CoreSite Realty Corporation, a premier provider of secure, reliable, high-performance data center and interconnection solutions in major U.S. metropolitan areas, has begun construction on Phase I of its new colocation data center located in downtown Chicago. The new facility will be known as CH2.According to CoreSite, the purpose-built space and infrastructure will support high-growth requirements for digital transformation and hybrid cloud demands in the heart of downtown Chicago. CH2 will be the companys second data center in Chicago. It is located one mile from the companys existing CH1 facility and network node. The first phase of construction on its 169,000 square foot is expected to be completed by next year.Were excited to have under construction an enterprise-class, purpose-built data center designed to deliver 18 megawatts of power and 169,000 net rentable square feet of capacity in downtown Chicago. We expect to complete the first phase of the building next year, delivering an efficient data center design capable of supporting high density requirements and enabling customers to solve for mission critical, performance-sensitive hybrid cloud applications, said Matt Gleason, CoreSites Vice President and General Manager.CH2 data center is designed to leverage an interconnected campus environment. The facility promises connection via redundant high-count dark fiber to CoreSites CH1 data center, the Companys key interconnection hub in Chicago. The new data center will be able to deliver a vibrant community of enterprises, content providers, networks with more than 40 domestic and international carriers, leading cloud service providers with native cloud on-ramps, and best-of-breed solution partners to further serve customers needs.Earlier in February, CoreSite expanded its Washington DC campus with a new colocation data center facility, calling it DC2. It has more than 24,000 square feet (2,230 sqm) of data center space. The data center is also connected to its flagship interconnection hub, DC1.

DataBank, a leading provider of enterprise-class data center, connectivity, managed services, and cloud solutions, is all set to open its third data center located in the greater Kansas City area. The Dallas-based data center provider announced the grand opening of KC3, a Tier III data center facility in the growing Kansas City market. DataBanks total data center count goes up to 15 with the addition of KC3.Kansas City is quite literally at the center of the countrys growing national market for data center services and solutions. The grand opening of KC3 cements our commitment of providing the highest quality infrastructure solutions and customer support to an area that is home to notable corporate HQs and leading enterprises, said Raul K. Martynek, CEO of DataBank.Located in Lenexa, KS, the seven-acre campus has a 44,000 square foot data center with 25,000 square feet of raised floor, that can potentially be expanded to 100,000+ of raised floor space. According to DataBank, the facility provides redundant power and cooling configurations, diverse network entry points and multiple fiber providers to deliver exceptional network resiliency and uptime. It has 12 MW of total power, with critical load capability of 4 MW to 6 MW.With the opening of KC3, DataBank accomplishes a high-speed optical metro transport ring in a region with growing demands for connectivity. Creating optimal connectivity in the region, KC3 will be linked to DataBanks other two facilitiesKC1 and KC2. KC3 offers customers direct access to the DataBanks CloudPlus platform. Besides, customers can make use of onsite amenities including a loading dock, office workspace, conference rooms, client labs, tech space, secure storage, break room, and staging areas. DataBank guarantees that the site would be staffed with 247 on-site security and operations teams.The grand opening event is on May 15th. The event will feature Eddie Kennison, former Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver. In addition, DataBank will have a raffle, food, and opportunities to network with business leaders. Group tours of the new world class data center will also be available.

Schneider Electric, the leader in digital transformation of energy management and automation, launched EcoStruxure IT Advisor, offering a simplified way to deploy data center management. EcoStruxure IT Advisor enables data center operators of large data centers and colocation facilities to reduce operating expenses and maximize uptime by optimizing capacity, analyzing business impact, and automating workflows. It is capable of making data center management and operations more efficient.Hybrid data center architectures are driving the industry to rethink the way their data center infrastructure is managed and operated. EcoStruxure IT Advisor addresses this need by offering customers a powerful cloud-based or on-premise data center planning and modeling software, accessible from anywhere, and delivered with a flexible subscription model, said Kim Povlsen, Vice President and General Manager, Digital Services and Software, Schneider Electric.According to the company, key features and benefits of EcoStruxure IT Advisor are:Asset management for accurate inventory: It shows data within the physical layout for instant access to device details and asset attributes, and overview of data center operations.Risk planning for proactive incident management: The Impact Analysis report indicates how incidents may impact your devices and infrastructure.Change management:Workflow automation ensures that human error is reducedColocation: IT Advisor offers floor view with areas, cages and racks, and IT assets colored according to status, along with detailed floor and rack utilization reports.The launch of the IT Advisor is the next phase of Schneiders EcoStruxure IT platform expansion. The platform delivers a Datacenter Management as a Service (DMaaS) architecture, purpose-built for the hybrid IT and data center environments. EcoStruxure has been deployed in more than 480,000 sites, connecting over 1.6 million assets under management through 40+ digital services.The platform also includes EcoStruxure IT Expert and EcoStruxure Asset Advisor. EcoStruxure IT Expert is a secure, vendor agnostic, wherever-you-go monitoring software with visibility of all IoT-enabled physical infrastructure assets. EcoStruxure Asset Advisor which provides 24x7 monitoring by the Schneider Electric global service bureau or through our Partner network.

Google is all set to expand its global data center footprint. At Google Cloud Next conference in San Francisco, Google said that it is bringing two brand new data centers online in the 2020 time frame. The new Google Cloud regions are in Seoul, South Korea and Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. With the latest additions to the infrastructure, the total number of global regions will go up to 23 in 2020.The Seoul region will be available for use in early 2020, followed by the Salt Lake City region shortly thereafter. According to Google, each new cloud region is designed for high availability with three zones from the start.Google invested $47 billion between 2016 and 2018 to fund its cloud infrastructure expansion. The tech giant has so far expanded to 15 regions and 45 zones in three years and the company has presence in 13 countries. The addition of Salt Lake City facility will bring the total Google Cloud regions within the continental United States to six. Google believes that the new facility will enable customers in the Silicon Slopes area to easily run low-latency, hybrid cloud workloads.Welcoming Googles expansion in the region, Dan Tournian, PayPals Vice President of Employee Technology Experiences and Data Centers said, Google Clouds expanding infrastructure in Salt Lake City is a welcome development as our growing business continues to scale to meet the needs of over 250 million customers. This new region will enable enhanced availability and performance for our customers, when every millisecond counts.Seoul will be Google Clouds eighth region in Asia Pacific. Google is confident that the expansion in Seoul will help better serve both local customers looking to expand globally and multinational customers doing business in South Korea.Google also informed that the Osaka, Japan region would open to customers in the coming weeks. The Jakarta, Indonesia region is expected to launch in the first half of 2020.