Commercial Property Executive
Summary
COVID-19 has spurred data center growth, creating new trends and reinforcing existing ones in property management, sustainability and construction. Among these are adaptive rehabilitations into modern facilities through private and public partnerships, such as the one between T5 Data Centers, Digital Crossroad and the state of Indiana. “We’re always looking for opportunities to transform distressed assets into state-of-the-art data centers that serve as the foundation for the digital economy,” Thomas Dakich, managing member of Digital Crossroad told Commercial Property Executive.
The company’s upcoming Data Center Campus in Hammond, Ind., is an example of creative conversion. The 1.7 million-square-foot project rises on the site of the former State Line Energy Plant, once considered the world’s largest electricity-producing generator. In the interview below, Dakich explains why the campus represents a new crossroads in industry and the way sustainable data center projects will transform Indiana into a next-generation digital landscape.
Project will include a 4,000 square foot greenhouse, where heat from data center will be redirected to.
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