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WEST JORDAN, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 30, 2019--
Aligned Energy, a leading data center provider offering innovative, sustainable and adaptable colocation and build-to-scale solutions for cloud, enterprise, and managed service providers, announces the expansion of its Salt Lake Metro data center campus, breaking ground on a second facility in West Jordan, Utah. The expansion is driven by the addition of a new anchor customer as well as demand for adaptable, scalable data center infrastructure in the Western technology hub.
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Aerial view of the Salt Lake Metro Data Center Campus (Graphic: Business Wire)
“Aligned continues to set — and achieve — aggressive speed-to-market targets, most recently in Ashburn, and now in Salt Lake County with our latest greenfield deployment,” says Andrew Schaap, CEO of Aligned Energy. “Expected to complete in Q1 2020, our second West Jordan facility will provide adaptable, efficient and sustainable data center infrastructure to enable enhanced availability, performance and scale for customers’ growing cloud and application workloads in the region.”
Building on Aligned’s existing 34 MW, 300,000 sq. ft. West Jordan data center, the adjacent new 240,000-sq.-ft. facility will add 48 MW of capacity. At full build, the master-planned Aligned SLC campus will offer 780,000 square feet of space and 130 MW of capacity in the Silicon Slopes.
Aligned’s SLC data center campus will feature the Company’s patented Delta Cube (Delta³) ™ cooling technology, which allows customers to scale up to 50 kW per rack without having to reconfigure existing infrastructure, disperse equipment, or require large-scale CapEx investments — all while maintaining industry-leading Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) and utilizing up to 80% less energy and 85% less water. Combined with Aligned’s patented CACTUS® unit, this cooling solution delivers efficiency at any load, in any climate, regardless of location to support customers’ sustainability goals.
"We are happy to see Aligned Energy’s expansion in West Jordan. The Company’s decision to further invest in our city shows confidence in West Jordan’s growing economy and workforce,” says West Jordan City Mayor Jim Riding. “We are proud to partner with this leading data center that will bring new job opportunities for citizens, allowing them to live and work in West Jordan."
In addition to its position as a growing technology center, infrastructure tax credits, alternative energy incentives and some of the lowest occurrences of natural and man-made disasters in the U.S. make Salt Lake City a desirable colocation market. Classified as a cold desert, Utah’s low humidity levels also make it ideal for ambient cooling. Furthermore, the state enjoys some of the lowest-cost electricity and natural gas rates in the nation, and renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind, are rapidly growing.
About Aligned
Aligned Energy is an infrastructure technology company that offers adaptable colocation and build-to-scale solutions to cloud, enterprise, and managed service providers. Our intelligent infrastructure allows densification and vertical growth within the same footprint, enabling customers to scale up without disruption, all while maintaining industry-leading Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE). By reducing the energy, water and space needed to operate, our data center solutions, combined with our patented cooling technology, offer businesses a competitive advantage by improving reliability and their bottom line. For more information, visit www.alignedenergy.com and connect with us on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
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