Services

ENTITLEMENT STRATEGY & DEVELOPMENT APPROVALS
We support projects across the full development spectrum—from small, design-forward work to large, complex infrastructure.

Project types include:
• Single-family and small infill projects (project management or entitlement lead)
• Boutique residential and mixed-use development
• Workforce and attainable housing
• Hotel and hospitality projects
• Industrial and employment-centered development
• Wellness, retreat, and destination uses
• Hyperscale data center campuses and critical infrastructure

EARLY-STAGE DUE DILIGENCE & PROJECT SHAPING
• Land use and zoning feasibility analysis
• Comprehensive Plan alignment and amendment strategy
• Annexations and rezonings
• Entitlement pathway definition and sequencing
• Coordination with legal, engineering, and design teams
• Support during site acquisition and underwriting

PROJECT ENTITLEMENT MANAGEMENT
• Approval sequencing and phasing strategy
• Agency and staff coordination
• Public hearing strategy, messaging, and preparation
• Consultant team integration and management
• Schedule and process management

DATA CENTERS: CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE (DONE RIGHT)
Data centers don’t look like the internet—and they don’t behave like traditional development. That alone tends to raise eyebrows.

Still, they are critical infrastructure supporting healthcare systems, utilities, emergency services, cloud platforms, AI, and the digital backbone of daily life.

They are designed to operate for the long haul, which means decisions made during entitlement matter far beyond opening day.


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DATA CENTERS

Critical Infrastructure. Zero Margin for Error.

Experience That Matters

Data centers don’t look—or behave—like traditional development. That’s exactly why they require a different level of strategy, coordination, and leadership.

They are critical infrastructure—and the decisions made during entitlement carry long-term implications.


Touchstone provides senior-level leadership on hyperscale data center projects, with experience entitling over 4 GW of capacity across the U.S.

We align utilities, jurisdictions, and stakeholders in environments where scrutiny is high and margins for error are low.


The Reality

Communities are right to ask about energy, water, scale, and long-term impacts. The challenge is not the questions—it’s navigating the mix of facts, assumptions, and evolving technology.

We keep conversations grounded, productive, and focused on what actually drives decisions

Our Role

For Developers

  • Clear entitlement strategy and sequencing
  • Multi-jurisdictional coordination and utility alignment
  • Anticipation of political and community dynamics
  • Approvals that are defensible and executable

For Jurisdictions

  • Proactive data center code updates and land use frameworks
  • Guidance before developer interest emerges—not after
  • Support in evaluating proposals and negotiating with developers
  • Staff and elected official alignment and preparation
  • Clear, enforceable conditions and findings

The best time to prepare for data centers is before the first developer calls.

Community & Sustainability

Practical. Measurable. Enforceable.

We focus on what holds up—clear information, honest tradeoffs, and commitments that can actually be implemented and maintained over time.

Why Touchstone

We bring clarity to complex infrastructure projects, align competing interests, and lead approvals that hold—because in this space, getting it right the first time isn’t optional.