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Coldwell Banker Brokers Sale of 136,000 SF Data Center Facility in Irving

by Taylor Williams

IRVING, TEXAS — Coldwell Banker Commercial Advisors (CBCA) has brokered the sale of a 136,000-square-foot, Tier IV-designed data center facility located at 6001 Campus Circle W. in Irving. The two-story property underwent an expansion in the 1980s that delivered an additional 94,000 square feet of space and five back-up generators totaling more than 8,100 kilowatts of power. The facility is currently configured to have a 74,500-square-foot data-raised floor, 34,000 square feet of office space and 27,500 square feet of infrastructure space. Ryan Crabtree of CBCA represented the buyer, Skywalker Property Partners, in the sale.

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Iron Mountain to Buy IO Data Centers’ U.S. Operations for $1.3B

by Nellie Day

RESTON, V.A. — Iron Mountain Inc. (NYSE: IRM) has agreed to acquire the U.S. operations of IO Data Centers LLC for $1.3 billion. The agreement includes up to an additional $60 million based on future performance. Iron Mountain will acquire the land and buildings associated with the four state-of-the-art data centers, which total 728,000 square feet. They are situated in Edison, N.J.; Columbus, Ohio; Phoenix; and Scottsdale, Ariz. The centers provide 62 megawatts (MW) of capacity with expansion potential of an additional 77 MW in Arizona and New Jersey. The portfolio has an average weighted lease term of 3.3 years. The transaction is anticipated to close in January 2018, subject to customary closing conditions. “The addition of IO’s data centers enhances our geographic diversification and provides market-leading exposure to Phoenix, the fourth fastest market for absorption in the U.S. in 2017, and the 12th largest data center market globally,” says Mark Kidd, senior vice president and general manager of Iron Mountain Data Centers. “This transaction also enhances our ability to support the needs of the largest cloud providers through new development with expansion capacity in Phoenix as well as New Jersey, another attractive market due to its proximity to the …

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HFF Secures $32.9M in Financing for 203,702 SF Data Center Near Philadelphia

by Amy Works

COLLEGEVILLE, PA. — HFF has arranged $32.9 million in financing for Global Data Center, a purpose-built, Tier III+ data center facility located at 1000 Black Rock Road in Collegeville. The borrower, GI Partners, will use the financing to acquire the property. Kevin MacKenzie, Ryan Ade, Jamie Kline and Christian Tober of HFF arranged the three-year, floating-rate loan through Wells Fargo Bank for the borrower. Completed in 2009, the 203,702-square-foot facility features an available power load of 4.6 MW and the capacity to be expanded to 7 MW with additional capital investment.

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Colliers Brokers Sale of 16,000 SF Data Center in Metro Houston

by Taylor Williams

SUGAR LAND, TEXAS — Colliers International has brokered the sale of a 16,000-square-foot data center located at 12626A Dairy Ashford Road in Sugar Land. The property offers three 15-ton chillers and is capable of producing three megawatts of power. Barkley Peschel and Trey Erwin of Colliers represented the seller, SuLiBa Investments LP, in the transaction. Cameron Hicks and Tim Thomas of Lee & Associates represented the undisclosed buyer.

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CyrusOne Breaks Ground on 340,000 SF Data Center Campus in Metro Dallas

by Taylor Williams

ALLEN, TEXAS — Carrollton-based data center REIT CyrusOne has broken ground on a 340,000-square-foot data center campus located near the intersection of Stacy Road and Chelsea Boulevard in the northeastern Dallas metro of Allen. The three-building campus will be capable of generating more than 100 megawatts of power upon completion. The facility, which could span 90 acres at full build-out, raises CyrusOne’s total data center footprint in Texas to more than 1 million square feet.

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vXchnge Acquires 100,000 SF Data Center Campus in Austin

by Taylor Williams

AUSTIN, TEXAS — Tampa-based data center operator vXchnge has acquired a 100,000-square-foot data center campus located at 8025 N. Interstate 35 in Austin. The colocation facility, which is currently undergoing a doubling of its current capacity, will eventually be capable of producing 26 megawatts of power. The sale includes the 18 acres of land on which the campus is situated. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.

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Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT Sells Data Centers for $1B in Two Separate Deals

by Kristin Harlow

CHICAGO — Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement in two separate transactions to sell data centers for a combined $1 billion. The REIT will sell a 251,141-square-foot data center in metro Chicago for $315 million. An affiliate of Digital Realty Trust LP has purchased the property, which is situated on 19 acres of land. Carter Validus has also entered into a definitive agreement to sell a 14-property data center portfolio to Singapore-based Mapletree Industrial Trust for $750 million. The transactions are expected to close in the fourth quarter. Moelis & Co. LLC served as lead financial advisor, along with KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Inc. serving as co-advisors. Morris, Manning & Martin LLP served as legal counsel.

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T5, Hillwood, IPI to Develop 324-Acre Data Center Campus at AllianceTexas in Fort Worth

by Taylor Williams

FORT WORTH, TEXAS — T5 Data Centers, a data center owner and operator with facilities across the country, will co-develop a 324-acre data center campus in Fort Worth. Hillwood and IPI Data Centers Partners Management LLC, a San Francisco-based data center investment platform, will co-develop the campus, which will be situated within the 18,000-acre AllianceTexas community. At full build-out, the development will be capable of delivering 400-plus megawatts of power. A timetable for construction has not yet been established.  

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JLL: Shifting Clouds, Surging M&A Shape 2017 Data Center Demand

by Kristin Harlow

The data center industry is stepping up to meet escalating demand for storage, according to a new report from JLL, which reveals that data center construction in North America is up 43 percent in 2017 compared to 2016. In addition, industry consolidation powered a $10 billion surge in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the first half of 2017. Data center users identified the biggest industry changes projected for the next two years in JLL’s report. Among the predictions: Efficiency programs will install automation to make data center operations more valuable to the core business; Artificial intelligence will help reduce human intervention in data centers and significantly cut time to restore operations in the event of a failure; Artificial intelligence will make greater use of predictive analytics on-site; Processor technology investments will improve cooling and reduce energy usage. Data center markets across the country experienced significant shifts in the first half of 2017. Northern Virginia maintained its status as the top market in the data center industry, and supply is growing at a historic rate, according to JLL. However, a shortage of available big-block spaces is leaving providers scrambling to bring new inventory on line as quickly as possible to capitalize on the …

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