Frequently Asked Questions

Right-of-way (ROW) acquisition is the process of securing legal access rights to private land for infrastructure construction and operation. This involves identifying and contacting landowners, conducting title research, negotiating easement terms, and executing binding legal documents.

The process spans the full lifecycle: landowner identification, property research, relationship management, valuation, negotiation, and documentation. LandAxis manages complex ROW campaigns across 28+ project locations, handling multi-state projects with consistency and accountability through our combined energy-sector and commercial development expertise.

Data center site selection is multi-dimensional: power availability (as low as 17% grid headroom in major U.S. markets), land acquisition (40-500+ acres), water supply (300K-5M gallons per day), fiber connectivity (5-mile threshold), zoning compatibility (14+ states with moratoria), and community relations ($98B in projects blocked nationwide).

Our approach evaluates all infrastructure inputs simultaneously: electrical interconnection capacity, water sourcing and discharge, fiber routing, regional tax incentives (41 states, 300+ bills), and long-term supply security. We identify sites that clear all constraints and accelerate projects to deployment.

A gas interconnect is a pipeline lateral connecting data center generators to natural gas supply. Typical laterals span 75-100 feet from the mainline to the facility, with a permanent 50-foot easement corridor. The connection includes a meter and regulator (M&R) station and SCADA controls for remote monitoring and safety.

Gas interconnects are regulated by FERC (interstate) or state commissions (intrastate Hinshaw pipelines). They bypass 5-7 year grid interconnection delays, enabling data centers to achieve 35 GW of generation capacity by 2030. LandAxis handles ROW acquisition, operator coordination, and permitting for gas lateral projects nationwide.

A pipeline ROW easement grants the pipeline operator permanent legal rights to construct, operate, and maintain a pipeline corridor on private land. The typical construction corridor is 75-100 feet wide, with a narrower 50-foot permanent easement for ongoing maintenance and inspections.

Easements are granted to pipeline operators (midstream companies), transmission companies, and increasingly to data center developers building gas laterals. The legal document specifies compensation, limitations on surface use, restoration obligations, and dispute resolution terms. LandAxis negotiates ROW agreements that balance landowner interests with operator requirements across multi-state projects.

LandAxis provides end-to-end land and permitting services for renewable and energy storage projects: solar (769 GW expected by 2036), wind (46 GW+ capacity), battery energy storage systems (BESS, $87B market opportunity), and high-voltage transmission (MISO and regional grids, $32B annual investment).

We handle landowner engagement, lease negotiation, interconnection support, and community relations. We also develop integrated "energy campus" models combining solar, wind, and storage on shared lands to maximize development efficiency and revenue. Our expertise spans agricultural land agreements, interconnection easements, and transmission tower siting.

The Hybrid Advantage is what makes LandAxis different: our founders brought together two disciplines that rarely coexist under one roof — the field-tested rigor of oil & gas and energy-sector land acquisition, and the strategic vision of commercial & industrial development. Most firms specialize in one or the other. LandAxis operates at the intersection of both.

We negotiate pipeline easements with the same expertise we bring to site selection and municipal entitlements. This dual capability means clients get a single partner for ROW campaigns, zoning, permitting, and asset maximization — across 28+ project locations and every infrastructure sector we serve.