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MeridianIX — retrofit thermal scope review

MeridianIXColocation / InterconnectionOpen opportunity — Stage 2
What changed

MeridianIX announced an anchor AI tenant for its Manassas campus and, five days later, filed a permit amendment to expand the chilled-water plant.

Why it matters now

The tenant SLA date is fixed and public. Every week of thermal indecision compresses the retrofit schedule. The vendor decision is happening in the next few weeks, not next quarter.

Who's in the room — stakeholder angles

Tom Ellison

Economic buyer

SVP, Data Center Operations

On the hook for tenant SLA at densities the current plant can't cool.

Grace Lin

Technical buyer

Head of Design Engineering

Choosing the retrofit path; CDU + direct-to-chip is a live option.

Lead discovery questions
  • 1What's the tenant's live date?
  • 2Is the chilled-water expansion sized for one hall or the campus?
  • 3Who signs off on the retrofit design?
  • 4What's your current schedule risk on thermal specifically?
Likely objections & competitor context
  • "Air cooling is fine for now" — anchor on the density ceiling in the M&M model.
  • "We'll handle thermal in-house" — position speed-to-deploy and support.
  • Incumbent cooling vendor — do not name until verified (gated on the card).

Suggested follow-up (draft)

"Thanks Tom — as discussed, sharing the density thresholds from the MarketsandMarkets cooling model that put MeridianIX's target generation past the air-cooling line, plus a one-page retrofit outline scoped to your timeline."