2025-2026 Competition

Problem Statement

The Civil Engineering Computing Corporation (CECC) is requesting proposals for professional civil engineering services and sustainability consulting services to construct a new data center within the City of ASCE. CECC has procured a site along the Big Brown River for the new data center. The site was recently rezoned from agricultural to commercial/industrial.

The CECC board of directors has approved enhanced sustainability goals for the proposed data center, including using the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure’s Envision as the primary sustainability framework.

A nearby parcel recently had a data center development, which was met with minor public opposition. Since, the City of ASCE has received several noise complaints from residents. CECC expects significantly more public concern for this project.

The proposed data center servers will require a significant cooling system; the CECC desires a water cooling system to dissipate the generated heat. The local water utility will only be able to supply a minor quantity of potable water; CECC recognizes that alternative water supplies, such as water recycling, will be required to meet the anticipated cooling demand.

CECC is interested in exploring on-site electricity generation to partially offset the high anticipated electrical demand. System resiliency and reliability are critical for CECC data centers. Outages can result in millions of dollars in financial losses for CECC and compromised trust from customers and investors. CECC is also seeking project names from teams at this time.