Tag Archives: Data centers

A peek inside United Airlines Greenfield Data Center Project

The trip from nine data centers to a single greenfield facility for one of the country’s legacy airlines involved a little midflight turbulence but resulted in a safe landing. United Airlines’ data center consolidation project is one of the most … Continue reading

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CFOs: Is It Time to Sell Your Data Center?

    March 5, 2015: Five 9s Digital If your corporation owns a data center, chances are you have been involved in the perpetual conversation of what must we do next to meet the company’s growing need for data storage, … Continue reading

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Five 9s Digital Advises H5 Data Centers on the Acquisition of California Data Center

Five 9s Digital identified and provided advisory services to H5 Data Centers on the acquisition of an an off-market single tenant data center investment in San Luis Obispo, California.    The purpose-built data center is 44,000 SF and fully occupied … Continue reading

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The Data Center Era

You can track the history of business through real estate. For the first several centuries of civilization, most economies were centered on agriculture. In the 18th century, crop yields were all important and one of the most vital institutions was … Continue reading

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eBay’s Fuel Cell Powered Data Center Goes Live

E-commerce giant eBay has switched on a data center in Utah that is primarily powered by thirty fuel cells — devices that turn fuel like natural gas into electricity through a chemical reaction. eBay’s new data center will use the … Continue reading

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PROFILE: Two New Best Data Sites Certified™ Data Centers in North Carolina

August has been a busy month for Five 9s Digital and data center certification in North Carolina. Two new data centers have recently hit the market and achieved the exclusive Best Data Sites Certified™ status. Here we are going to … Continue reading

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NEW TO MARKET: Lenoir, NC Powered Shell Data Center

Five 9s Digital has announced that an existing 117,000 SF data center, located 2.5 miles from Google’s massive data center complex, is now on the market and available for sale or lease in Lenoir, North Carolina, within Caldwell County. The … Continue reading

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NEWS: Triangle Data Center Now Available in Raleigh-Durham NC Market

The Triangle Data Center is an existing freestanding, vacant 30,000 SF data center located in Cary, NC serving the Raleigh-Durham data center market. The data center offers multiple fiber providers with diverse building entrances, robust and low cost power by … Continue reading

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Data Center Expansion: Time Warner Cable Begins Expansion in Colorado

Time Warner Cable (TWC) has broken ground on the expansion of its data center in Centennial, Colorado, called National Data Center West. This is one of two of the company’s main data centers. The US$85m expansion will support the equipment … Continue reading

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Iowa’s Big Three: Google, Facebook, and Microsoft

Late on Friday, the Iowa Economic Development Authority Board approved $20 million in tax-credit incentives for Microsoft, which announced plans to invest nearly $700 million in a data center initiative in West Des Moines, Iowa. Reportedly, Microsoft will use the funds … Continue reading

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