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Area Development - Site Selection, Facility Planning and Workforce Development

1623 Farnam Moves Forward With $40 Million Data Center Expansion in Omaha, Nebraska

06/17/2020
1623 Farnam, a regional leader in network-neutral, edge interconnection and data center services, is undertaking a $40 million edge data center expansion in Omaha, Nebraska.

According to company officials, the expansion includes significant upgrades to the facility's electrical power infrastructure and increases colocation capacity by converting floors six-through-nine into usable data center space.

This expansion further supports the increase in demand for interconnected edge data centers, and comes after 1623 Farnam's initial $10 million expansion last year to build out the facility's fifth-floor space, which they are currently filling, officials explained. The new construction will upgrade the facility's interconnection capabilities by adding additional cabling, vaults and new redundant electrical plans that will support up to 8MW of power to the facility.

"Our prime location in Omaha is at the nexus of the country's east-west and north-south cable routes, making it important that we enable sufficient interconnection capabilities for our customers and partners," says Todd Cushing, President of 1623 Farnam. "We are also increasing our capacity with build outs to the sixth through ninth floors of the building to better accommodate existing and new customers."

"There has been increasing demand in the data center space, especially now in the current global climate," says Bill Severn, Executive Vice President of 1623 Farnam. "This build is being carried out largely with our customers and partners in mind. Our new vaults have new conduit access to enable rapid deployment and provide ease of access for establishing new fiber connections. We understand that the quicker and easier we can make it for our customers to get into the building, the better."

“The global edge data center market is currently booming, with a predicted YoY growth rate of 8.93% by the end of 2023, as noted by Marketwatch. This makes the expansion of 1623 Farnam's edge interconnection facility crucial to serve this rapidly increasing demand; especially at a time when global internet usage has increased by as much as 70% due to the global COVID-19 pandemic,” company officials said.

“1623 Farnam's prime location at the center of the United States and in proximity to the largest Google Cloud node in North America and other significant hyperscale builds in the Omaha metro area makes it an ideal location for increased network and cloud capacity,” officials added.

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