Minnesota may become an emerging data center market
Today, many people know that Ashbourne, Chicago, Dallas and Santa Clara are the most popular regions in the global and major U.S. market facilities and data center markets. Although these markets will certainly help to build new mission critical facilities, they are not the only U.S. regions that attract data center operators.
Data center map resources calculate the number of management data centers inside and outside the United States. According to the data provided, there are 362 data centers owned and operated by 12 states in the Midwest, accounting for 22% (1655) of the total number of data centers in the United States. The following are the number of data centers owned by the federal states: Illinois (85), Ohio (71), Michigan (47), Missouri (37), Minnesota (32), Indiana (28), Kansas (15), Iowa (9), Nebraska (9), South Dakota (3), Wisconsin (2), and North Dakota (0).
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Minnesota
Illinois is undoubtedly a leader in the Midwest, US server It has the largest data center and hosting facilities in the central and western regions. Ohio, Michigan, Missouri, and Minnesota follow closely, and are expanding or attracting new data centers for construction or settlement. According to RE Journal, Minneapolis, Minnesota ranks second in Chicago's backward Midwest data center market, becoming a broader market for data center industries and key facilities in emerging markets.
Top tier secondary data center market
The combination of new federal tax incentives, low-cost electricity, favorable climate, and high-tech infrastructure makes Minneapolis/Sao Paulo the top secondary data center market in the United States. In 2011, the Minnesota Legislature approved a tax exemption form for data center facilities. The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development said, "The space for establishing a data center or network operation center should be at least 25000 square feet, and companies investing 30 million dollars in the first four years are eligible for tax incentives." All data center infrastructure, equipment and power are tax free for 20 years. In addition, since 2014, among the new third tier facilities, at least 75000 square feet of high-rise data center space (equivalent to 10 megawatts) has been deployed in Minnesota. Two data center facilities under construction have added 36200 square feet of space and 5.45 megawatts of capacity.
Powerful life science team
Mission critical facilities include many enterprises that cannot be interrupted, including hospitals and laboratories. The healthcare industry is one of the top users sharing the data center space of Shuangcheng City. Jones Lang LaSalle recently ranked Minneapolis among the top 16 "clusters" of life science activities in the United States. Minnesota has become a major player in healthcare and life sciences, including medical device companies, biotechnology/pharmaceutical companies, and health facilities. Mayo Clinic, Abbott, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Ecolabs, St. Jude Medical.
Fortune 500 Headquarters
By the end of 2016, there were 17 Fortune 500 enterprises in Minnesota, the same number as in 2015, and the annual list of "Fortune" almost remained stable. In addition, 17 Fortune 500 companies headquartered in Shuangcheng City, including United Health Group, Target, CHS, Best Buy, 3M, Bancorp, Supervalu, General Mills, LandO'Lakes, Ecolab, C H. Robinson, Ameriprise Finance, Xcel Energy, Hormel Food, Mosaic, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and St Jude Medical。 This rich business opportunity shows that there is a large demand for data centers and service providers. Therefore, in order to meet the needs of these companies, the supply of data centers in Shuangcheng City has reached a record high, and new facilities of regional and federal state custodians are constantly developing.
Additional income
Look at Minneapolis. There are some of the world's largest data center operators in the central and western regions, including Facebook, Google and Microsoft, to build and operate an important facility- Chicago, the first city of data center, is the most powerful data center in Midwest America?? One of the growth centers. The media in the data center industry regularly reported the marketing activities in Chicago, and recently quoted the real estate evaluation data of the North American data center in 2016. The report pointed out that Microsoft's second largest data center leasing transaction in 2016 was outside the Chicago leasing brothers in Elk Grove Village EdgeConneX 30 MW data center in Illinois.
Like the Greater Chicago area, Minneapolis also has a cold climate, which can effectively use the air side or water surface for energy storage. In these regions of the Midwest, data centers use natural cooling for up to nine months a day. In addition, the Shuangcheng area is still high in similar cities in the United States, which can avoid natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, earthquakes and extreme weather.
The conclusion is that
Other companies in the data center industry do not ignore the central and western regions. TierPoint has data centers in Chicago and Milwaukee. Lightpower bought a data center in Ohio this summer. Three data centers are operating in Minneapolis, with a total area of 45000 square feet. Although it has not yet become one of the five major data center markets, Minneapolis has achieved strong growth in this field with the growth of key equipment market. With the saturation of other markets, emerging markets such as Minneapolis include infrastructure, tax incentives and regional attractiveness. With the continuous growth of market demand in the United States, the position of this region is expected to further develop.
