A Data Center That Mimics A Mansion

Data Center Knowledge (Jan 20 2012) Construction

1. We’ve seen a lot of unusual data center designs over the years. Here’s a new one: a luxury homebuilder in Minnesota wants to build a data center that appears to be a mansion, allowing the commercial building to fit into a residential neighborhood. The first implementation of this vision is being reviewed by town planners in Minnetonka, Minnesota, where developer Keith Waters & Associates has proposed to build a 36,000 square foot data center for FiberPop, a local startup that wants to build a chain of “community-based data centers.” The $30 million facility would be built on a tract of farmland that previously had been targeted for a subdivision of luxury homes from Toll Brothers. (Read Full Article)

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