Thanks for the link, will stay tuned on 3G. They are building a little data center in CA. Here is the description. Beyond belief....
Here's the release text:
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April 4, 2001
San Jose City Council Approves U.S. DataPort’s
$1.2 Billion Silicon Valley Internet Campus
Company Plans to Break Ground for Data Center Super Hub This Summer (San Jose, CA) – The San Jose City Council this week approved U.S. DataPort, Inc.’s land use applications for the $1.2 billion Silicon Valley Internet Campus, which will be one of the nation’s largest multi-data center facilities. The campus will include up to 2.2 million square feet of data center space, create as many as 1,100 technology jobs and provide $7 million in annual
tax revenues to the City of San Jose.
“As the capital of Silicon Valley, San Jose will serve as an exceptional location for U.S. DataPort’s Internet Campus,” said Grant Sedgwick, President and CEO of U.S. DataPort. “The San Jose site is strategically located with access to high-capacity fiber networks, an exceptional
labor force and major transportation corridors. U.S. DataPort and the Silicon Valley are natural partners to advance Internet data networking to a higher level.”
Located at Route 237 and Zanker Road in North San Jose, the Silicon Valley Internet Campus will house 10 to 20 data center buildings. The campus will address the most pressing
issues of Internet data services providers—rapid time-to-market, critically reliable energy and cooling, broadband connectivity and security. A fiber optic network will inter-connect the data center buildings, which will be set inside a highly secure perimeter. The Critical Reliable
Energy Center, which will be built and operated by Calpine C*Power, will generate chilled water and 99.9999 percent reliable electricity for the data center users.
In a memorandum to City Council, San Jose Mayor Ron Gonzales noted the project’s long-term impact. “The U.S. DataPort project is part of the ongoing implementation of San Jose’s smart growth policies to achieve a long-term balance for jobs, housing and open space in our community…The project will substantially strengthen San Jose’s role as a leader in the information and technology economy and add to Silicon Valley’s economic infrastructure for continuing prosperity.”
U.S. DataPort officials plan to begin construction on the Silicon Valley Internet Campus this summer. Cornish & Carey will act as U.S. DataPort’s exclusive leasing partner for the campus in San Jose. U.S. DataPort also plans two additional Internet campuses in the U.S.—Prince William County, Virginia, and the New York Metro Area.
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Where does the electricity come from? It's a touchy subject...
U.S. DataPort revising its server-farm proposal
POWER PLANT: S.J. OFFICIALS SAY COMPANY
SEEKS TO ADD A 250-MEGAWATT GENERATOR
BY NOAM LEVEY
Mercury News
Under pressure not to strain the state's power grid, high-tech developer U.S. DataPort has privately told San Jose City Council members its planned Internet server farm near Alviso will include a 250-megawatt power plant, the largest of its kind in the South Bay.
The city council was widely expected to approve the server farm Tuesday night but not to require U.S. DataPort to provide its own electricity.
And despite tough talk about limiting air pollution from the giant complex, the council also did not seem inclined Tuesday to prohibit U.S. DataPort from installing 89 backup diesel generators at the site.
But U.S. DataPort, according to a high-ranking city official, told city leaders that it will seek state approval for a 250-megawatt power plant that would make the project energy self-sufficient.
The company's CEO, Grant Sedgwick, said Tuesday that U.S. DataPort had no firm plan to build a larger plant but intends to research it. ``We would like to study the feasibility of more generation,'' he said.
>>>> So this place is going to be so big, they have to build a 250 MegaWatt power plant to run it....not mentioned in the article, but there is going to be a 600-fiber DWDM cable feeding the thing...
Of course that is just one of their campuses...
PURPOSE BUILT DATA CENTERS
Each Internet Campus of approximately 150-200 acres in size (including the CREC) is designed to house over 2.5 million sq. ft. of dedicated data center space. This specialized design provides for the greatest flexibility of space, configuration and time-to-market capability available:
• Building Flexibility --50,000 to over 400,000 Sq. Ft. offering improved floor space utilization of 10-15%
• Land Lease--Pad site providing customer-specific build out options
• Shell Buildings-- Cold-dark or warm-lit space offered as build-to-suit or pre-built
• Improved Data Center-- Full improved space ready for immediate data center operation. Offered as build-to-suit and pre-built.
• Zoning, Entitlements & Approvals - Time-to-market is reduced because we have completed all of the time consuming pre-construction processing. All campuses offer in-place data center zoning as well as "fast-track" construction permit processing and CREC operating approval.
• Site Infrastructure-- In place and ready to use, water, sewer, clear road access, reliable energy and chilled water.
• USDP Construction Coordination-- On-site construction specialists to speed planning, coordination and construction.
