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Data Center Research & Benchmarking
We provide fact-based research on the premium and wholesale data center industry nationally. We cover topics such as data center leasing rates, construction costs, technology trends, competition, buying criteria, and investment risk management. We work with and consult on data center and Internet service providers, including Equinix, Verizon, CoreSite, DuPont Fabros, Digital Realty Trust, Internap, and lesser know, privately held regional providers. We invite you to a free consultation on best practices, data center benchmarking, or other topics by request, or to view our US Data Center List.
Microserver Technology Threat Assessment
Microservers, also known as Density Optimized Servers, are an important technology advancement that will play a significant role in server infrastructure decisions, but will not adversely affect the data center industry. Microservers are a low powered trimmed down version of standard servers, requiring 10-40 watts as opposed to standard servers requiring 90+ watts. Their primary [...] READ MORE »
Equinix Profile and Sales Organization Expansion
Equinix has long been a sweetheart on Wall Street and a business model poster child for the colocation business. It isn’t always rosy, but for the most part they have proved one of the most stable and successful competitors in the business, building out a data center and connectivity infrastructure that is hard to beat. [...] READ MORE »
Ashburn Virginia Data Center Supply and Demand
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 Capital Source
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 »
Data Center Design and Construction Costs
GETTING THE UPPER HAND IN DATA CENTER CONSTRUCTION COSTS – Data center expansion decisions are risky and rarely simple. The number of technical and financial trade-offs to consider are vast, making perfection unlikely. Now include the dynamics of various stakeholders leveraging their power in the decision making process or attempting to protect their careers. It’s [...] READ MORE »
Las Vegas Data Center Market Update
The Las Vegas market for colocation has heated up significantly in the last six months, with expansion reports from providers reaching approximately 745,000 gross square feet. With the recent opening of Cobalt Data Centers and ViaWest, and anticipated opening of Switch’s new site, scheduled for May 2013, the total gros square feet will top 2,453,000 million, according [...] READ MORE »
DATA CENTER DESIGN AND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Developing a data center design goes beyond redundancy, efficiency and density requirement. There are a number of methods used today to design and build mission critical infrastructure. These methods include design bid build, design assist and design-build. Which can then be incorporated with the contract processes of CM @ risk, GMP, GC&Fee and others. Each [...] READ MORE »
‘Cloudy’ Forecast Is Good News for Las Vegas Data Center Builders
‘Cloudy’ Forecast Is Good News for Las Vegas Data Center Builders 04/11/2013 By Doug Puppel For a place that gets sunshine nearly 300 days a year, you can now find a lot of clouds in Las Vegas. One of the economic bright spots in a city laid low by the recession and real estate bust [...] READ MORE »
Data Center Research Firm Acquired by WiredRE
WiredRE - Wired Real Estate Group acquires Applied Computer Research, Inc., a top IT, colocation, and data center research firm READ MORE »
Equinix, DuPont Fabros, and Colocation Market Direction
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 »