About the author  ⁄ Eka Linwood, P.E.

Eka Linwood is a Project Manager with Black & Veatch, an engineering and construction (E&C) firm (linwoode@bv.com).

The Age of IoT (Internet of Things) has come much sooner than anticipated. The pandemic accelerated the digital transformation process, requiring everyone to be comfortable with technology: fast internet, video conferences, cloud storage, and VPN tunnels. Data center facilities housing servers, switches, data storage, and computer processing functions are also becoming more common as major businesses become more reliant on the cloud (Figure 1). Two common types are colocation and hyperscale. Colocation facilities can serve multiple tenants, while hyperscale facilities typically serve a single tenant. Hyperscale facilities are commonly developed by tenants or with significant involvement from the eventual tenant. The design for colocation facilities is based on a developer’s best guess of what the market and potential tenants would want in a particular location.

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