DataBank Announces Development of Atlanta Data Center with Georgia Tech

Purpose-built 94,000 square foot data center to house High Performance Computing Node and unique datasets for university research

Dallas, TX – July 18, 2017 – DataBank, Ltd., a Digital Bridge portfolio company and leading provider of business solutions for data center, cloud, interconnectivity, and managed services, announced the development of a new 94,000 sqft data center in downtown Atlanta for anchor-tenant, Georgia Institute of Technology. Located in Midtown Atlanta, DataBank’s ATL1 data center will serve as a HPCC (High-Performance Computing Center) and will house the Southern Crossroads providing high speed, high bandwidth connectivity to research and education sites throughout the southeast and across the nation.

The new HPCC is part of Portman Holdings’ CODA development, a 645,000 sqft mixed-use office complex currently under construction in Georgia Tech’s Technology Square. Georgia Tech’s premier academic and research programs will be the main tenant under a long-term lease for both the data center as well as the adjoining office tower.

“We are delighted to be working with DataBank as the developer and owner of the data center,” said Georgia Tech Executive Vice President for Administration and Finance Steven Swant. “Technology Square represents a significant investment by Georgia Tech, the City of Atlanta, and the State of Georgia to create and advance a vibrant technology ecosystem around Georgia Tech. The HPCC data center is at the core of that effort.”

The HPCC project at CODA is being spearheaded by Georgia Tech to create public-private collaboration leveraging Georgia Tech students, faculty and knowledge to solve real world business problems. Researchers and industry participants working in the adjacent office tower will have direct, high-speed fiber access to Georgia Tech’s latest fleet of super computers and unique datasets located inside the HPCC, as well as the on-site expertise of Georgia Tech’s academic community.

“I am extremely pleased and proud to have my alma mater as a prominent client,” said Kevin Ooley, DataBank’s President and CFO and alumnus of Georgia Tech. “DataBank has always had interest in Atlanta, and I can’t think of a better way to enter this new market than through this partnership.”

“This project is a two-fold win for us,” said Raul K. Martynek, CEO of DataBank. “Not only will we be the backbone support for Georgia Tech’s leading-edge research activities, we also gain entry into an attractive technology-driven market. Atlanta is a great fit for DataBank given its position as a hub for regional interconnection and peering and the large base of enterprise companies looking for the high-quality data center space and services.”

Construction of DataBank’s ATL1 data center is scheduled for Q4 of this year. To support the HPCC needs, the data center is designed to deliver power densities of up to 45kW per cabinet. Once online, DataBank will operate 13 data center locations across seven markets (Dallas, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Salt Lake City, Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Atlanta) totaling more the 500,000 sqft of deployed data center space.

DataBank is collaborating on the development of ATL1 with Next Tier HD, a privately held real estate development group headquartered in New York, NY who has been involved with this project since 2015. To learn more about DataBank data center facilities and suite of service solutions please visit the company site at www.databank.com.

About Digital Bridge Holdings
Founded in 2013 by Marc C. Ganzi and Ben Jenkins, Digital Bridge is focused on the ownership, investment and active management of companies in the mobile and internet infrastructure sector. Since inception, Digital Bridge has raised over $6.5 billion of debt and equity capital used to acquire and invest in the development of communications infrastructure businesses, including DataBank, Vantage Data Centers, ExteNet, Vertical Bridge, Andean Tower Partners, and Mexico Tower Partners.

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About DataBank

Recognized by Deloitte as one of the fastest-growing private U.S. companies in 2023, DataBank helps the world’s largest enterprises, technology, and content providers ensure their data and applications are always on, always secure, always compliant, and ready to scale to meet the needs of the artificial intelligence era.

Our edge colocation and infrastructure footprint consists of 65+ “HPC-ready” data centers in 27+ markets, 20 interconnection hubs, and on-ramps to an ecosystem of cloud providers with virtually unlimited reach.

We combine these platforms with contract portability, managed security, compliance enablement, hands-on support, and a guarantee of 100% uptime availability, to give our customers absolute confidence in their IT infrastructure and the power to create a boundless digital future for their business.

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