REBusinessOnline

Stream to Develop 400,000 SF Data Center Campus in Metro Dallas

GARLAND, TEXAS —Stream Data Centers, the Dallas-based data center arm of Stream Realty Partners, will develop DFW VII, a 400,000-square-foot data center campus in Garland. The first phase will deliver a 140,000-square-foot, expandable data center that is slated for completion late this year. The campus will be situated on 22.6 acres on Lookout Drive and feature two 40 MW utility

Data Centers, Development, Industrial, Texas

CV Mission Critical REIT II Acquires Two-Building Data Center Portfolio in Sacramento from Digital Realty Trust for $51M

SACRAMENTO, CALIF. - Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT II (CV Mission Critical REIT II) has purchased the Rancho Cordova Data Center Portfolio for $51 million, excluding acquisition fees and costs. Located in Sacramento, the portfolio consists of two single-story facilities: a 69,048-square-foot turnkey colocation data center, located at 11085 Sun Center Drive, and a 63,791-square-foot, multi-tenant wholesale data center, located at 3065 Gold Camp Drive. At the time of sale, the …

Acquisitions, California, Data Centers, Industrial, Western

Telecommunications Consulting Firm to Invest $52M to Build Data Center in Virginia Beach

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — Vint Hill, Va.-based Assured Communications Advisors International (ACA International) will invest $52 million to build a 130,000-square-foot data center in Virginia Beach. The telecommunications consulting firm will build the new facility on a 10.2-acre site within Corporate Landing Business Park, a 325-acre, publicly developed business park owned by the Virginia Beach Economic Development Authority. The new facility will house ACA International’s new corporate …

Data Centers, Development, Industrial, Southeast, Virginia

CIM Group, 1547 Break Ground for 187,000 SF Data Center in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO - CIM Group, in partnership with fifteenfortyseven Critical Systems Realty (1547), has commenced construction for its 240,000-square-foot data center campus on 7.3 acres at 400 Paul Ave. in San Francisco. The first phase of development will include the renovation of two existing 1930s-era buildings. Totaling 54,225 square feet, the buildings will be modernized to provide creative office and support space for data center tenants. Additionally, construction will start immediately …

California, Data Centers, Development, Industrial, Western

Facebook to Invest $750M in 970,000 SF Data Center Campus in Georgia

ATLANTA — Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal announced yesterday that social media giant Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) will invest $750 million and create at least 100 full-time jobs with its new data center in Stanton Springs, a 1,620-acre industrial park located roughly 30 miles east of Atlanta in Newton County. The Newton Data Center will include two buildings totaling 970,000 square feet and will help Menlo Park, Calif.-based Facebook provide apps and services to more than 2 billion people around …

Data Centers, Georgia, Southeast, Top Stories

CoreSite to Build 175,000 SF Data Center in Downtown Chicago

CHICAGO — CoreSite Realty Corp. has acquired a two-acre land parcel in downtown Chicago to build CH2, a 175,000-square-foot data center. The four-story facility will support 18 megawatts of power capacity. CoreSite expects to begin construction on the project at the end of 2018 or the beginning of 2019. The company plans to construct the building in three phases, consisting of six megawatts of capacity per phase, with a total estimated cost of $190 million to $210 million. CH2 will be located …

Data Centers, Illinois, Midwest

Equinix to Purchase Infomart Dallas Data Center Complex from ASB for $800M

DALLAS — Equinix Inc. (NASDAQ: EQIX), a data center owner and operator based in Redwood City, Calif., has agreed to purchase Infomart Dallas from ASB Real Estate Investments for $800 million. The 1.6 million-square-foot Infomart Dallas is a highly visible data center facility located at 1950 N. Stemmons Freeway near the intersection of Interstate 35 and Dallas North Tollway. Equinix is the facility’s largest tenant, representing approximately 40 percent of lease revenues. The …

Data Centers, Texas, Top Stories

Lincoln Rackhouse to Develop 35,000 SF Data Center in South Florida for Mobile Network Provider

SUNRISE, FLA. — Dallas-based Lincoln Rackhouse will break ground this month on a 35,000-square-foot build-to-suit data center in Sunrise. In a sales-leaseback agreement, Bo Bond and Ali Greenwood of JLL’s Data Center Solutions secured a 20-year prelease with an undisclosed U.S. mobile network provider. The telecom switch center will expand the network’s delivery platform in the region. Burr Computer Environments Inc. is the project’s engineer, Gensler is the architect and Smith …

Data Centers, Florida, Industrial, Southeast

Data Centers Double Down on Size

Demand for data center space stems from a variety of sources. The vast majority of companies across most industries have some sort of web presence, and their customer and employee records and information are stored electronically. At the same time on the consumer side, smartphones and tablet devices are all but ubiquitous, their owners constantly upping their usage of apps and social media platforms. Nonprofit communications firm CTIA tracks aggregate wireless data usage across the country on …

Data Centers, Industrial, Market Reports, Texas, Texas Market Reports

CyrusOne to Enter Metro Atlanta Market with $206M Data Center Campus

DOUGLASVILLE, GA. — CyrusOne, a Dallas-based global data center REIT, has unveiled plans to expand into the Atlanta-area market with a 44-acre campus in Douglasville. The $206 million project will be located near the home of Google’s 2 million-square-foot server farm, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle. At full build-out, the project will include three data centers totaling 440,000 square feet, and 50 megawatts of critical power. Construction is scheduled to begin in the first …

Data Centers, Georgia, Industrial, Southeast