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Benaroya Selects Lee Technologies To Operate South Hill Data Center Facility Top data center operator to manage new LEED Gold data center in Seattle area
FAIRFAX, Va. & SEATTLE--Lee Technologies, a Schneider Electric company and complete data center solutions provider, announces it has been awarded a two-year contract by BCC Puyallup LLC, a regional data center owner and operator consisting of a collaboration among The Benaroya Company, Real Property Investors LLC and O'Keefe companies to operate and maintain the newly completed 300,000-square-foot, enterprise-focused South Hill Data Center facility in Puyallup, Wash.
A LEED Gold-certified facility, the South Hill Data Center provides tenants with a flexible, highly reliable and energy-efficient facility. The fully commissioned, in-place, state-of-the-art infrastructure allows this facility to scale from 150 to 260 per square foot while boasting an annual average PUE of 1.32. The 300,000-square-foot South Hill Data Center is also customizable and expandable to meet any user's current and future needs. The facility is fully equipped to handle the rapidly expanding demands of the data storage and retrieval, disaster recovery, and cloud computing markets: It currently delivers 8.6 megawatts of critical load to the data center floor and is expandable to 20 megawatts or even more if needed. An additional 174,000 square feet of space with similar capacity is available in cold-shell condition, ready to be built out, in an adjacent building. The secure, 92-acre South Hill campus also includes space for on-site containers for added flexibility and scalability. "We're excited to be partnering with Benaroya to provide their customers at South Hill Data Center with maximum uptime through a high-quality operations and maintenance program. South Hill is one of the most impressive and innovative data center projects in the country," says George Newstrom, president and COO of Lee Technologies. Lee Technologies has more than 25 years of critical facility operations and maintenance experience and is currently responsible for managing many of the world's largest data centers. The company is active in developing innovations for energy- and cost-efficient data centers and is engaged in multiple projects involving LEED-certified data centers. Lee Technologies offers advice about best practices in data center operations and maintenance in its white paper "Top 10 Mistakes in Data Center Operations," which is available for free at tinyurl.com/LeePapers. About The Benaroya Company Established in 1956, The Benaroya Company (www.benaroya.com) is a leading full-service commercial real estate company active in acquiring, developing and managing superior data center, office, high-tech, retail and industrial properties in prime locations throughout the Pacific Northwest. Additionally, The Benaroya Company actively invests in high-tech companies throughout the region. About Lee TechnologiesLee Technologies is a U.S. based technology solution provider specializing in large-scale data center solutions and professional services to the North American market. Founded in 1983, Lee Technologies designs, builds, operates, monitors and maintains business-critical facilities for some of the most information-reliant private and public sector organizations in the world, including Coca-Cola, Northrop Grumman, the U.S. Department of Defense, Time Warner, Verizon, Harris Corporation, and many others. Ensuring that customer data is always available, reliable and secure, the Lee Technologies team manages more than 700 locations within the U.S. and has eight locations, including its headquarters in Fairfax, Va., and regional representation in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, and Seattle. |
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