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VITA announces completion of data center move in Virginia
All 65 Commonwealth executive agencies have been migrated to the cloud-ready platform and the former data center now stands empty .
“ This is a milestone to be celebrated ,” said Chief Information Officer of the Commonwealth , Robert Osmond .
“ The data center move project has modernized Virginia ’ s data systems and provides a cloud-first roadmap for the Commonwealth ’ s IT ecosystem .
“ I ’ m especially proud of our agency and supplier partnerships that have made this project successful . Together we have achieved our goals on-time , on-budget and are ready for continuous innovation .”
The new data center , QTS , is designed to be highly redundant , resilient , scalable and secure – consistent with industry best practices and standards . Its footprint is 98 % smaller than the former data center and is 94 % virtualized , providing a high degree of standardization across agencies at a lower cost .
The Virginia Information Technologies Agency ( VITA ) has announced the completion of a major , two-years-long project designed to move the Commonwealth of Virginia ’ s enterprise data center from a traditional site to a modernized , cloud-ready platform .
The data center move project required more than 50 move events , tight and detailed co-ordination and communication efforts , hundreds of team members working together across the Commonwealth and a shared goal to transition 4,500 servers and applications .
StratCap acquires Milwaukee data center
StratCap ’ s data center real estate division ,
StratCap Data Centers , has announced that it completed the acquisition of a 28,500 square-foot data center that is fully leased on a triple-net basis located 16 miles south of Milwaukee in Franklin , WI .
The property was constructed in 2008 and is in a growing secondary edge data center market . The building is currently leased to Expedient , a multi-cloud and managed services provider that operates over 20 data center locations and helps its clients transition to the cloud .
The data center sits on 2.64 acres and currently has 1.2MW of critical load which is expandable to 2.4MW by building out existing shell space .
There are approximately 15 years remaining on the current lease term , which also includes 2.5 % annual rent escalators and three three-year renewal options .
“ We were able to diversify our portfolio in an off-market transaction with what we believe is an attractive asset acquired below appraised value , with a high-quality tenant , in a growing data center market ,” stated Bryan Marsh , CEO of StratCap Data Centers .
“ We think the relatively predictable rental revenue from the in-place , long-term lease and the continued geographic diversification of our assets will add value to our overall portfolio .” p
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