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Where can AI infrastructure be built?

Click any parcel in France. Prometheus Search reads the land, the local plan, the high-voltage grid, water and risks, and tells you in plain words what kind of data centre could stand there, and what stands in the way.

Prometheus Search on a forest parcel near Fontainebleau: the protected Natura 2000 area is hatched and the site sheet reports a major constraint: natural zone and Natura 2000 site.
Fontainebleau forest, Seine-et-Marne. A Natura 2000 site and a natural zone: a major constraint.

Before you click, the territory.

High-voltage grid
Lines at 225 and 400 kV, and every substation from 63 kV.
Power plants
Nuclear, hydro, gas and renewable plants, with their capacity.
Protected nature
Natura 2000 sites, drawn where they block a project.
Water
Areas of chronic water deficit, where cooling water is scrutinised.
Regions and departments
Grid density and generation, territory by territory.
Parcels
The official cadastral plots, from street level.

After you click, the finding.

A verdict
No blocking constraint, points to check, or a major constraint, always with the reasons.
What can be built
Edge site, enterprise, hyperscale or AI campus: which fits, and why not the others.
Next steps
Who to call and what to ask: the town hall, the grid operator, the regulator.
Every source
Each line names its source, licence and date. Nothing is a black box.

Built for the people who decide where.

Developers screen dozens of sites in an afternoon, and walk into the town hall knowing the plan, the grid and the risks.

Investors check that a project's site can actually be powered, permitted and cooled before they commit.

Local authorities see what their territory can offer, and what is missing, to attract digital infrastructure.

New to planning rules or the grid? Read the guide: it explains every term in plain words.

France first. Then the rest of Western Europe.

  • FranceLive
  • LuxembourgIn preparation
  • BelgiumIn preparation
  • NetherlandsIn preparation
  • GermanyIn preparation

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