Apologies for not updating the d.f Support Blog with any news from our expansion. I've been real busy, but thankfully Facilities Manager Damian Amrhein has been photographing steps along the way.

A lot has happened since our last update:

* The HVAC Plenum & Ductwork is complete.

* The non-static floor tiles have been installed.

* The new PDU/PMM has been delivered and placed.

* The window glass has been blocked off.

* Paint & Drywall is complete.

* The rooms are sealed, and ready for pressure testing
(required for our fire suppression system)

It looks almost ready:

The remaining work consists of:

* Completion of the fire/smoke detection system
(visible as wires dangling here & there in the above photo)

* plumbing of the Ecaro25 tanks, which arrived today.

* Pull the 3-phase 480V feed from the UPS system into the PDU/PMM.

* Erect Ladder Racking System & cage materials.

* Move in the first clients!

This space will be used for custom-caged multi-rack clients. Given the lack of such space, at least with sufficient power & cooling, here in the Seattle market, we expect it could be sold swiftly. We are currently running at merely TEN PERCENT of our power capacity, and only 30% of our HVAC capacity (with plans to add another 110 tons of cooling in 2007) we've got lots of headroom here at digital.forest!

Stay tuned for more news, coming soon.

--Chuck Goolsbee
V.P., Technical Operations
digital.forest, Inc.