Colorado Springs is a hot bed for technology companies. In the most recent years leading companies such as FedEx, Progressive Insurance, Verizon Wireless, HP, Agilent and Wal-Mart have decided to make Colorado Springs, CO the home for their data centers. Is Colorado Springs quickly becoming the Silicon Valley or shall we dub it ‘Technology Valley’ … Read more
WiredRE’s Growth Accelerates Throughout Key US Markets Key Highlights: Multi-site colocation company selected WiredRE for California data center research and brokerage. The site is intended as a 5MW, Tier III colocation facility. Transaction suggests Southern California data center market recovering from downturn. Las Vegas, NV – March 13, 2012 – Wired Real Estate Group Inc. … Read more
Growth in cloud computing, maturity of the online business model, new regulatory compliance record keeping…so many pressures are driving the need for data center build-outs and expansions to handle our world of big data, and massive processing tasks. A handful of states are benefiting from the domestic infrastructure developments to support these requirements, and Colorado … Read more
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
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
IMN’s Data Center Finance Conference Announcing IMN’s Data Center Forum on Financing, Investing and Real Estate Development, scheduled for November 9-10 at the Hyatt Century Plaza in Los Angeles. IMN’s Data Center Forum has quickly established itself as the marquee gathering point for the Data Center and Colocation industry. With 225 attendees represented at … Read more
San Francisco, CA – Wired Real Estate Group Inc. (“WiredRE”), the nation’s leading cloud, colocation and data center real estate advisor, announced its role as advisor to Avista Capital Partners (“Avista”), a leading private equity firm, in their recently announced acquisition of DataBank Holdings from Freeman Group, a private investment firm. DataBank’s existing data center … Read more
I wanted to pass along an update on IMN Data Centers Forum on Financing, Investing, & Real Estate Development, scheduled for May 23-24 at the Marriott Magnificent Mile in Chicago. Their Inaugural DC Forum held this past November in Los Angeles, was a tremendous success w/ nearly 250 folks in attendance, featuring DC Developers/Operators/Owners, Tenants, … Read more
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
If you aren’t familiar with the Economic Cycle Research Institute, then I encourage you to check them out. They have an unequaled track record of predicting recessions, and according to their CEO, Lakshman Achuthan, there’s no double dip recession on the horizon. This should be welcomed news to data center investors, as they open their … Read more
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