menlo digital: Portland Data Center

Located at 1207-1235 W Burnside Street, Portland, Oregon, operated by Menlo Digital (a dedicated digital infrastructure platform from Menlo Equities). 

Situated in Portland’s vibrant Pearl District within the Brewery Blocks redevelopment, offering a central urban location with strong access to fiber and network-dense infrastructure. 

Originally reconstructed in 2002 as a purpose-built network-dense data centre and enhanced in 2017 with modern office improvements, this facility brings proven infrastructure and redevelopment pedigree

The building offers generous subterranean parking, a mechanical penthouse housing critical infrastructure, and is located in a metro with favourable seismic and environmental conditions for data-centre operations. 

This site is ideal for hyperscale, enterprise and cloud deployments.

⚙️ Facility Highlights —

• The 134,097 sq ft (three-story) property provides a substantial footprint for data-centre use, enabling flexibility and scalability for growing compute, storage or interconnect workloads. 
• Designed to support dense networking and high-capacity operations given its origin as a network-dense facility, with potential for high-density rack configurations and advanced cooling strategies.
• Modular power and infrastructure strategy enable adaptive growth — the facility benefits from the broader Menlo Digital platform’s ability to scale power, cooling and connectivity across its portfolio.
• Located in a low-seismic risk zone compared to many coastal or mountainous sites, offering operational resilience and continuity for mission-critical workloads.
• Built with modern standards in mind, enabling enterprise and cloud operators to leverage sustainable design practices, adaptive infrastructure and network-rich environments.

🔐 Security & Compliance —

• The facility is structured to meet enterprise-grade physical security standards: 24×7 on-site operations, CCTV coverage, biometric or access-controlled entry points, secure perimeter and dedicated mechanical/infrastructure zones.
• Early-warning fire detection (e.g., VESDA) plus compartmentalised fire zones and suppression systems support high availability and safety of equipment and data.
• Being part of the Menlo Digital platform means operations alignment with certified and audit-ready frameworks (ISO 27001, SOC 2, etc.) suited for regulated workloads and enterprise customers.
• Service-level agreements (SLAs) for uptime and reliability align with expectations of hyperscale, enterprise and cloud users, consistent with the operator’s mission-critical infrastructure model.

🌐 Connectivity & Carrier Access —

• The carrier-neutral design allows access to multiple network providers, dark fiber and lit fiber options, cross-connects and cloud on-ramps, leveraging its urban Pearl District location.
• Proximity to major metro network hubs in Portland means low latency to Pacific-Northwest markets and robust redundant routing across regional fibre-path diversity.
• The building’s prior construction as a network-dense data centre underscores its connectivity-rich pedigree, with abundant fibre entry-points and mechanical/infrastructure penthouse capacity.
• Tenants can benefit from flexible connectivity options including inter-data-centre links, multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud access, enabling enterprise and cloud architectures to scale without network bottlenecks.

💼 Who It Serves —

• Hyperscale cloud and AI/ML providers seeking access to Pacific-Northwest markets with scalable infrastructure.
• Enterprise IT organisations and SaaS companies looking for resilient, centrally-located colocation or hybrid cloud infrastructure in the Portland metro.
• Telecom operators, network carriers and content delivery firms requiring robust connectivity, fibre-rich entry and interconnection in a network-dense environment.
• Digital media, streaming and gaming platforms needing low-latency access and scalable compute/storage infrastructure in the West Coast region.
• Regulated industries (healthcare, financial services, enterprise) requiring secure, high-availability infrastructure and compliance-ready facilities.