While iCloud and colocation (colo) providers contiue to migrate to urban environments, enterprise and internet data centers look within rural areas to find inexpensive power and temperate climates.
By utilizing the same design and construction techniques as the primary market, while taking advantage of the lower cost of land and power in the secondary market, developer Data Realty, South Bend, IN; MEP firm, Environmental Systems Design, Inc., Chicago; and Turner Construction, Chicago, have joined forces to create a data center in Northwest Indiana.