Independent insight. Responsible development.
Data center design assessment at the intersection of technology, community health, and the environment.
Dr. Andre Alexander Kulisz brings four decades of experience, a background in naturopathic medicine, and a British PhD in Technology and Applied Science to the decisions that shape our communities.
A complete view of the design
Its cooling systems, electrical demand, water use, buildings, and traffic become part of the surrounding community’s daily life. Sound decisions begin with an assessment of how those systems work together—and what their operation means for the people nearby.
I help governments, communities, and developers evaluate proposed designs, identify information gaps, and translate concerns into clear, measurable project requirements.
What I evaluate
A structured review of the technology, resources, and site decisions that determine how a facility operates—and how it fits its surroundings.
Evaluate cooling equipment, generators, transformers, tonal sound, and low-frequency noise. Review operating scenarios, sound propagation, nearby receptors, and proposed mitigation.
Design evidence: acoustic models, equipment data, receptor locations, verification plans.Assess the complete thermal balance, cooling architecture, and opportunities for useful heat recovery. Examine how remaining heat is rejected under peak loads, extreme weather, and equipment outages.
Design evidence: thermal balance, recovery feasibility, rejection capacity, resilience.Review cooling-water requirements, consumption, discharge, treatment, and supply assumptions. Evaluate alternatives and operation during drought or restrictions.
Design evidence: annual and peak demand, water sources, drought operating plans.Examine electrical demand, grid dependence, on-site generation, backup systems, and cooling energy. Assess implications for local capacity, reliability, emissions, and future expansion.
Design evidence: load profiles, generation plans, utility coordination, expansion scenarios.Assess roads, construction and operational traffic, building placement, equipment yards, setbacks, buffers, lighting, drainage, and access for emergency services.
Design evidence: site plans, receptor separation, road capacity, access and screening.Consider the design’s implications for sleep, daily comfort, environmental quality, and the use of neighboring properties. Identify where specialist studies and ongoing monitoring are needed.
Design evidence: baseline conditions, exposure pathways, cumulative effects, monitoring.Progress with community confidence
Communities need a clear way to express what they can accept. Developers need a clear understanding of the performance expected of them. Local governments need evidence they can use to make informed decisions.
My role is to help turn those needs into a practical design review and a project-specific specification: what must be demonstrated, how performance will be measured, and what happens when conditions change.
Technology informed by a health perspective
Dr. Andre Alexander Kulisz
My work brings together four decades of experience, naturopathic medicine, and a British PhD in Technology and Applied Science. This combination shapes how I assess technology: its intended function, its resource demands, and its influence on the people and environment around it.
For data center projects, that means looking beyond individual equipment choices to the full relationship between cooling, power, sound, infrastructure, and community wellbeing.
As the author of The Data Center Next Door, I advocate informed dialogue and clear specifications that give communities and developers a practical basis for working together.
From concept to operation
Define the project, its surroundings, sensitive receptors, resource constraints, and intended expansion.
Examine reports, assumptions, operating scenarios, alternatives, and interactions between systems.
Prepare project-specific performance criteria, submission requirements, and a method of verification.
Guide commissioning review, monitoring, corrective action, and reassessment as the facility develops.
The engagement
A defined engagement may include a design-review memorandum, a gap analysis, a document request list, an alternatives assessment, a project-specific specification, and recommendations for commissioning and monitoring. Deliverables are agreed for the project’s stage and needs.
Early concept and preliminary design reviews offer opportunities to address siting and system choices before they become difficult to change. Reviews can also address final designs, proposed expansions, or concerns about operating facilities.
The assessment identifies where licensed engineering, acoustic modeling, environmental analysis, utility studies, or other specialist work is needed. Advisory review supports those disciplines and helps connect their findings to a coherent set of project requirements.
Start with the right questions
Tell me about your project, community concerns, or assessment needs. Use the contact form to prepare an email to Dr. Kulisz.
Based in Granbury, Texas.
Advisory for governments, communities, and developers.
Emailinfo@texastech.tech
Telephone+1-682-529-7404