PORTLAND, OR—Portland is among the least expensive markets for constructing, commissioning and operating a 5-megawatt (MW) enterprise data center over a 10-year period.
Portland's advantage is driven by its favorable tax environment for enterprise data centers and its low power costs, according to a new report from CBRE Group, Inc.
The CBRE study modeled the cost of constructing, commissioning, and operating a 5 MW data center for 10 years across 30 US markets, and categorized markets into three cost bands (low, moderate and high) according to analysis of specific cost components including tax incentives, power, construction, land and labor.
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David Phillips
David Phillips is a Chicago-based freelance writer and consultant with more than 20 years experience in business and community news. He also has extensive reporting experience in the food manufacturing industry for national trade publications.
