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US Data Port Plans $1.4-Bil Data Center Complex

GAINESVILLE, VA.-A San Jose company has filed plans to build what may be the world's largest data center complex. The $1.4-billion facility will include 2.5 million sf and its own 250-megawatt generator. Protecting this massive facility from a targeted assault is a major concern.

By Mike Cleary | Updated on November 01, 2000

GAINESVILLE, VA-A San Jose company has its eye on this DC suburb for what may be the world’s largest data center complex. US Data Port Inc. wants to build a $1.4-billion campus with up to 2.5 million sf of room for telecommunications switching, Web hosting and data processing facilities.

The company would build it over five years on Virginia Gateway, a 1,200-acre tract in Prince William County owned by Fairfax-based Peterson Cos., a local developer. It would include 10 to 20 buildings. US Data Port has tenants lined up for part of the space and plans to build other space speculatively.

“When you look at the convergence of Internet traffic on a global scale, you see these three markets, Silicon Valley, Northern Virginia and New York, represent far and above an aggregation of traffic,” says Lewis Shadle, senior vice president of business development.”About 55% of the Internet’s traffic goes through Northern Virginia.”

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