Comments on: Tier1: Higher Prices Ahead for Data Centers http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/04/29/tier1-higher-prices-ahead-for-data-centers/ News and analysis about data centers, cloud computing, managed hosting and disaster recovery Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:07:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: The 2011 Cynic Measures His Predictions | Only Time Buys Trust http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/04/29/tier1-higher-prices-ahead-for-data-centers/comment-page-1/#comment-64185 The 2011 Cynic Measures His Predictions | Only Time Buys Trust Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:11:22 +0000 http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/?p=9906#comment-64185 [...] the only ones that made it into the top 20 were in satellite communications. That said, bets on rapidly rising data center prices have continued to not pay off as RampRate customers typically saw material per-kilowatt cost [...] [...] the only ones that made it into the top 20 were in satellite communications. That said, bets on rapidly rising data center prices have continued to not pay off as RampRate customers typically saw material per-kilowatt cost [...]

]]> By: sys admin http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/04/29/tier1-higher-prices-ahead-for-data-centers/comment-page-1/#comment-4078 sys admin Sat, 30 May 2009 01:03:15 +0000 http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/?p=9906#comment-4078 I question the wisdom of placing assets in one physical campus, no matter how many inert gas suppressors and ups power systems are in place. For roughly the same cost as co-located equipment, you can lease an army of dedicated servers, each in a different city, on a different telecom provider. I like the speed of tier1 data centers, but I prefer to simply lease unmanaged servers all over the place, with backups and failovers. I question the wisdom of placing assets in one physical campus, no matter how many inert gas suppressors and ups power systems are in place. For roughly the same cost as co-located equipment, you can lease an army of dedicated servers, each in a different city, on a different telecom provider. I like the speed of tier1 data centers, but I prefer to simply lease unmanaged servers all over the place, with backups and failovers.

]]> By: John Parks http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/04/29/tier1-higher-prices-ahead-for-data-centers/comment-page-1/#comment-4077 John Parks Fri, 29 May 2009 17:55:43 +0000 http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/?p=9906#comment-4077 Thanks for the interesting article. However, I do have a couple of questions. You quote Mr. Golding as saying build costs are ~$2,500 a square foot. Do you know whether this amount includes all the infrastructure costs associated with power and cooling components (transformers, switches, chillers, pumps, cooling towers, VFD's, air exchange, etc....)? I've been quoted numbers all over the place, but what is in the quotes is variable. John Parks Thanks for the interesting article. However, I do have a couple of questions.

You quote Mr. Golding as saying build costs are ~$2,500 a square foot. Do you know whether this amount includes all the infrastructure costs associated with power and cooling components (transformers, switches, chillers, pumps, cooling towers, VFD’s, air exchange, etc….)? I’ve been quoted numbers all over the place, but what is in the quotes is variable.

John Parks

]]> By: Jim Salviski http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/04/29/tier1-higher-prices-ahead-for-data-centers/comment-page-1/#comment-3724 Jim Salviski Wed, 06 May 2009 15:38:00 +0000 http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/?p=9906#comment-3724 Dan makes a great point about the supply & demand that the Data Center and Co-Location industry is seeing, especially in major markets. I would predict that we will see a trend towards significant growth in middle markets where there still are moderate co-location prices and good availability. As middle markets become more fortified with infrastructure and connectivity stability, the need to be in a major market is diminishing, and one could even build a case that your data and severs would be safer in a smaller market. We are definitely seeing this trend in Rochester, NY. Jim Salviski Dan makes a great point about the supply & demand that the Data Center and Co-Location industry is seeing, especially in major markets.

I would predict that we will see a trend towards significant growth in middle markets where there still are moderate co-location prices and good availability.

As middle markets become more fortified with infrastructure and connectivity stability, the need to be in a major market is diminishing, and one could even build a case that your data and severs would be safer in a smaller market. We are definitely seeing this trend in Rochester, NY.

Jim Salviski

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