Cheryl Deloughery
Director AMER Early Works Microsoft
Cheryl Deloughery is Director of AMER Early Works at Microsoft, where she supports the early planning and infrastructure preparation required for data centre campus development across the Americas. In the session Getting Campus Planning Right to Avoid Infrastructure-Driven Scope Creep at Scale, Cheryl will examine how teams can test layouts against power, land and right-of-way constraints, map utility and distribution routes early and coordinate substation, generation and infrastructure packages before they create downstream rework.
Seminars
Wednesday 2nd December 2026
Case Study: Getting Campus Planning Right to Avoid Infrastructure-Driven Scope Creep at Scale
10:50 am
- Testing campus layouts against real-world constraints by validating permitting, power, utilities, easements and access requirements before designs are finalized
- Mapping utility, transmission and MV distribution pathways early to prevent rework across roads, parcels and stakeholders
- Aligning substation and generation strategies with constrained grid capacity and longer interconnection timelines
- Establishing cross-disciplinary communication models early to create governance around interfaces rather than disciplines
- Treating Early Works as a risk mitigation strategy by using enabling works to remove schedule uncertainty, rather than simply preparing the site
