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compress the overall con-
struction timeline.
As you look at your
current processes and weigh
what could be done dif-
ferently—whether you're
a colocation data center
provider that needs to reach
the market quickly and have
good scalability, a general
contractor looking to reduce
errors and risk, or an end
user demanding more reli-
ability to keep focus on your
business goals—remember
that you have a valuable role
to play early on.
As an Uptime Institute
report said, "All such issues
in relation to data center
failures, delays, or cost over-
runs can be addressed in the earliest phases of the capital
project, when design objectives, budgets, and schedules
are developed, RFPs and RFIs issued, and the construction
team assembled."
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e benefits of early involvement can be manifold.
Providing pre-engineered systems in standard hard-
ware configurations that can be completely tested off site
compresses the schedule in the construction cycle, thereby
increasing reliability and reducing cost while decreasing the
time to market for the finished space.
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About the author: Douglas Ryan is the Head of Data Centers, North
America, for Siemens Building Technologies, a division of Siemens
Industry Inc., Buffalo Grove, Ill. He can be reached at
Doug.ryan@siemens.com
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http://www.us.jll.com/united-states/en-us/Research/US-
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colocation-customers-challenge-the-pace-for-rapid-
data-center-deployment/
BY THE NUMBERS
• North America ranks as the continent with
the most mature market; each of the top
10 metro areas in North America is home
to more than 20 multitenant data centers
(MTDCs).
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(Jones Lang LaSalle IP)
• Latin America will witness the fastest,
expected MTDC market growth at a CAGR of
19.7% by 2018.
8
(Jones Lang LaSalle IP)
• Nearly 70 percent of early equipment
failures can be traced to design, installation
or upstart deficiencies.
9
(7x24 Exchange
International)
