F O R L E A S E F O R S A L E N C W E S T P O W E R E D S H E L L D A T A C E N T E R Cherokee County, North Carolina Contact Doug Hollidge for more information Email: doug@five9sdigital.com Phone: 704.651.2210 Website: www.five9sdigital.com
O V E R V I E W LOCATION 155 Palmer Lane Marble, North Carolina 28905 Western NC Data Center Corridor Highly Incentivized Cherokee County Adjacent to Murphy, North Carolina Regional proximity to Atlanta, Chattanooga, Knoxville, Greenville (SC), Asheville, and Charlotte BUILDING Existing 253,200 SF in excellent condition Land area expandable on 74 acres Expansion pad is build ready Shell within a shell construction POWER Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Duke Energy Over 100 MW available unlimited expansion capacity Two dedicated substations on site Low cost power from $0.044 per KWH for high load customers TVA is primary provider, offering significant renewable power blend FIBER PROVIDERS BalsamWest, Frontier, Verizon, & others BALSAMWEST FIBER BalsamWest offers Back Bone Fiber at the site with dual ingress to the building providing Fiber and Wave service. Can provide drop off to 56 Marietta in Atlanta; carrier hotels at N Myers Street in Charlotte; Herndon, VA; or Knoxville, TN WATER SEWER 500,000 gallon water storage on-site 16 water main at site Abundant sewer capacity FLOOR HEIGHT Slab on grade concrete floor 5 thickness 21 feet floor to floor height COLUMN SPACING 32 x 40 column spacing minimum COOLING HEATING Ambient air cooling system Recycled energy thermal heating system Automated humidity control CONSTRUCTION TYPE Single-level, concrete and brick 12 wall thickness PARKING Abundant and flexible EQUIPMENT Abundant space for placement of external equipment
P O W E R NC West Powered Shell Data Center T E N N E S S E E V A L L E Y A U T H O R I T Y P O W E R S E R V I C E A R E A M A P The Data Center offers access to primary dedicated power from the TVA of over 75MW at the facility. Low cost power from $0.044 per KWH for high load customers. Excellent power incentives are available. The Tennessee Valley Authority & Duke Energy offer diverse generation portfolios that include significant renewable blends. Both providers have dedicated substations on site.
L O C A T I O N The is in a secure location in the western North Carolina market that offers regional access to Atlanta, Georgia; Chattanooga and Knoxville, Tennessee; Asheville and Charlotte, North Carolina; and Greenville, South Carolina. K N O X V I L L E N O R T H C A R O L I N A T E N N E S S E E A S H E V I L L E C H A R L O T T E C H A T T A N O O G A G E O R G I A G R E E N V I L L E A T L A N T A S O U T H C A R O L I N A Attractive tax incentives, the lack of natural disaster risk factors, the availability of reliable low-cost power, and an ideal moderate free cooling climate have all contributed to the establishment of the nationally recognized western North Carolina Data Center Corridor.
R E G I O N NC DATA CENTER CORRIDOR 9 8 10 11 12 17 Winston-Salem Hickory 7 6 Greensboro 21 22 24 18 19 26 20 23 Raleigh-Durham 2725 DC 1 2 3 4 14 15 13 5 16 Charlotte 1. Facebook 2. Disney 3. WiPro 4. AT&T 5. Time Warner Cable 6. Apple icloud 7. Bed Bath & Beyond 8. Google 9. Centrilogic 10. DataChambers 11. Wells Fargo 12. Lowes Home Improvement 13. TIAA CREF 14. Windstream Hosted Solutions 15. Peak 10 16. Bank of America 17. American Express 18. Fidelity 19. IBM 20. Social Security Administration N O R T H C A R O L I N A Data Center Map 21. EMC 22. Synthon 23. Ericsson 24. Cisco 25. Peak 10 26. Windstream Hosted Solutions 27. DataChambers DC NC West Data Center This map has been compiled courtesy of Five 9s Digital. For display purposes, data center locations are not exact or to scale. This graphic is meant to serve as an overall look at the data center landscape in North Carolina. The Lenoir, NC powered shell data center is highlighted in yellow above (DC) and in close proximity to the Google data center and the Centrilogic data center. It is also nearby the Apple icloud data center and Bed Bath & Beyond.
