Friday, January 4, 2013
The company behind the development of the proposed Connexion data center has put the 87,000-square-foot Taystee Foods distribution center on Neil Armstrong Boulevard under contract.
Follow Eagan Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our daily newsletter | Blog for us When North Carolina-based Five 9s Digital first considered developing a data center in Eagan, the company scoured local real estate listings for a vacant building to occupy. But when no suitable choices materialized, the company decided to construct its own, 138,000-square-foot facility—called the Connexion—along Yankee Doodle Road in Eagan. Now, Five 9s digital is returning to its original plans. Rather than starting from the ground up, the business has put the former Taystee Foods distribution center in Eagan under contract, according to Five 9s CEO Doug Hollidge. Five 9s may finalize purchase of the building as early as April, Hollidge …
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Five 9s Digital CEO Doug Hollidge is hopeful that the North Carolina-based company can land an anchor tenant for the data facility within the next 60 days.
Follow Eagan Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our daily newsletter The search is on for an anchor tenant for the Connexion, a proposed, 138,000-square-foot carrier neutral data center that would be located along Yankee Doodle Road in Eagan. Five 9s Digital CEO Doug Hollidge is hopeful that the North Carolina-based company, which will develop and own the data center, can land an anchor tenant within the next 60 days. If that happens, Five 9s will likely submit a formal development proposal for the facility to city staff. Construction on the facility could begin in the third quarter of 2012 and is expected to take seven months to complete, Hollidge said. “We have a considerable interest and the process with the …
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
138,000 square foot data center to be built by North Carolina-based Five 9s Digital major step to helping Eagan realize goal of becoming Minnesota telecommunications hub.
The City of Eagan today has announced a deal to build a 138,000 carrier neutral data center in town. As reported in Eagan Patch last week, the deal with Five 9s Digital, LLC of North Carolina has been in the works and was fast closing in on the finish line. Read the city’s full announcement of the project below: Just seven months after embarking on a feasibility study to help establish Eagan as a major telecommunications hub in Minnesota, the City of Eagan is proud to announce the planned development of a new 138,000 square foot carrier neutral data center called The Connexion. The specialized data center, known as a colocation facility, will be open to all telecommunications and internet service providers, as well as local and regional …
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Carrier-neutral,co-location data center likely to be a reality soon. Could attract more technology-driven businesses.
When Doug Hollidge, CEO of North Carolina-based Five 9s Digital, told the city council at a recent work session that "all systems are go" for a data center in Eagan, he wasn't kidding. Hollidge confirmed that his company is close to signing an agreement with a property owner to build the facility in Eagan. In May, Five 9s Digital was hired by Eagan to conduct a feasibility study surrounding such a project, and was given first right of refusal to build it if the study confirmed the conclusions of the Technology Working Group that a demand exists for such a data center. Currently, all business fiber provider's lines route into and out of the Twin Cities metro area through what is known as the 511 building, an oddly-shaped building on the …
Carol Hopkins
7:42 pm on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
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