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HawkTalk 44 - Bill Cory offers his insight into the growing Portland/Hillsboro data center market Flexential’s Regional Vice President Bill Cory, is an expert on the Portland data center market and gives us an inside look as to why it’s seen as a hot spot in the industry today. Here are a few quick takeaways from our conversation: On HawkTalk 44 David dives into the Portland data center market with Bill Cory, who oversees the western coasts of the US and Canada for Flexential. He currently lives in the Portland area and has been there since 2000. Starting in the telecom industry and transitioning to Flexential (then ViaWest Data Centers) in 2015. Why data center users find the Portland data center market attractive. With the growth of all the SAAS companies, Portland’s location, being that it’s close to both the bay area and Seattle, played big part in why operators and users have become more attracted to the market. Portland has a much cheaper cost of real estate than what you would find in the bay area or Seattle, without being too far away from either. The government, both at the local and state levels in Oregon, have incentives for data center operators to build facilities, while also offering no sales tax which is a benefit for the users to look at the Portland market. Portland’s subsea cable access is one of the major benefits of the market. The amount of data creation is increasing more and more which is making the connectivity of data centers just as much of an important factor as the data itself. Oregon has become a diverse access point for subsea cables crossing the pacific with a favorable and easy coastline to build on. These cables not only are adding a new POP (point of presence) but also add resiliency to the west coast of the United States. What the Portland/Hillsboro market will look like in the coming years. The most recent change in this market has been the increase in large data center facilities. Hyperscale users with larger deployments typically prefer these larger facilities compared to the traditionally smaller facilities that were built years before. There are currently individual facilities planned that are larger than the entire capacity that the Hillsboro market has had for the last 20 years. We also talked about… –How COVID-19 had effected the data center industry –What makes Bill excited to be in the data center industry moving forward ------ Thank you for listening. I am appreciative of your thoughts and comments - and thankful for the opportunity to serve the industry through datacenterHawk. ------ Learn more about the data center industry and receive insight to US and European markets at https://www.datacenterhawk.com ------ For more exclusive content with data center professionals, be sure to subscribe to our YouTube Channel at: https://www.youtube.com/c/datacenterHawk?sub_confirmation=1 ------ Receive the latest information on US and now European data center markets by staying in touch with us here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/datacenterhawk_/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidliggitt/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/9488532/admin/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/d_liggitt Twitter: https://twitter.com/datacenterhawk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/datacenterhawk/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/datacenterhawk

This is an episode of HawkPodcast, datacenterHawk’s internal conversations about the data center industry. If you enjoyed this episode, you can check them all out on our blog. If you’d like to know when we release future episodes, you can subscribe here. On HawkPodcast 27 David and I look back at HawkPodcast 20, where we made our predictions for 2020, and see what we got right, and what we missed, and how COVID-19 has impacted them. (spoiler: we didn’t predict a global pandemic would occur.) Here are a few quick takeaways from our conversation as well as links to what we talked about below. Data center facilities continue operating despite COVID-19 challenges Data center operators have figured out how to move forward in the midst of the pandemic. We feel bullish on the amount of activity that has already taken place in the 2Q 2020 and believe that COVID-19 hasn’t materially impacted data center operator’s ability to bring supply online.​ Virtual tours and remote monitoring highlight flexibility as data center operators look for new ways to attract and service customers​ COVID-19 is changing business as we know it and it’s caused data center operators to take a different approach to some of their norms. For example, some major operators have created virtual tours for their major data centers, such as Aligned Energy, Stream Data Centers, & Equinix. Operators with robust remote monitoring systems in place are seeing usage increase dramatically and those who do not are moving to implement them. ​ A look toward the second half of 2020 in the data center industry Toward the end of the episode, David & Mike discuss where the data center industry is headed in 2020. A couple of predictions that we discuss are, large cloud service providers leasing activity will be increased when compared to 2019, due in part to COVID-19. A little less M&A activity in the first half of 2020, but we expect there to be more in the second half. Don’t forget to check out the rest of our HawkPodcasts and don’t miss out on our latest release of market data for the data center industry. ------ Thank you for watching this video. I am appreciative of your thoughts and comments - and thankful for the opportunity to serve the industry through datacenterHawk. ------ Learn more about the data center industry and receive insight to US and European markets at https://www.datacenterhawk.com ------ For more exclusive content with data center professionals, be sure to subscribe to our YouTube Channel at: https://www.youtube.com/c/datacenterH... ------ Receive the latest information on US and now European data center markets by staying in touch with us here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/datacenterh... LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidligg... LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/9488... Twitter: https://twitter.com/d_liggitt Twitter: https://twitter.com/datacenterhawk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/datacenterhawk/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/datacenterhawk

