Data Centers

CBRE Cincinnati’s Mike McMillan to Represent Proposed Technology Park in Oxford

A proposed 74-acre technology park next to Miami University could transform Oxford into Ohio’s Silicon Valley. Or, as Ryan Howard, a character on the popular TV show The Office, called it, a Silicon Prairie. Recently, Mike McMillan, of CBRE Cincinnati’s Data Center Solutions Group, has been selected to represent this build-to-suit project, find tenants and help get it off the ground.

Forsythe Technology to Build 221K SF “Retail Plus” Data Center Colocation Facility in Elk Grove Village

IT infrastructure Forsythe Technology recently announced it plans to design and build a state-of-the-art data center facility in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. The new 221,000-square-foot data center aims to address the needs of enterprises that are seeking for the best of both the retail and wholesale colocation data center markets.

Cloud-Computing Company Expedient Completes Data Center Expansion, Announces New Projects

Local cloud-computing company Expedient has recently completed a more than 7,000 square feet expansion of its data center at Allegheny Center Mall in Pittsburgh, which first opened in 2008.

BYTEGRID Holdings LLC Acquires 70,000 SF Data Center in Aurora

BYTEGRID Holdings LLC recently announced the acquisition of a 70,000-square-foot, Tier III data center in Aurora, Ill.

Server Farm Realty LLC Adds Second Data Center in Chicago to Portfolio

Server Farm Realty LLC has expanded its presence in the Chicagoland market with the acquisition of a data center facility. The Los Angeles-based company has acquired the data center facility located at 800 and 810 Jorie Boulevard in Oak Brook, Ill. for $16,250,000. The Oak Brook facility becomes the company’s second Chicagoland data center project after it revealed its 450,000-square-foot data center at 840 South Canal Street in Chicago in June last year.

Schletter Celebrates140KSF Facility Grand Opening; DataChambers Breaks Ground on 50KSF Data Center

Schletter Inc., a global manufacturer of photovoltaic mounting systems has celebrated the grand opening of its new North American headquarters and manufacturing site in Shelby, NC.

Online Tech Adds New Data Center in Michigan

By Veronica Grecu, Associate Editor Online Tech, a multi-tenant data center operator headquartered in Ann Arbor, recently announced it will expand its presence in the Detroit Metro area by building a new, enterprise cloud hosting facility in Westland in Wayne County. The 34,000-square-foot building will be the company’s fourth data center in Michigan; Online Tech […]

AFL-CIO BIT to Sell Five-Building Portfolio in Tysons Corner

In August, 2011, the AFL-CIO Building Investment Trust added a five-building portfolio in Tysons Corner to its Washington, D.C.-area properties. Now, the trust is looking for buyers for the same portfolio.

Stream Private Data Center Breaks Ground in San Antonio

“San Antonio’s central location, reliable infrastructure and stable cost of electricity make it a great choice for national enterprise users to locate and operate their mission-critical infrastructure,” said Rob Kennedy, co-managing partner, Stream Data Centers. With this in mind, the Stream Private Data Center (PDC) broke ground in the master-planned business park Westover Hills.

Savvis to Open New Data Center in Minneapolis

Savvis, a CenturyLink company, specializing in cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for businesses, recently announced plans to expand its North American footprint by opening a new data center in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area in the spring of 2014. The new Savvis MP2 data center, built to support 4.8 megawatts of IT load on 100,000 square feet of raised floor space, will open with an initial 1.2 megawatts and 13,000 square feet of raised floor space.