Data Center Finance

WiredRE offers data center development and investment support via our unparalleled access to buyer relationships and capital. The company’s experience encompasses users and investors in greenfield developments, conversion, NNN leased, or other mission critical real estate projects.  For data center end users, the firm offers build-to-suit, buy-to-suit and redevelopment opportunities. For investor clients WiredRE offers the opportunity to participate in strategic joint ventures, opportunity funds, and targeted investment development programs.

Colorado Data Center Obtains Financing, Construction Begins

May 12, 2013

According to recent press, the Vineyard, in partnership with Iron Point Capital Partners and T5 Data Centers, has started construction of a US$800m data center in Colorado, the first phase of which will be complete in Q1, 2014. The 64-acre site will deliver 100MW of available power with sustainable, eco-friendly design and power rates of [...] READ MORE »

Ashburn Virginia Data Center Supply and Demand

May 12, 2013

The nation’s retail and wholsale data center supply and demand is in modest over supply with occupancy rates and prices delining modestly. However, this environment marks an improvement in the overall state of the industry, with a higher standard of data center supply, both in terms of efficiency and obsolescense. Further, while pricing pressure exists, [...] READ MORE »

Data Center Finance and Investing Environment Improving Steadily

May 12, 2013

Investment dollars, in the form of debt and equity, are flowing into the data center industry, making it easier for existing and new providers to fund expansions. This wave of capital, particularly at the real estate level, is creating increased competition in key markets, according to experts in data center finance. A few years ago, [...] READ MORE »

Data Center Finance and Capital Source

Apr 29, 2013

CapitalSource, a national lender that targets the telecom industry, has participated in the financing of more than fifteen data center, interconnection facility, or managed services borrowers and currently manages more than $300MM of commitments to borrowers in this sector. The data center and interconnection industries are growing rapidly, but the lending market has yet to [...] READ MORE »

WiredRE Advises CapitalSource Bank on 140,000 Sq-Ft Data Center Financing

Mar 20, 2013

WiredRE - Data Center Finance - The nation's leading data center advisor, WiredRE, recently concluded an agreement with CapitalSource to assess the commercial and technical risk of providing financing to one of the nation’s largest interconnection data center facilities, located in Kansas City READ MORE »

Equinix, DuPont Fabros, and Colocation Market Direction

Nov 21, 2012

HURRICANE SANDY I’ve been really impressed with the coverage of Hurricane Sandy and how much more mature the reporting has become in comparison to Katrina. While here at 7×24 in Phoenix, I’ve had some great conversations with experts like Bill Beck of Credit Suisse who were at ground zero in the recent storm…CS performed flawlessly, [...] READ MORE »

Cloud, Colocation, and Data Center Real Estate by the Numbers

Oct 20, 2012

The Data Center Real Estate Group (“DCRE Group”) we host on LinkedIn just received its first acting member of Congress as a member, and I’m exceedingly pleased to see Anthony Wanger, Founder of i/o, posting regularly. If you haven’t seen their modular approach to data centers, I encourage you to check them out. As the [...] READ MORE »

Colorado Data Center Development Approved for $55 Million in Public Finance

Oct 20, 2011

On Sept. 28 the Vineyard Data Center Park, Colorado Springs, Colorado, received unanimous approval from the Colorado Springs City Council for $55 million in public funds. The funds will be used for land development for the Vineyards project, including telecommunications infrastructure, utility improvements, and open space to be used for recreation. The complete improvements will [...] READ MORE »

Data Center Market Trends, As the Office Market Goes, So Goes the Data Center…Sort Of

Oct 20, 2011

I’ve never been a believer in the infamous reports of data center supply shortage. In my mind, “data center shortage” is the number one myth in our industry. From where I sit, there’s a shortage in data center planning and operators, not the underlying facilities. Further, it’s far too simplistic to lump all demand and [...] READ MORE »

Data Center Real Estate Finance, Investment & Development Forum

Aug 23, 2010

WiredRE to present at IMN upcoming Forum on Financing, Investing, & Real Estate Development for Data Centers, scheduled for November 8-9 at the Hyatt Century Plaza in Los Angeles. A Who’s Who of Data Center Owners/Operators/Providers, Hosting Companies, and End-Users/Tenants will be amongst those represented here (please see below to view a listing of confirmed [...] READ MORE »