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▶ DATA CENTER INFRASTRUCTURE
PROCUREMENTRFP Issuance & Vendor Selection
Engineering & Design Sign-Off
BUILDING ASSEMBLY (OFFSITE)Structural & Enclosure Fabrication
Network & Fiber Infrastructure Prefab
FACTORY ACCEPTANCEFactory Acceptance Test (FAT)
SHIPPINGPre-Shipment Inspection & Crating
Heavy Haul Load-Out & Transit to Imperial Valley
RECEIVING ON SITEUnloading, Lay-Down & Inventory Check
INSTALLATIONFoundation Bolt-Down & Grounding Grid
Medium Voltage Interconnect
Mechanical / Cooling Tie-In
Network, Fiber & NOC Connectivity
ASSEMBLY & THERMAL INTEGRATIONInternal Power Distribution Assembly
DRUPS Integration & Sync Test
Thermal System Integration (DC ↔ Heat Infra)
On-Site Power Generation Integration to DC Bus
TESTING & ACCEPTANCESystems Integration Test (SIT)
Redundancy & Failover Testing
Performance Acceptance Test (PAT)
Utility Witness Test & Meter Acceptance
COMMISSIONING & ONBOARDINGASHRAE / Tier III Commissioning Agent
Customer Onboarding Begins
NOC 24/7 Monitoring — Full Operations
▶ IT HARDWARE (NVIDIA)
PROCUREMENTNVIDIA GPU Rack Contract & PO Execution
GPU Rack Manufacturing Lead Time (NVIDIA)
RECEIVINGRack Delivery to Imperial Valley Site
Inventory Count, Serial Log & Chain of Custody
ASSEMBLYRack Staging & Network Cable Dress
DLC Cold Plate Installation per GPU
Rack Integration into DC Floor
FITTINGPower Draw Verification
NVLink Topology & Network Fabric Validation
TESTINGBurn-In & Stress Test (72-hour minimum)
MLOps Pipeline Smoke Test
DEPLOYMENTProduction Workload Onboarding — First Compute
NOC Monitoring & SLA Activation
▶ HEAT INFRASTRUCTURE (THERMAL LOAD)
DESIGNThermal Load System Design & Sign-Off
OFFSITE BUILDHeat Exchange & Recovery Fabrication (Offsite)
SHIPPING/RECEIVINGThermal Loop Shipping & Site Receiving
INSTALLATIONThermal Loop Installation & Tie-In
COMMISSIONINGHeat Recovery Commissioning
OPERATIONSThermal System Full Operations
▶ IMPERIAL VALLEY TRAINING CENTER
DESIGNProgram Design & Curriculum (Offsite)
FIT-OUTFacility Fit-Out (On Site)
READINESSInstructor Hiring & Program Dry-Run
OPENINGGrand Opening — All Tracks Open