It has been a while since we updated the support pages with news of our datacenter expansion. Our first client for the space experienced a month delay, so work was paused for a while in September. They are now moving in November 1st, so the finishing touches are being applied. Here is a familiar view, taken from the northwest corner:

It is a composite panorama shot, with the first client's area at the left, their cage walls being constructed around them, the rest of the colocation space around it, in the foreground, and all the way back to the wall, Our Power Distribution Unit near the far door, and the ladder rack extending down the right side of the frame. Our existing datacenter is beyond the double doors at the far right.

Behind the photographer is a ~900sq' private datacenter suite. Beyond that is another ~1200sq' private datacenter suite, or perhaps subdivided cage suite area that will be developed as soon as we fill the existing space.

We have enough available electrical power to power several hundred racks at our current usage level, and the building can support cooling capacity between 109 to 130 Watts per square foot. These are amazing numbers, and we are thrilled to have found a facility with this sort of expansion capability. The work above is just the start of what digital.forest can grow to become.

Above: Facilities Manager Damian Amrhein installs seismic supports to the cage walls being installed.

In other news, we are offering a new line of server enclosures from APC. These units have some very nice features with regards to airflow, power distribution, and cable management. Shown below are the cabinets chosen by our latest client. They were delivered earlier this week and will be bolted to the floor over the weekend. They are very nice units.

Space is going fast, with about 40% of it already spoken for, so if you need datacenter space in the Seattle market, give your digital.forest sales professional a call today at 877-720-0483, option 2.

--Chuck Goolsbee
VP, Technical Operations
digital.forest