Groundtrace
Request access

All industries › Glossary › General contractor

Glossary

General contractor

Also: GC, construction manager

The company that builds a data center or other building for its owner and hires the trades; the data center counterpart of an EPC.

A data center campus is usually built by a general contractor, sometimes as a construction manager at risk, hired by the owner or the developer. The general contractor runs the site and hires the trades: sitework, concrete, steel, electrical, mechanical and low-voltage.

The general contractor often files the construction stormwater permit for the site's grading, which makes that filing the most common public record that names it.

Guides

Finding construction leads for energy and data center projects before they go to bidWhy solar, wind, storage and data center work rarely shows up on bid boards, and where to find it first.Data center construction: the records that come before the first slabHow a data center campus shows up in public records, from rezoning to grading, and which records name the builder.

Related terms

EPC contractorThe company that designs, buys the equipment for and builds a power project under one contract: the builder, and the one who hires the trades.Trade subcontractorA company hired by the builder for one scope of work: clearing, grading, piling, electrical, survey, fencing and the like.DeveloperThe company that finds the site, wins the permits, the grid connection and the financing, and hires the builder.Tax abatementA county, city or school district's agreement to reduce a project's property taxes for a period; on the agenda months before construction.
Every term Utility solar projects Data center projects

Pricing

Free to explore. Subscribe for the full record.

Usage-based, no seats, cancel any time. Pay for what your team and your assistant actually use.

Explore

Free

  • The map, by state and industry
  • The next projects to break ground, per state
  • A page per project, developer and grid operator
  • The glossary and guides
Browse coverage

Team

From $750 per month2,000 records included, then $0.25 per record. Month to month.

  • Every project in development, with timelines
  • Builders, developers and trade subcontractors
  • Work contacts
  • App, API and MCP server
Request access

Enterprise

Custom

  • Everything in Team
  • Watchlists and alerts
  • New states and industries on request
  • Dedicated support
Request access

Request access

Tell us what you sell. We answer within a working day.

Write to hello@groundtrace.io with your name, your company and what you sell, and we set up your access.

Email hello@groundtrace.io