DataCenterMoving.com - Making You the Super Hero of Your Move!

That’s the funny thing. It’s not a secret. John Rath put together a great piece on why the Midwest could become a data center magnet. It’s a good read. Especially for economic development organizations struggling to differentiate their areas.

How many of these factors do you have? How well do you stack up against the Midwest?

1. Reliable and inexpensive power
2. Renewable energy sources
3. Supportive social and business environments
4. Natural disaster avoidance
5. Network connectivity options

Don’t forget about our four point action plan for Regional Economic Development Agencies:

1. Package Your Infrastructure - Power, Fiber, and Transportation needs to be readily available to the advance teams for evaluation.
2. Assess Your Available Inventory for Data Center Readiness - Your region can be quickly eliminated because you can’t provide an inventory of available properties that answer fundamental data center questions. Items such as existing data center raised floor height, generators, proximity to fiber paths, are but a few of the items a relocation team wants to know. Most commercial listing agents have no idea what type of data center space exists in their inventories.
3. Pre-form a Welcome Team - Advance evaluation teams get on airplanes to have a look. You can increase your odds with a multi-disciplinary Welcome Team to guide their evaluators and answer their questions. If you stuff this team with local politicos and Realtors, you’re missing an opportunity to put technical experts in front of the advance relocation evaluation teams.
4. Don’t Just Sit There - You can build all the FAQ pages, marketing collateral, and databases you want, but assuming a corporate relocation team is going to find you is a bad bet. Seek creative ways to let others know about your area including us. Send your information to dcmove@e-oasis.com. Also consider industry-specific conferences and trade shows to highlight your area.

Corporate Relocations, Data Center Site Selection

Should you move your data center yourself? Of course that depends on quite a few factors. When talking to most do-it-yourselfers, you quickly discover that this will be their very first data center move. You also learn that they are already planning to commit many of the common data center move mistakes that will make their move difficult and costly.

If you’re going to attempt a data center move on your own, get an outside assessment of your data center relocation plan. And that means your first step is to document your move plan so that it can be reviewed.

You’ll also need a strategy to correct common Executive Misconceptions as you seek approval for your plan.

Finally, pay attention to your assumption errors because surprises will cost your organization money.

When you get stuck, give us a call. One of our service offerings could make the difference between a successful data center move and dusting off your resume.

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