1 | Define the facility setting and stage
State whether the discussion concerns campus development, facility support or assessment of an existing site. Record computing demand, participants and the question to advance; the setting and stage determine the material to prepare.
2 | Organise the timing of demand
Record demand periods, the range of change and operating arrangements, with a time horizon for existing records and scenario assumptions. GRID’s four-period imagery provides a conceptual example of how to organise the discussion.
3 | Prepare energy and facility material
Gather the relevant material on generation, storage, connection conditions, installation environments and maintenance requirements. Specific parameters and configuration descriptions should correspond to the actual facilities, with document versions and missing information identified.
4 | Define site and collaboration conditions
Record site conditions, applicable material, specialist support and partner responsibilities. Connect each condition requiring assessment with the role responsible for providing information so the discussion can progress topic by topic.
5 | Connect compute and energy topics
Read computing demand, operating arrangements and energy conditions over the same time horizon. State known conditions and working assumptions, then involve the relevant specialists in discussing facilities and resources.
6 | Prepare material for the next step
Bring together the scenario, demand periods, facility material, conditions to assess and team responsibilities. FLUX’s concept imagery can help order the reading, while these specific inputs provide the basis for the discussion.