Dallas is a major data center market, but how did it get there and what does it's future look like? Anthony Bolner of Stream Data Centers has been in the industry for 20+ years. On this episode he breaks down his view of the current Dallas data center market with our CEO, David Liggitt. ––––––––––––––––––––––– This is an episode of HawkTalk, datacenterHawk’s series of candid one on one conversations with executives and leaders in the data center industry. If you enjoyed this episode, you can check them all out on our blog. If you’d like to know when we release future episodes, you can subscribe here. ––––––––––––––––––––––– If you’re short on time, you’ll find a few quick takeaways from our conversation as well as links to what we talked about below. Recent hyperscale activity indicates a healthy outlook for Dallas Dallas has always had a healthy enterprise demand but in the past two to three years we’ve seen multiple hyperscalers and cloud service providers enter the market. It certainly isn’t at the scale of other markets but we view it as a strong indicator of future growth. Comparatively low economic costs in Dallas make it an attractive market The cost of doing business in Dallas makes it an attractive market for data center operators. Electricity in Dallas can run under $0.045/kwh which is among the lowest in the nation. Oncor is the primary electricity provider in the market and has made good paths to renewable resources, which continues to grow in importance particularly for cloud providers. The cost of living, labor market, and availability of land also make Dallas attractive. Dallas suburbs are seeing more data center development than downtown Twenty years ago the Dallas data center market centered around the carrier hotels. Lately though it’s become a suburban development game as the industry seeks larger sites and bigger floor plans. Campuses continue to grow in popularity because it provides additional flexibility around the scale and timing of bringing capacity to market. Hyperscalers are creating large dark fiber paths which leads providers to build data centers based off the proximity to these key players. Even with extensive land in the suburbs, Dallas is starting to see two story designs come into the market, which was previously unthinkable. Stream continues to expand even during COVID-19 Stream has continued to expand by leaning heavily on their processes and procedures. They’ve continued with construction on 4.5 MW in Phoenix with an eye to eventually scale up to 200 MW. They’re under construction on 3.5 MW in Chicago and for end users, currently have product available in Dallas, San Antonio, Houston, and Minneapolis among other markets. We also talked about… How the Dallas data center market has changed over the years How data center users think about the facilities they will go into What the key indicators will be in Dallas moving forward Don’t forget to check out the rest of our HawkTalks and don’t miss out on our latest release of market data for the data center industry. ------ Receive the latest information on US and now European data center markets by staying in touch with us here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/datacenterhawk_/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidliggitt/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/9488532/admin/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/d_liggitt Twitter: https://twitter.com/datacenterhawk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/datacenterhawk/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/datacenterhawk

Data Foundry knows a thing or two about Texas data centers. They're a data center provider and know how to produce a great product! Data Foundry began in 1994 and owns 6 data centers in the Austin and Houston markets. They’ve focused on the Texas data center markets and as discussed in the video have honed their product to offer a high quality service. Their Chief Technology Officer, Edward Henigin made time to sit down with David and talk all about the different Texas markets. Edward was Data Foundry’s first employee 20+ years ago and has been an integral part of Data Foundry’s evolution over the years. Here’s a break down of what we talk about in the video: 10:30 - Why Data Foundry has chosen to focus on Texas markets 12:20 - Specifics about the Houston data center market 15:45 - Specifics about the Austin data center market 20:00 - How companies today can get the colocation process right 25:00 - Why connectivity has become so important to the data center business 27:30 - The typical day of a CTO in the data center industry 29:15 - The biggest electrical and mechanical changes in the data center industry 33:00 - What’s going to impact the data center market in the next 3-5 years We hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did. If you would like any more information on the Houston, Austin, or any of the other US & European data center markets check out our site, datacenterhawk.com. We provide information about data center providers, and their specific facilities as well as market overviews. ------ Thank you for listening. I am appreciative of your thoughts and comments - and thankful for the opportunity to serve the industry through datacenterHawk. ------ Learn more about the data center industry and receive insight to US and European markets at https://www.datacenterhawk.com ------ For more exclusive content with data center professionals, be sure to subscribe to our YouTube Channel at: https://www.youtube.com/c/datacenterHawk?sub_confirmation=1 ------ Receive the latest information on US and now European data center markets by staying in touch with us here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/datacenterhawk_/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidliggitt/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/9488532/admin/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/d_liggitt Twitter: https://twitter.com/datacenterhawk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/datacenterhawk/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/datacenterhawk

David gets the opportunity to sit down with Peter Jones, CDO at Yondr Group. Yondr in based in Amsterdam so dcH loved getting Pete's input on the data center market in Europe. Let us know some of your thoughts on the European data center market in the comments below.

