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Overcoming challenges The biggest challenge now lies in the land . While in Washington it ’ s mostly unencumbered greenfield , in Silicon Valley it ’ s significantly more expensive than elsewhere in the country , partly because most has already been built on . For instance , the second Santa Clara campus was formerly a fruit processing plant , so Vantage is taking it all the way down to the ground and re-building it from scratch .
There are other hurdles too . “ Maybe there isn ’ t enough power ,” Myers explains . “ Let ’ s say we identify a property , it can take three to six months just to figure out if it ’ s viable .” After that it may be another two years until the facility is ready , factoring in obtaining permits .
Space in Santa Clara may be at a
premium , but Vantage is maximizing what ’ s available . “ We have to go vertical , so instead of building a single story data center our projects are now four stories high . We ’ re literally going up ,” Thomas says . The company has achieved huge levels of success , juggling complicated construction projects while staying ahead of competitors . But there ’ s no letting up as Vantage continues to keep a keen eye on expansion . Beyond all the work already underway , Vantage has also secured land for a completely new second campus in Santa Clara . This project will leverage all of the great work and learning achieved to date as the team brings four additional buildings and another 69MW to the market in the coming years .