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Article: Demand fueling data center building boom.(Certia Inc.'s data center)
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- Network World
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- March 6, 2006
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Byline: Ann Bednarz
Developers are set to break ground in July on a project in Austin, Texas, that's been conceived as a giant park for data
centers. The 350-acre project, managed by Zydeco Development, is part of a wave of new data center construction.
Across the country, enterprise demand for advanced data center space is driving new construction projects, ranging from single-occupant
buildings to mega-sites such as Zydeco's MetCenter.
Many companies that avoided doing any data center upgrades for the last four or five years find they can't put it off any
longer, says Ron Hughes, president of California Data Center ...