Cloud, Colocation, and Data Center Real Estate Analysis

With the maturation of the IT infrastructure business, solution sets for any given need have multiplied and produced an alphabet soup of viable alternatives. IaaS, Cloud, Colo, PaaS, Container, etc., all serve essentially the same need for infrastructure services. Processor level advances have solved many problems, and now bottlenecks have emerged elsewhere in the solution … Read more

Video and the Disruption of the Internet Hierarchy

I was recently reminded of the genius of Bill Norton, one of the founders of Equinix and now proprietor of DrPeering.com. Bill wrote back in 2008 about how the next wave of “disruptive” traffic growth would be 10X the first wave of 2001, and he also postulated several Internet Hierarchies that might evolve, namely: 1. … Read more

TEN KEYS TO (PROVIDER) WHOLESALE DATA CENTER SUCCESS

I had the opportunity to speak with Geoff Hampson late last year regarding the data center market. If you don’t know Geoff, he has been the captain of the ship at several retail brands including Peer 1 Network and CoreLink Data Centers. Geoff had a few things to say about the current environment, “It used … Read more

COLORADO DATA CENTER LEASING – MORE AND BIGGER SITES

It may not be considered a first-tier market, but Colorado is rapidly gaining share nationally as a destination for the enterprise and large and highly secure – read government and intelligence community – deployments owing to it’s cheap power (4.5 cents or less) and temperate climate allowing 75% or more free cooling throughout the year. … Read more

BAY AREA COLO EXPANDS MEET-ME-ROOM

SWIG EXPANDS MMR AT FIBER DEPOT IN SAN FRANCISCO, BAY AREA MAJOR NAP The Swig Company, owner of Fiber Depot, San Francisco’s second largest carrier hotel and NAP, is planning to expand the MMR of the facility in response to rising activity in San Francisco’s urban core. “We are pleased with the demand we are … Read more

Colorado Data Center VINEYARD, NOW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ZONE

According to Vince Colarelli, Principal, Vineyard Data Park has been officially designated an enterprise zone. With this designation, Vineyard has become one of the most tax friendly locations nationally. Incentives available at the site include the following: – > 10 Year, 90 Percent Property Tax Rebate – > Investment, Job Creation, and Corporate Income Tax … Read more

New Data Center Leasing Rates for Premium Colocation and Wholesale

We recently acquired a pricing graphic that we first observed late last year at the IMN event on Data Center Development and Finance. At the time, it was cited by Rick Magnuson, who given that he is the Chairman of Digital Realty Trust, we were quite flattered that he would use this graphic. Â And … Read more

Colorado Data Center Park
100MW+ Colocation or Single-Tenant
Lease, Sale, Colorado Springs

Vinyard Data Center Park, CO Springs

Vineyard Data Center Park is a 108 acre development immediately south of downtown Colorado Springs. The site has been approved for over $60 million in incentives from both the federal and local municipal governments. Vineyard ownership estimates the benefit of these incentives at between 40 and 50 percent of the total up-front capital cost of … Read more

Oregon Data Center
30MW+ Conversion
Clean Room to Data Center Conversion

Approximately 72,000 sq. ft. building located on approximately 11.94 acres of land leased, this building was originally designed to Class I clean room on land leased from Glisan Property Development LLC. The pristine facility was never brought on-line. – Excellent access to Interstate 84 and Interstate 205. – 13 miles from Portland International Airport. – … Read more

Colorado Data Center Vineyard 100+ MW Data Center Park Planning for $1 Billion in Investment

The Vineyards LLC is bringing to market a 100+ MW master-planned and sustainable data center development, Vineyards Data Center Park, in Colorado Springs, for lease and occupancy in 2011. The Vineyard Data Center Park is complimenting an already established data center market in Colorado Springs, with current occupants including Hewlett Packard, Verizon Wireless, FedEx and … Read more