So who supplies the infrastructure-The optical cable/DWDM stuff, the servers the storage, SAN equipment?
Why would these centers use any FC switches that were not directors? Hope are guys are working on this.
Those with fincancial backing are still building massively for the future during this time of slowdown/recession, they want to get first mover status. Combine these campuses with the networks that GX, andother are working on and what do you get on '03? Joe W., what a world.
So who supplies a compnay like Dataport with $$?
A...MANAGEMENT TEAM
Our management team consists of highly experienced professionals with successful backgrounds in the real estate, telecommunication, and electrical power production, optical networking, and energy industries. The team, which has significant experience in launching new companies and managing large public companies, is comprised of the following individuals:
Kimball Small, Founder and the Chairman Mr. Small has more than 30 years experience as a commercial property developer and was twice named "Developer of the Year" in Silicon Valley. Mr. Small served as a founding director of San Jose-based Internet start-up AboveNet Communications which was acquired in 1999 by Metromedia Fiber Networks.
Grant Sedgwick, Founder and President and CEO Mr. Sedgwick has managed major commercial property developments for nearly 25 years as a senior real estate executive. His San Francisco and San Jose experience includes some eight successful office-building projects, three hotels, including the Hayes Conference Resort in San Jose, two large-scale industrial parks and residential developments. Mr. Sedgwick also planned and developed major office parks that became headquarters locations for three of the world's leading technology companies: Microsoft, Oracle and Cisco Systems. He was a member of the San Jose's 2020 General Plan Task Force, and a founding board member of Joint Venture: Silicon Valley. Mr. Sedgwick is a graduate civil engineer and former president of the Silicon Valley Chapter of NAIOP.
Sherman Tuan, Founder and Board Member Mr. Tuan, co-founded AboveNet in 1996 and has served as CEO and Member of the Board of Directors since 1996. Prior to founding AboveNet, Mr. Tuan was President of InterNex Information, Inc. and its predecessor. His depth of understanding of technology and global business relations has been particularly instrumental in AboveNet's rapid growth and Tier One status in the Internet industry.
Peter Cartwright, Founder and CEO of Calpine Corporation, Member of U.S. Data Port's Board of Directors Calpine Corporation has committed to build and operate the Critical Reliable Energy Centers serving U.S. Data Port's "Internet Campuses." Mr. Cartwright has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Calpine since inception and became Chairman of the Board of Directors in 1996. Mr. Cartwright obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering from Princeton University in 1952 and a Master of Science Degree in Engineering from Columbia University in 1953. Calpine's shares are traded on the NYSE where they rank as one of the top performing stocks.
Howard Finkelstein, Founder and Board Member Mr. Finkelstein has served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Metromedia Fiber Network, Inc. through a period of rapid national and international expansion until his retirement in April 2000. During a 17-year association, Mr. Finkelstein held executive management positions with a number of Mertromedia Company affiliates, primarily those in the telecommunications industry. He served as President of Metromedia Communications Corporation, where he oversaw the building of the fourth-largest national long-distance telephone carrier in the United States.
John Mogannam, Senior Vice President -- Engineering and Operations Mr. Mogannam has 20 years of experience and overall responsibilities for the engineering of world-class microelectronics manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and internationally. His experience includes engineering design and management of specialized and complex projects such as semiconductor manufacturing plants, data centers, pharmaceutical plants, electric co-generation plants, research laboratories, chiller plants and cleanroom facilities. Mr. Mogannam is a registered mechanical engineer in five states, with postgraduate studies in both engineering and business administration.
Lewis Shadle, Senior Vice President -- Business Development Mr. Shadle is responsible for customer development, marketing, and sales as well as managing the company's Virginia office. Mr. Shadle is a seasoned professional with over 25 years network operations and design experience in executive management, marketing, business development, and service operations, with specific expertise in international business development in Europe, Pacific-Asia, and Latin America. Prior to joining U.S. Data Port he served as Vice President Worldwide Marketing with TimePlex Group and Vice President Marketing and Business Development with Milgo Solutions. Mr. Shadle holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering.
Tony McCarthy, Vice President --Corporate Development. Mr. McCarthy has responsibility for supervision of the preparation of contracts between the Company and its lenders, tenants, strategic and joint venture partners, contractor and suppliers, consultants, investors and government agencies as well as coordinating the efforts of the Company's outside attorneys, accountants and investment bankers. Prior to joining U.S. Data Port, Inc. Tony was a shareholder of a major San Jose law firm where he served as chairman of the firm's tax department.
Jow W., This is real estate, developers, lawyers, MFNX people, leveraging all they have to get even more. No mention of INTC, MSFT, CPQ, etc. Build it and the Data will come and reside there. So, does this mean we should buy shares of generator companies, Calpine? Just kidding. |
