data center marketing 2010

Tier 3+/Tier 4 Data Center Sites

√ Low Cost, Reliable and Redundant Electricity provided by Duke Energy with an average industrial rate of $0.045/kwh prior to any economic discounts.

√ Home to Apple and Google Data Center Facilities

√ Qualifying Projects are Exempted from State Sales Tax

√ Low Cost/Abundant Water (36” line, up to 5mgd available capacity)

√ Low Cost and Reliable Fiber and Network Infrastructure by multiple providers (AT&T/Charter Business/Duke Net @ 2.5g Ficons)

√ Insulated from Natural or Manmade Disasters

√ Fast Track Local Permitting

√ Extensive Training Assistance from the NC Community College System including NSA Certification and Certified Network Engineer programs

√ Catawba County is within one hour of two of top ten least expensive cities to operate a data center, as rated by The Boyd Company Inc., Winston-Salem, NC and Charlotte, NC.

√ Positioned between the Charlotte MSA and the Hickory MSA, laborforce totals over 600,000 within 30 minute commute.

√ Within 45 minutes of the Charlotte Douglas International Airport

√ Home of the Largest Fiber Optic Training Facility in the US

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Security, Infrastructure Redundancy Being insulated from potential natural and man made disasters makes our area ideal for data centers and server farms. We are isolated from the coast and therefore have little impact from hurricanes. We are located at the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains therefore being protected from tornadoes, and although we are a small MSA we are an hour outside of Charlotte, North Carolina, limiting the potential impact of a terrorist attack.

√ 10 MW existing power to park

√ Power expandable to 120 MW with access to separate substations

√ Public City Water Supply

√ 24’ Clear Ceilings

√ 48’ x 40’ Column Spacing

√ 6.5 +/- Acres

√ AT&T fiber on Site

√ Less than 4,800’ from AT&T Central Office (CO)

√ Duke Net Accessible to Site

√ Concrete Slab on grade floors; 4,000 PSI floors

√ Concrete Tilt-up Walls

√ Exterior space designated for generators and other equipment needs

√ 54 Parking spaces; Additional capacity available

√ Temporary testing facility for Data Center currently under construction

√ Fast Track Permitting

Center Point Ready-to-Fit Data Shell

Current Data Center

Test Facility—

All Utilities Onsite


Existing 48,000 SF; Expandable to 100,000 SF

(Additional Land Available for Larger Facilities)

√ 13 MW, 100kV service to building substation (expandable)

√ Up to 240+ MW redundant available to site from Duke Energy

√ Low cost reliable power - 3.6 - 4.5 cents/kilowatt hour

√ Redundant Municipal Water Supplies Available

√ 3 onsite wells can provide 60,000 gpd

√ Multiple Transmission lines at multiple voltages for flexible dual feed solutions

√ Fiber: AT&T, BroadPlex, Charter, DukeNet, Charter, Time Warner, PalmettoNet, AGL

√ 1 mile to AT&T CO; 4.6 miles to redundant CO


√ Low natural disaster risk

√ Above 100- and 500-year flood plains

√ 40 minute drive to Charlotte-Douglas International Airport

√ Building for Sale or Lease, Site zoned for 800,000+/- SF

√ 2 miles east of $1 billion Apple Data Center

√ 28 miles south of $600 million Google Data Center

T-5 Charlotte Region Data Center Park


Onsite Substation

with Direct

Electrical Feed

141,000 SF Existing Powered Data Center Shell-Lease or Sale

20 to 113 Acres for Data Center Build-to-Suits for Sale

√ 159 acres with excellent topography

√ Duke Energy 100kV dual circuit and 44kV single circuit lines adjacent to site

√ 100/12.5 kV Substation within 1.5 miles

√ Dual Service Fiber Optics available at the site by multiple providers (AT&T/Charter Business/DukeNet)

√ Multiple 12” water lines adjacent to site with average flow of 1000 gpm

√ Municipal water system with 3.0 mgd capacity; currently using 1.3 mgd

√ 0.75 miles from I-40; 22 miles from I-77

√ 55 minutes from the Charlotte Douglas International Airport


Catawba County Data Center Park #2

Cleared Land

Near

Duke Energy

Substation


159 Cleared Acres

√ Immediate Access (0.4 miles) to I-40

√ 14.1 miles to I-77

√ 44 kV and 12.5 kV, three-phase lines on site

√ 100 kV approximately 6,700 feet north of the site

√ Substation located 6,700 feet north of the site

√ 12” municipal water main adjacent to site

√ Water system excess capacity of 13 mgd


√ 1 hour from Charlotte-Douglas International Airport

√ Scenic property ideal for Corporate Campus

√ Competitively Priced

√ Located outside of any flight paths

√ Approximately 2 miles from rail

√ Excellent construction and employee access

Catawba Corporate Data Properties


Immediate

Interstate Access

and Scenic Campus

From 240-750 acres available

“The Catawba County Economic Development Corporation is committed to the

recruitment of high wage, high growth industries, or what we consider Most Favored

Businesses. We have identified data centers and mission critical facilities as a target

market for our recruitment efforts and we are committed to site development for

these industries.

Catawba County is ideally suited for the location of data centers due to abundant,

low cost and reliable electricity, water and fiber, not to mention a location that

insulates us from disasters. In fact, the recent location of Google to our neighboring

county proves that our area is attractive to data

centers.”

“We have anticipated the needs of the data

center industry and are working daily to make

Catawba County one of the best place in the

country to locate data centers and mission

critical facilities.”

Scott Millar Catawba County EDC President [email protected] 828-244-2993 (cell)

They have committed to further the opportunity in this market place by providing value added service such as design engineering and access to the local high tech experience.

These cable industry leaders have a willingness to partner and have committed to assisting in the formation and growth of the data industry cluster in Catawba County.

Three industry leaders in telecom manufacturing, CommScope, Corning Cable Systems and Draka Comteq have called Catawba County, North Carolina home for over 20 years. Collectively they employ over 4,000 people in 6 plants countywide.

CommScope, the world’s largest manufacturer of coaxial cable for Hybrid Fiber Coaxial (HFC) networks, is a global leader in infrastructure solutions for communications networks.

Corning Cable Systems has the largest fiber installations training facility in the United States in Catawba County.

Local Fiber Optics Manufacturers are Willing Partners

1960-B 13th Ave Dr. SE Hickory, NC 28602

Phone: 828-267-1564 Fax: 828-267-1884

E-mail: [email protected] www.catawbaedc.org

Forbes Hickory, NC ranked

3rd in the US for Cost of Doing Business

20th in the US for Cost of Living

2006