S I T E M A P The existing 253,200 SF is located on 74 acres in Cherokee County, North Carolina. The site offers a pre-graded, ready to build expansion pad for future development. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and Duke Energy both have dedicated substations on site providing over 100 MW of power with virtually unlimited expansion capacity. Substation 1 Substation 2 74 Acres 3D Elevated View
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B E S T D A T A S I T E S Best Data Sites Certification The data center site selection process can be a lengthy, costly, and inconsistent science. Best Data Sites Certification is a consolidated standards system whereby the strictest industry site selection requirements are used to evaluate potential data center sites and buildings within a weighted scoring matrix. BDS Alliance & the BDS Standards The BDS Alliance is an independent board comprised of data center professionals and companies. The alliance is charged with the creation and continued evaluation and maintenance of the BDS Standards. These standards are key to creating an efficient, reliable, and cost effective data center site selection evaluation process. NC West Data Center is Now BDS Certified The, an existing 253,200 SF facility, has been Best Data Sites Certified. Certification status was approved as of February 8, 2013. A few noteworthy factors include the massive presence of reliable power, fiber connectivity, excellent water and sewer infrastructure, and an ideal moderate climate for data center initiatives. Recent Transactions Towards the end of 2012, multiple Best Data Sites Certified data center properties transacted in the marketplace. In November, Bed Bath & Beyond purchased a 50,000 SF BDS Certified data center shell in Catawba County, North Carolina. DataChambers also purchased a certified data center in October in the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina. Certification & Economic Development Partnerships Over the past year, data center recruitment efforts have become increasingly collaborative in nature. The same can be said for Best Data Sites Certification. Economic development groups, land and building owners, and utilities companies have partnered together throughout the certification process, seeking to improve their region s competitive advantage as it relates to landing new data center initiatives. Mission Critical Consultants Mission Critical Consultants is a data center site selection firm authorized to execute the certification process and certify data center sites and buildings in accordance with the BDS Standards. For more information on the certification process, please visit www.micritical.com.
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R E G I O N A L P R O F I L E Dual Power Presence The is located in a uniquely advantageous region that is serviced by two of the largest power providers in the country (TVA & Duke Energy). Reliability for the last ten years has been at or above 99.9997%. Both TVA and Duke Energy have dedicated substations on site offering virtually unlimited power capacity to the data center. Western North Carolina s Data Center Corridor Over the past five years, North Carolina has witnessed substantial data center investments in the western half of the state. Google, Apple, Facebook, Disney, Wipro, AT&T, Bed Bath & Beyond, Time Warner Cable, and American Express among others have placed data centers in the Western Carolina Data Center Corridor. Cost Saving Cooling System The data center takes advantage of the moderate year-round temperatures with the intake of outside air to cool the data center. A T L A N T A, G E O R G I A Climate and Low Natural Disaster Risks Cherokee County, North Carolina is located in an area known for its extremely low risk of natural disasters. The area benefits greatly from an equitable climate with moderate year-round temperatures. Over the past 30 years, the county has had an average daily temperature of 65 degrees, 261 days of each year. Access to Major Metropolitan Areas The data center has access to a highly educated workforce from Atlanta, Georgia; Chattanooga and Knoxville, Tennessee; Asheville, North Carolina; and Greenville, South Carolina. The extended area also includes Charlotte, North Carolina. Tax Incentives Cherokee County is classified as Tier I, which qualifies for high level state tax incentives including sales and use tax exemptions, building reuse and restoration grants, and other possible credits. There are also attractive energy tax credits offered by the TVA and Duke Energy. Contact us for a complete tax incentives breakdown.
F O R L E A S E F O R S A L E N C W E S T P O W E R E D S H E L L D A T A C E N T E R Cherokee County, North Carolina W E B S I T E : www.five9sdigital.com F O R M O R E I N F O R M A T I O N : Doug Hollidge: doug@five9sdigital.com 704.651.2210