Corrections
When reporting a potential error, include the page URL and enough detail to identify the statement, calculation or source in question.
Source suggestions
Relevant primary datasets, engineering documents, public reports and other credible evidence can be submitted for editorial review.
Commercial enquiries
Commercial contact does not guarantee editorial coverage and does not affect independent conclusions.
See the Data Center Scope Methodology.
What to include in a correction request
A useful correction request identifies the exact Data Center Scope page, the statement or calculation in question and the evidence that suggests a change may be necessary. A link to a primary document, technical specification, public dataset or updated industry report is particularly useful when the issue concerns a quantitative claim.
If the issue involves one of our calculators, include the inputs you entered, the output you received and the result you expected. This makes it possible to distinguish a calculation error from a difference in assumptions or economic boundaries.
Source submissions
Data Center Scope welcomes relevant source suggestions. The strongest submissions are documents that improve the evidence available to a reader: government datasets, utility filings, technical standards, manufacturer documentation, engineering reference designs, recognized infrastructure research and transparent market datasets.
Sending a source does not guarantee that it will be cited. A vendor document may be useful for understanding the capabilities or specifications of that vendor's own equipment, for example, while being insufficient evidence for a universal industry-wide claim. Source weight depends on the question being answered.
Questions about methodology
Questions about how a benchmark was normalized, why two sources were kept separate, how a derived figure was calculated or why a particular range was used are editorial questions and can be sent to Adam Williams. The site's general approach is documented in the Research Methodology, including the treatment of scope boundaries, conflicting evidence and uncertainty.
Commercial and advertising enquiries
Commercial enquiries are kept separate from editorial judgment. Contact from a data center operator, equipment manufacturer, consultancy, software provider or other industry participant does not create an entitlement to coverage, a backlink, a favorable comparison or a change in an independent conclusion.
If sponsored material or another paid commercial format is ever accepted, it should be identifiable as commercial content rather than presented as independent Data Center Scope research.
Privacy requests
Requests concerning personal information can also be sent to the published email address. Please describe the request clearly enough for the relevant information or correspondence to be located. See the Privacy Policy for further information about data categories, purposes, retention and applicable rights.
Before sending confidential information
Ordinary email should not be treated as a secure channel for highly confidential project information. Do not send passwords, access credentials, confidential customer data, sensitive personal information or proprietary engineering documents unless an appropriate communication method has first been agreed.
Editorial contact
The published editorial contact for Data Center Scope is [email protected]. Messages are reviewed according to their relevance to the publication. Submission of a message does not guarantee publication, coverage or an individual response.