Data centre · Energy · Industrial

How we reach what the market will not list.

We find critical power and industrial equipment the open market does not list. One discontinued part or a whole power route.

Speed is how we operate. We deal directly with whoever holds the unit.

Send a requirement

Model or part number. Configuration. Condition. Site. Required-on-site date.

This market is opaque by design. Most of it is never listed, and holders rarely advertise. What does surface usually comes through intermediaries who control nothing and can answer for less. We go straight to the holder.

Where the method came from

Built to see what a search cannot.

The work started on suspended and idle oil and gas facilities, where the only questions that mattered were what plant was still standing and what condition it was in. Satellite imagery answered part of that. The rest we built ourselves and keep sharpening: our own machine-assisted workflows for finding equipment that appears on no list and no register, pointed now at the power and industrial market.

The software narrows the field. People who have specified, inspected and moved this plant decide what is real. Neither half is useful without the other, and it is not access anyone can buy.

The range

One search. Either scale.

A whole power route

The generation and electrical equipment for a development the grid will not reach in time, sequenced against the energisation date. New build through established OEM relationships, existing units where the date needs them, and usually both at once.

Data centre developers, IPPs and EPCs.

A single part

Discontinued, obsolete, allocated, or simply not listed anywhere. Outage-critical, and wanted in days.

Procurement, operations and outage teams in oil and gas, utilities and heavy industry.

Where a project wants it, we bring in engineers and gas specialists who have delivered the same scope before. That is an add-on to the sourcing, taken on where it helps the date, and it is not a separate business.

Clear on who we act for

Who we act for on a transaction is agreed in writing before anything moves, and conflicts are managed before a route is opened.

Direct to the seller

Always the party that controls the equipment, whether that is an OEM holding an allocation or the owner of a unit that already exists. No chain of intermediaries in between.

Execution, not listings

The output is a verified route that can hold the date, not a long list of names.

The control system

A requirement moves only when the evidence does.

The method

Routes worked in parallel, against the date.

OEM and new buildWhere an allocation lands inside the date.

Allocation
Production
Factory acceptance
Delivery

Existing and secondaryWhere it does not, and the asset already exists.

Locate
Verify identity and authority
Inspect records and condition
Mobilize

Route selected against date, evidence, delivery exposure, and total delivered scope.

The market is not treated as a catalogue. Routes that cannot be evidenced, delivered, or transacted are removed before a buyer is asked to spend time on them.

01 Specify Turn the operational need into a testable requirement: identity, configuration, duty, acceptable condition, site and required-on-site date. Output Requirement basis
02 Map routes Work OEM and new-build and existing-equipment routes in parallel. The requirement determines which markets are searched and which routes are excluded. Output Market map
03 Test evidence Establish what the asset is and who controls it. Then what its records support, what is missing and whether the stated route survives scrutiny. Output Evidence basis
04 Control process Before protected information moves, establish buyer authority, confidentiality path, conflict position and the seller or OEM process. Output Executable process
05 Bring one route forward Present the route that best holds the date and requirement, with the relevant evidence, exposures, and next decision made explicit. Output Decision-ready route

Verification standard

A lead is not an option.

Market information is separated from evidence. A route advances only as far as the underlying records, counterparty authority, and process allow.

Identity: Model, configuration, serial or part reference, and package scope.
Control: Seller authority, ownership path, and ability to transact.
Condition: Hours, inspection history, preservation, records, or physical review where available.
Completeness: Auxiliaries, controls, documentation, spares, interfaces, and exclusions.
Delivery: Release conditions, freight path, site constraints, and date exposure.
Commercial process: Confidentiality, buyer authority, seller procedure and conflict control.

Evidence state

Stated: Reported by a source. Not yet supported by the relevant records or process.
Reviewed: Material information has been reviewed against the requirement.
Verified: Identity, authority, and the key route facts have been confirmed to the extent the relevant process permits.

Labels describe the state of information at the time of review; they are not warranties.

Evidence is assessed to the extent the relevant asset, counterparty, and process permit. No equipment or availability claim is made until the relevant evidence has been reviewed.

Decision basis

The buyer receives a route, not a search diary.

The final comparison is built around the factors that determine whether an option can actually be bought and deployed.

The four factors a route is compared against before it is brought forward.
Required date	Technical and condition basis	Delivery and scope exposure	Commercial path
Whether the route can credibly land at site when the requirement needs it.	What the identity, configuration, records, condition evidence, and exclusions support.	What must still be confirmed across release, freight, interfaces, auxiliaries, and commissioning responsibility.	Who controls the route, what confidentiality applies, and what must happen next for the buyer to proceed.

Price matters. It is assessed alongside the path to ownership and operation, not in isolation.

What we source

Equipment class is not the limit. The requirement has to be specific enough to test, verify, and execute.

Gas turbines, 20 to 300 MW+

Aeroderivative and frame units, new or already built, sourced directly from the plant that holds title.

Frequency, fuel, site conditions, package scope, and operating duty are confirmed before a supply path is assessed.
Transformers, switchgear and balance of plant

Short lead time transformers from 15 kVA to 300 MVA+, switchgear and E-houses, through the partner we use on most power generation projects.

Lead times confirmed on each quote.
Turbine parts and components

Part-number-led searches for outage-critical spares and major components.

Part number, or it is not the same part.
Heavy industrial assets

Plant and infrastructure equipment sourced through the same controlled process.

Same basis, wider scope.

Technical review, when the route requires it

Sourcing leads. Specialist review is added to the decision.

Some requirements need independent technical work on configuration, site interface, fuel, grid, emissions or delivery scope. McCord coordinates the appropriate senior specialist alongside the sourcing process. Statutory assessments, permitting and planning submissions remain separate scopes.

Tell us what you need, and when you need it.

Send the information you have. A part number helps; a rough equipment class can be enough to start. We will first establish whether a credible route exists.

Model, part number, or equipment class
Required configuration and acceptable condition
Capacity, frequency, voltage, or operating duty where relevant
Delivery site and required-on-site date
Whether funds are approved or the requirement is still being costed

Normal procurement remains in place. McCord is engaged where a requirement needs a route the listed market does not offer.