{"id":659935,"date":"2013-05-23T10:20:19","date_gmt":"2013-05-23T14:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.datacenterknowledge.com\/?p=98472"},"modified":"2013-05-23T10:20:19","modified_gmt":"2013-05-23T14:20:19","slug":"viawest-to-build-in-figuratively-hot-minneapolis-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/659935","title":{"rendered":"ViaWest to Build In (Figuratively) Hot Minneapolis Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_93731\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 480px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-93731\" alt=\"viawest-vegas-power1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.datacenterknowledge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/viawest-vegas-power1.jpg\" width=\"470\" height=\"311\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A look at one of the power rooms inside the ViaWest Lone Mountain data center, a Tier IV in Las Vegas. ViaWest will build a similar Tier IV facility in Minneapolis. (Photo: ViaWest)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Minnesota has a chilly climate, but the data center industry is warming to its charms. Colocation provider <strong>ViaWest<\/strong> is going to build a Tier IV data center in Minneapolis, a market that has been heating up as of late. ViaWest evaluated several key markets before acquiring 28 acres of land, existing buildings and infrastructure in a Minneapolis suburb. The company expects to start construction of its 150,000 square foot facility in time to start accepting customers by the first quarter of 2014.<\/p>\n<p>ViaWest said the expansion is a response to a strong appetite for its services. &#8220;Demand within our hybrid niche has continued to increase, and we have identified the Minneapolis region as a market in which our local approach to meeting customer needs with tailored solutions will be well-served,&#8221; said Nancy Phillips, President and CEO, ViaWest. &#8220;Following the ViaWest blueprint, we plan to plant our flag in Minnesota, become a part of the community by hiring local technology talent and elevate business growth throughout the region.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>ViaWest built out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.datacenterknowledge.com\/archives\/2012\/11\/14\/viawest-colocation-facility-achieves-tier4\/\">first multi-tenant tier IV facility<\/a>, in Las Vegas. Achieving Tier IV design certification in Minneapolis will look good to the region\u2019s healthcare, financial and government sectors in particular.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lots of Recent Activity in Minneapolis Market <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s been a lot of activity in Minneapolis and surrounding suburbs as of late \u2013 it\u2019s a key emerging market. Cologix is growing there, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.datacenterknowledge.com\/archives\/2012\/05\/16\/cologix-buys-minnesota-gateway\/\">purchased the Minnesota Gateway<\/a> located in the carrier hotel at 511 11th\u00a0Avenue South. It gave the company 20,000 square feet in the most connected building in Minnesota. The 511 Building is a 270,000 square foot building adjacent to the Metrodome. DataBank <a href=\"http:\/\/www.datacenterknowledge.com\/archives\/2013\/03\/18\/databank-expands-with-acquisition-of-verispace\/\">acquired VeriSpace<\/a> back in March, expanding beyond its primary Dallas footprint. Compass Datacenters received a 50% property tax abatement for a planned 89,000 square foot facility in Shakopee, Minn., and Digital Realty Trust acquired a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.datacenterknowledge.com\/archives\/2013\/04\/02\/digital-realty-buys-fully-leased-facility-in-minnesota\/\">fully leased facility<\/a> in Eagan, Minn. in April as a sale-leaseback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A look at one of the power rooms inside the ViaWest Lone Mountain data center, a Tier IV in Las Vegas. ViaWest will build a similar Tier IV facility in Minneapolis. (Photo: ViaWest) Minnesota has a chilly climate, but the data center industry is warming to its charms. Colocation provider ViaWest is going to build [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7436,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-659935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7436"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659935\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}