CoreSite currently operates two Bay Area data centers, as wellas eight other facilities across the United States. The newthree-building campus at 2901 Coronado Dr. is designed to gain LEEDGold certification. In addition to energy efficient design,CoreSite Santa Clara will offer security features such as mantraps,CCTV surveillance and biometric scanners.

CoreSite executives were unavailable Thursday do discuss thespecific location of the property and whether any of the space hasbeen pre-leased. The company builds and manages data centers andcurrently provides two million square feet of wholesale data centerspace and collocation services to 500 customers.

By expanding in Santa Clara, CoreSite is playing on the homefield of Digital Realty Trust, a publicly traded data Center REITheadquartered in San Francisco. Digital Realty has been expandingin the Bay Area as well, but mostly by acquisition, and is a muchlarger player with 13.8 million square feet in 77 properties in 27markets throughout Europe and North America.