LAYER · 05Permitting, political sentiment, local resistance and support
Capital
LAYER · 06Timing, risk exposure, strategic value
Executive Briefings
Methodology
A repeatable seven-stage chain from raw public record to a defensible executive recommendation. Every conclusion is traceable back to the filing that produced it.
EIA, FERC, census of filings, permitting records, company disclosures.
Rate cases, riders, large-load process, distribution headroom, capex trajectory.
Queue posture, cluster study outcomes, capacity auction signal, deliverability.
Corridor proximity, upgrade scope, outage windows, injection versus delivery points.
Constraint persistence, schedule exposure, cost reallocation, reliability specification.
Synthesis into a decision-grade position with explicit confidence bounds.
Site, structure, sequence, and negotiation posture — with the counterfactual stated.
TRUSTED BY · 01
ENGAGEMENTS UNDER NDA · IDENTIFIERS REDACTED
QUANTIFIED OUTCOMES · 02
REDACTED CASE FILES · TRAILING 18 MONTHS
CASE 01
340 MW
Stranded Headroom Identified
Hyperscale siting mandate · 6-week window · MISO North
CASE 02
$1.2B
Capital Repositioned
Pre-deployment readiness scoring across 14 candidate sites
CASE 03
−27%
Utility Escalation Risk
Counter-positioning vs. tariff exposure · IOU territory
MARKETS
Institutional visibility across the six core North American power markets — capacity, locational pricing, interconnection queue depth, AI-driven load acceleration, and reserve headroom in a single operational frame.
Regional Intelligence Matrix
Capacity
188.4 GW
LMP $/MWh
$52.40
Queue
351 GW
AI Load Δ
+56%
Headroom
90D
Capacity
97.6 GW
LMP $/MWh
$52.40
Queue
236 GW
AI Load Δ
+69%
Headroom
90D
Capacity
145.2 GW
LMP $/MWh
$44.06
Queue
271 GW
AI Load Δ
+37%
Headroom
90D
Capacity
70.8 GW
LMP $/MWh
$34.10
Queue
129 GW
AI Load Δ
+27%
Headroom
90D
Capacity
174.1 GW
LMP $/MWh
$50.20
Queue
214 GW
AI Load Δ
+40%
Headroom
90D
Capacity
218.6 GW
LMP $/MWh
$38.90
Queue
188 GW
AI Load Δ
+34%
Headroom
90D
Total Tracked Capacity
896.2 GW
Across 6 ISO/RTOs
Active Queue Position
1,380 GW
Interconnection requests
Avg AI Load Acceleration
+44.6%
Trailing 12 months
Source · PJM · MISO · ERCOT · SPP · WECC · SERC market reports · EIA · FERC queue filings·As of October 2026 · refreshed daily
PLATFORM
Strategic visibility across power, land, transmission, and industrial infrastructure. Modular intelligence panels powering institutional decision support.
Substation-level capacity, queue depth, congestion exposure across PJM, MISO, ERCOT, SPP, SERC, and WECC.
Firm capacity, peak coincident demand, and constrained delivery zones modeled to substation granularity.
Rate-case posture, capex recovery, fuel pass-through, and political risk by IOU and territory.
Hyperscale and inference clusters mapped to power, fiber, water, and incentive overlays.
DA/RT LMP basis, congestion clearing, and topology bottlenecks indicating re-dispatch exposure.
Composite scoring across power, water, fiber, transmission, and entitlement stack.
Forward industrial energy inflation modeled across utility, fuel, and transmission components.
Reshoring, semiconductor, EV battery, and process-heat conversion load tracked at county granularity.
Parcel-level analytics — proximity, slope, transmission, water, environmental, and policy overlays.
ISO/RTO market structure, queue economics, capacity auction dynamics, and procurement design.
DASHBOARD
Composite intelligence synthesized from market, regulatory, and infrastructure signal across PJM, MISO, ERCOT, SPP, SERC, WECC.
METRIC · 01
Grid Availability Index0/100
Composite of capacity, queue depth, and substation headroom.
Source · S&M Composite · PJM/MISO/ERCOT inputs·As of Oct 2026 · updated daily
METRIC · 02
AI Power Demand Growth0.0% YoY
Hyperscale + inference + training across PJM, ERCOT, MISO.
Source · EIA · ISO load filings · S&M model·As of Oct 2026 · updated weekly
METRIC · 03
Utility Escalation Risk0.0/10
Rate-case pressure, fuel pass-through, and capex recovery.
Source · FERC filings · State PUC dockets·As of Oct 2026 · updated weekly
METRIC · 04
Hyperscale Expansion Activity0.0GW pipeline
Announced + signed LOIs, 24-month rolling.
Source · Public filings · S&M pipeline tracker·As of Oct 2026 · updated monthly
METRIC · 05
Transmission Congestion Index0.00$/MWh
Weighted DA congestion across PJM, MISO, ERCOT West.
Source · PJM Data Miner 2 · MISO · ERCOT·As of Oct 2026 · refreshed hourly
METRIC · 06
Site Readiness Index0/100
Power, water, fiber, transmission proximity composite.
Source · S&M proprietary screening framework·Engagement-dependent
BRIEFINGS
Quarterly and on-demand briefings released to qualified institutional groups under NDA.
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24H · UPDATED —
Hyperscale, inference, and training capacity mapped to power, transmission, and incentive corridors through 2030.
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24H · UPDATED —
Capacity auction dynamics, queue saturation, and substation-level congestion across DOM, AEP, COMD.
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24H · UPDATED —
Topology bottlenecks, MTEP build-out, and re-dispatch exposure across MISO North, Central, and South.
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24H · UPDATED —
Forward industrial energy escalation modeled by IOU, fuel basis, and transmission cost recovery.
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24H · UPDATED —
Top 25 hyperscale corridors scored on power readiness, fiber density, water risk, and incentive stack.
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24H · UPDATED —
Cross-ISO risk synthesis for institutional capital — power, policy, weather, and regulatory exposure.
STRATEGIC REVIEW
Request a confidential 15-minute infrastructure review to identify power, grid, land, and market constraints before they become expensive.
POSITIONING · 09
Stock & Milster provides strategic advisory, infrastructure intelligence, and market analysis for institutional decision-making. We sit upstream of capital deployment — power, grid, industrial infrastructure, and long-term strategic positioning. We do not transact, place capital, or execute projects.
NOT · 01
An EPC or installer
NOT · 02
A developer or project sponsor
NOT · 03
A broker-dealer or placement agent
NOT · 04
A registered investment adviser
NOT · 05
A utility or load-serving entity
NOT · 06
A legal, tax, or accounting practice
NOT · 07
An issuer or offerer of securities
NOT · 08
A transaction intermediary or finder
CLOSE
Power constraints, interconnection delays, transmission bottlenecks, and community risk are no longer secondary diligence items. They are the terrain. Stock & Milster helps institutional teams see that terrain early.