Know where a data center site stands before you spend on due diligence.
Advisory for powered land in seventeen European markets, and from October 2026 the same method as a product: the Via Terra Scorecard.
Get it in front of the operators who are looking.
Share the key facts under NDA. Blanka Thibaud reviews every site personally and replies within 72 hours.
Tell us the brief. We match it to the pipeline.
MW, country, timing. Sourced across seventeen markets, qualified on one standard.
What sets Via Terra apart.
One written standard
Every site we touch is scored the same way, with the TerraNova method developed at TechHer Capital: seven domains, 45 questions, one rating. Written mandates, clear deliverables, clear fees.
Two parents behind it
TechHer Capital in Paris brings commercial origination and the method. VIA DC in Lyon brings technical, financial and environmental depth across seventeen countries.
Mutual NDA, fee protection
All our work runs under mutual non-disclosure with structured fee protection through an Introduction Registry, in place from the framing call.
Latest news
Panels, recognitions and field notes from Blanka Thibaud, President of Via Terra.
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Four practice areas. One written mandate.
Every engagement starts with a framing call and an engagement letter that fixes scope, deliverables and fees. Most mandates span more than one area.
Find
Target zone analysis and site identification. A written shortlist, typically four to eight sites, narrowed to two or three after qualification.
Qualify
Per-site TerraNova dossier across seven domains, built for the investment committee. Technical depth from VIA DC.
Connect
Pre-application with the grid operator: RTE, Terna, REE and their equivalents. Queue position and energisation timeline.
Close
Negotiation and transaction support to signature. Fees partly success-based, documented in the engagement letter.
Framing call
Thirty minutes, no preparation, no confidential information. Most end with a clear yes or a clear no.
Engagement letter
Within five working days: practice areas in scope, deliverables, fees, timeline. Work starts once countersigned.
Mutual NDA
Before any site detail is exchanged. It covers Via Terra and the client; both parents are bound by their own confidentiality obligations.
Introduction Registry
Every introduction is logged with date, parties and scope. A 36-month tail protects the fee, whoever eventually negotiates.
Conclusion
A closed deal, a documented no-go, or a handover to the client's chosen engineering and construction partners.
- Engineering, project management and construction
- Platform-level capital advisory, which sits with TechHer Capital
- Technical consulting beyond qualification, which sits with VIA DC
- Vendor selection and procurement
TerraNova. Seven domains, 45 questions, one rating.
Developed at TechHer Capital, applied by Via Terra to every site, and from October 2026 available as the Scorecard. The domains are public; the weights and calibration are not.
Grid feasibility
Power availability, grid path, queue position, energisation timeline.
Regulatory and permitting
Planning category, applicable permits, environmental authorisations.
Site programming
Buildable area, constructability, density, expansion potential.
Fibre connectivity
Routes, carriers, latency to the relevant hubs, redundancy.
Cooling and heat reuse
Water availability, ambient conditions, district heating opportunities.
Market economics
Land cost, comparable transactions, tenure structure, financing context.
ESG
Environmental constraints, community context, biodiversity, climate risk.
Each question is answered with a source and a confidence level. A statement the documents do not support is removed and the gap is shown. See the sample sites on the Scorecard page →
Europe runs on one interconnected grid. Every assessment starts with whether the site can connect.
To which substation, on what timeline, with what queue position. The schematic below shows the hubs and the high-voltage interconnections; the work is done at substation and queue level for each site.
Seventeen European countries. One operating standard.
Grid operators, permitting frameworks and commercial conventions differ by market. The standard we apply does not.
Direct presence
France · Italy · Spain · Portugal · Greece · Turkey · Austria
Through VIA DC's established relationships with the national grid operators (RTE, Terna, REE, REN, ADMIE, TEİAŞ, APG) and TechHer Capital's commercial origination network.
Selective
Germany · Switzerland · Benelux · Nordics · UK · Ireland
Typically when an existing client extends a mandate northwards from a Southern or Central European market.
With partner firms
Central and Eastern Europe
Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and the Baltic states, through both parents' networks, under VIA DC's oversight and the TerraNova method.
Outside Europe and selective MENA markets, we do not take direct mandates.
Where a client has multi-region needs, we work with introduced partners in those markets and confine Via Terra's scope to the European portion. Questions of platform-level capital go to TechHer Capital; engineering beyond qualification goes to VIA DC.
Two independent firms, one joint venture.
TechHer Capital brings the commercial reach and the TerraNova method. VIA DC brings technical, financial and environmental depth across seventeen countries. Via Terra is the joint vehicle for powered land, led by Blanka Thibaud as President.
Blanka founded TechHer Capital after extensive European data center experience, most recently as data center site selection lead for Europe at AWS, where she negotiated 600 MW of capacity and covered site identification through grid interconnection across France, Germany, Saudi Arabia and Israel. Before that she co-founded Sepia Infrastructure, a data center infrastructure company backed by Engie, alongside members of Google's EMEA data center team.
She holds an MPA from Columbia University, an MBA with a real estate specialisation from the University of Maryland, and a Bachelor's from the University of Hawaii. She speaks French, English, Serbian and Hungarian, and is based in Paris.
TechHer Capital ↗
Independent strategic advisory firm for European AI infrastructure, founded by Blanka Thibaud. Contributes commercial origination, operator relationships and the TerraNova method, licensed to the joint venture.
techhercapital.com →VIA DC ↗
Independent technical, financial and environmental consulting firm with operations across seventeen European countries. Contributes grid feasibility, technical site qualification, environmental and permitting analysis.
via-dc.com →Technical excellence
Qualification turns on detail: queue position, latency, soil, water, permit category. We apply technical rigour to each.
Independence
No ties to manufacturers, integrators or operators beyond mandated engagements. Our advice is not shaped by who builds or who buys.
Governance
Both parents keep their own clients. A strategic committee of both firms, chaired by Blanka Thibaud, meets quarterly.
Two doors. One conversation.
Pick your side. Blanka Thibaud reviews every request personally and replies within 72 hours. Nothing you send is shared with other clients.
If the first conversation leads to a specific site, mandate or transaction, we put a mutual non-disclosure agreement in place before any detail is exchanged. It covers Via Terra, TechHer Capital and VIA DC as the joint venture parents and the operating vehicle. Most NDAs are signed electronically within two to three working days.
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Dernière mise à jour : 12 mai 2026. This document will be revised upon registration of Via Terra SAS to reflect the change of editor.