Amy Al-Katib, editor-in-chief of Mission Critical, interviews Robert Fernandez, director of economic diversification for Parkland County, on this episode of The Thought Cloud.
From leveraging prefabrication to increasing modular construction, there are many ways to complete facilities faster while improving cost and predictability.
City emerges as a key strategic tech hub in North America
September 2, 2020
As more technology and data-centric businesses move or scale in the region, facilities like One Century Place are key to providing customers the flexibility and performance needed to realize their digital ambitions.
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.