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There’s No Silver Bullet for Data Center Sustainability
The data center industry continues to evolve in its quest to improve how energy is procured, consumed and distributed with the goals of reducing environmental impact and cutting cost. Unfortunately…
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Data Center 101 – An Introduction to Data Centers, Colocation and the Cloud
Is a data center where data lives? What's the difference between a data center and a database? What is colocation? What and where is the cloud? All good questions, and…
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Data Center TCO – A Primer
When calculating the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) in a wholesale or multi-tenant colocation environment, you'll need to consider the following key cost drivers: Base Rent, Ramps and Annual Escalators…
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Economic Improvement Districts and the Data Center
Economic Improvement Districts (“EIDs”) are public-private partnerships in which local property and business owners elect to make a collective contribution to the maintenance, development, and promotion of their property. EIDs…
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Indiana Data Center Tax Advantage
Indiana House Bill 1405, passed on May 5th 2019, establishes a sales and use tax exemption for the purchase of certain qualified data center equipment that is located in a…
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Data Centers and Opportunity Zones
Economic Advantages for Operators and Tenants The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 allowed governors to nominate certain census tracts as Opportunity Zones, subject to approval from the U.S.…
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Indiana’s Leadership Spurs a Green Revival
Chicagoland Conversion. From Polluting, Industrial-Age Relic to Clean-Energy Centerpiece for the Information Age The State-Line Generating Plant straddled the Illinois-Indiana line just a few miles from Chicago. Established in…
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The State Line Generating Plant Story
The State Line Generating Plant was opened in 1929 as an engineering and architectural marvel. The creation of the plant almost 100 years ago brought the important distribution of energy…
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The Data Center Supply Chain
Can this Critical Part of Your Technology Supply Chain Handle Both Your Growth and a Pandemic? As so much of our world has transitioned to be online, the data center…
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