There are a number of stories today about the opening of Microsoft’s new data center in Quincy, Washington, most of which are based on reports filed by either
Reuters [1] or
the AP [2] that don’t add much to
what’s already known [3]about the project.
The new Quincy site is also a milestone for
Turner Construction [4], which led a team of 500 workers and contractors who worked around the clock seven days a week for several months to “fast track” the completion of the project. Ground was broken on the 250,000 square foot first phase on May 8, 2006, and a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy was issued on February 15, 2007.
“Eleven months ago when we were just breaking ground, we weren’t entirely sure that Turner could really pull this off – and they did it,” said Mike Manos, Senior Director of Data Center Services for Microsoft. “Turner took us from the ground up to live operations in less than a year.”
“It was an amazing collaborative effort,” said Jack Beaudoin, Vice President and General Manager of Turner, who cited support from Microsoft’s Mike Duffy and David Gauthier, and the architect/engineering team led by Leonard Ruff and Josh Reyneveld of Callison and Nick Yalich of EYP Mission Critical Facilities.
Turner is also working for Microsoft/Windows Live on a data center projects in
San Antonio, Texas [5], as well as “multiple other domestic and international locations.”
During 2006, Turner completed $8.6 billion of construction. Founded in 1902, the firm is a subsidiary of HOCHTIEF, one of the world’s leading international construction service providers.
Rich Miller is the founder and editor-in-chief of Data Center Knowledge, and has been reporting on the data center sector since 2000. He has tracked the growing impact of high-density computing on the power and cooling of data centers, and the resulting push for improved energy efficiency in these facilities.
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[1] Reuters: http://news.com.com/New+Microsoft+data+center+powers+Web+services+push/2100-7345_3-6176165.html
[2] the AP: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_WA_Microsoft_Server_Farm.html
[3] what’s already known : http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2007/Mar/11/microsoft_readies_quincy_data_center.html
[4] Turner Construction: http://www.turnerconstruction.com
[5] San Antonio, Texas: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2007/Jan/19/microsoft_confirms_huge_san_antonio_center.html
[6] Rich Miller: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/author/richm/
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