A California-based company is building a data centre that can hold up to 200,000 servers within five years in the Price Corridor, Arizona. The company, NextFort, breaks ground Monday on the first phase of 130,000 sq ft at 2600 W. Germann Road in Chandler.

NextFort President/CEO Mark Towfiq hopes the building will open by the end of the year. he second phase of the building will add 50,000 sq ft. The steel-and- concrete structure will have a 22-foot-high perimeter wall and will contain up to 200 dedicated suites, each built to contain 1,000 servers.

Source: Arizona Central