The critical role of data centers in business continuity drives market resilience
September 1, 2020
Strong demand over the past several years has resulted in a 373.6-MW data center construction pipeline in the primary markets, one-third of which has been pre-leased.
Building inside a mountain presents challenges and benefits
March 3, 2020
In the data center industry, storing data in a secure environment is of utmost importance. Green Mountain had a vision that if a mountain could keep NATO’s weapons secure, then it could also keep data secure; and the company was right.
Driven by demand from large enterprise and cloud users, U.S. data center leasing and construction completions reached record levels in 2019, according to CBRE’s latest U.S. Data Center Trends Report.
While they started out like lab spaces in the ’70s, data centers evolved. By the ’90s, most had transformed into enterprise-owned, purpose-built, “island fortresses” with all data held inside.
One project, 10 buildings, 20 companies, 90 systems, 1,500 pieces of equipment, and 1,500 tests — that’s what Environmental Systems Design Inc. (ESD) managed during the commissioning (Cx) of a 28-MW mission critical project for a Fortune 500 client.
Rather than relying on on-site construction like conventional data centers, PFM involves assembling units or modules of data center infrastructure in factories and then shipping them to the site.
Compass Datacenters LLC purchased 225 acres in Red Oak, Texas, for its new campus, which will provide capacity to hyperscale, cloud, and enterprise customers.
The eStruxture team sought a partner to help build out its MTL-2 colocation facility with highly resilient electrical and mechanical infrastructure in a phased, modular approach.