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Langan provided site/civil and geotechnical engineering services for Equinix’s NY4 data center in Secaucus, part of the developer’s growing campus serving the financial services industry.
distribution centers, whose own electrical needs have grown in recent years with the rise of automation. That means there’s likely to be “some winners and losers when it comes to power supply over the next 10 years, and it’s going to require a lot of work and a lot of investment from the utilities just to keep pace with the amount of demand in the market.”
As for why it’s worth the trouble to try to build or lease a data center in New Jersey — especially compared to other markets — Reilly noted
vehicles.
“That will drive proximity ... all of the things that will be tied to AI and what we do that’s got to be local,” Reilly said.
Greek also pointed to New Jersey’s skilled labor force, its top-tier academic institutions and its proximity to corporate headquarters. All of which figure to attract a broad range of data center users, especially as new industries look to leverage AI and develop tools that are specific to their needs.
“It will continue to evolve,” Greek said. “I think we’re still in relatively early innings of how these facilities work, how much they cost to build and how many of them we need. It is hard to predict what the demand will be based on the fact that it’s being driven by a technology that, frankly, nobody really knows what its larger impact on the economy will be.
“Some people are saying it’s a game changer,” he added. “And if that is really true for productivity, then I think we’re going to be building a lot of these over the next 10 years.” RE
notes that a data center’s cooling systems often require a large amount of water.
“These demands and existing utility infrastructure
are the first
thing a data
Langan, which performs a host of services to vet the feasibility of the site. That includes early discussions with utility companies, environmental and geotechnical investigations and meetings with the local agencies.
“This vetting helps our clients identify the main project challenges related
to feasibility, cost premiums and schedule,” Miola added.
Naturally, Greek said, new data centers would be competing with traditional warehouses and
Tom Reilly
that “there
are going to
be certain applications that need to
be close.” That includes AI technologies that are specific to oncology and
center developer will look at when assessing a site,” said
Dan Miola, a principal with
other health care uses, he said, as well as engineering research. That’s not to mention “the next generation of what we’re doing on our devices” and even the prospect of self-driving
Dan Miola
Photo by Bilyana Dimitrova/Courtesy: Langan
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