Join the conversation as David and Corey dive into the data center industry and some of Digital Realty's strategic decisions. Great talk with a ton of info to take away from it. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below. ------ Thank you for watching this video. I am appreciative of your thoughts and comments - and thankful for the opportunity to serve the industry through datacenterHawk. ------ Learn more about the data center industry and receive insight to US and European markets at https://www.datacenterhawk.com ------ For more exclusive content with data center professionals, be sure to subscribe to our YouTube Channel at: https://www.youtube.com/c/datacenterHawk?sub_confirmation=1 ------ Receive the latest information on US and now European data center markets by staying in touch with us here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/datacenterhawk_/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidliggitt/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/9488532/admin/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/d_liggitt Twitter: https://twitter.com/datacenterhawk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/datacenterhawk/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/datacenterhawk

We've released our quarterly insight and Mike and David recorded a safe at home podcast just to go over the biggest headlines in some of the major markets. They go over what happened in Northern Virginia, Phoenix, and Northern California in the first quarter of 2020. They also talk about how COVID-19 has had an effect on our industry and what it could do long term to the data center markets. Blog post going over 1Q 2020 trends: https://www.datacenterhawk.com/blog/1q-2020-north-american-european-data-center-market-analysis ------ Thank you for listening. I am appreciative of your thoughts and comments - and thankful for the opportunity to serve the industry through datacenterHawk. ------ Learn more about the data center industry and receive insight to US and European markets at https://www.datacenterhawk.com ------ For more exclusive content with data center professionals, be sure to subscribe to our YouTube Channel at: https://www.youtube.com/c/datacenterHawk?sub_confirmation=1 ------ Receive the latest information on US and now European data center markets by staying in touch with us here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/datacenterhawk_/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidliggitt/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/9488532/admin/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/d_liggitt Twitter: https://twitter.com/datacenterhawk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/datacenterhawk/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/datacenterhawk

While you're safe at home, listen to how Covid-19 is causing a surge in the data center industry. Will it last or will there be a fall out once everyone is able to leave their homes again? Listen in as Mike and David discuss it. HawkTalk with Steve Lim from RagingWire NTT: https://youtu.be/omrXbb60uEM Data center fundamentals blog series: https://www.datacenterhawk.com/blog/what-is-a-data-center-a-guide-for-new-industry-professionals ------ Thank you for watching this video. I am appreciative of your thoughts and comments - and thankful for the opportunity to serve the industry through datacenterHawk. ------ Learn more about the data center industry and receive insight to US and European markets at https://www.datacenterhawk.com ------ For more exclusive content with data center professionals, be sure to subscribe to our YouTube Channel at: https://www.youtube.com/c/datacenterHawk?sub_confirmation=1 ------ Receive the latest information on US and now European data center markets by staying in touch with us here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/datacenterhawk_/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidliggitt/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/9488532/admin/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/d_liggitt Twitter: https://twitter.com/datacenterhawk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/datacenterhawk/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/datacenterhawk

Steve Lim, SVP of Marketing at NTT Global Data Centers discusses NTT's market strategy with datacenterHawk from inside their Dallas facility, TX1. He talks about NTT's presence in Silicon Valley, Sacramento, Chicago, Northern Virginia, & Hillsboro. Listen in to get a deeper look into the data center industry in all of these markets.

A first for datacenterHawk. Coronavirus has forced us to stay home, but we're not going to stop producing content! The data center industry is unique when it comes to how it has been impacted by coronavirus. David and Mike break down what they've seen happen so far in the industry and how different people should react to all this unknown. Things talked about in this episode: Podcast 13 - Challenges of the data center user: https://youtu.be/jXyUPDUtygA Data center fundamentals blog series: https://www.datacenterhawk.com/blog