Back to the Future

There was a time when the glut of built-out data centers had folks suggesting that it would be years before we'd see new data center construction or industrial buildings being retrofitted for data center use. There's still lots of finished data centers available, but data-centric companies continue to invest in custom-built space. Today we have two examples: Lexis-Nexis will build a center from the ground up, while HostMySite.com will convert an industrial site into hosting space.

Lexis-Nexis announced yesterday that it will build a 60,000 square foot facility in Springfield, Ohio. ""Building this new computing center and research and development space is essential to supporting our expansion as a global company," said Bill Pardue of LexisNexis. "We are delighted to make this investment in the Dayton-Springfield corridor."

HostMySite.com will outfit an exisiting 12,000 square foot site in Newark, Del. Next month it will begin installing raised floors with downdraft forced-air cooling and redundant FM200 gas fire suppression systems, a central battery backup system and diesel generators. "Our revenues have grown 200% this past year and the new center will let us meet all future demands," said Lou Honick, CEO of HostMySite.com.