USA the foundation . At least 70 percent of the company touched this project in some way , shape , or form .”
Building up CoreSite made it a point to not build single-storey data centers in Santa Clara , instead challenging itself and maximizing space . As DiMaggio says , building one-storey buildings means losing all the land above the first storey , so SV7 required working with steel companies which specialized in very rigid materials systems fabricated and erected quickly . The structural steel frame ( 1,700 pieces ) of SV7 was erected in just 14 days , an unprecedented speed for any construction project .
“ That ’ s an insane amount of steel to go up ; four storeys in that large a building in 14 days , but we had to figure out the quickest and most cost-effective way to do this if we were going to create multi-storey data centers and minimize the schedule .”
DiMaggio has partners like these steel manufacturers to thank for the incredible organization required in this type of project . The partnerships
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