Digital Crossroads Chooses T5 Data Centers for the Provision of Operational Services

Digital Crossroad (DX), a world-renowned wholesale data center developer selects T5 Data Centers to provide critical facility management services for the company's new data center campus. 

Fremont, CA: Digital Crossroad has selected T5 Data Centers (DX), a world-renowned wholesale data center developer, for the provision of critical facility management services for the company's new data center campus situated at the site of the former State Line Generating Plant in Hammond, Indiana.

Digital Crossroad is all set to celebrate the completion of the first phase of its 1.7 million square foot data center campus along with the launch of the DX-1 facility on October 31, 2020, bringing 20MW of critical power and 108,000 square feet of IT and office space.

The DX campus is located conveniently just outside of downtown Chicago's growing tech hub, offering customers highly-attractive state tax incentives, comprising a 50-year, 100 percent sales and use tax exemption with no minimum investment. In addition to economic benefits, the campus also has plans to deploy an on-site solar power generation plant and an innovative free water cooling system directly linked to Lake Michigan.

"Indiana's commitment to creating a strong national data center industry involved creating operational excellence and exempting energy and equipment purchases from sales tax. With T5, we have a partner that can maximize the advantages that Indiana has," said Thomas P. Dakich, Managing Member, Digital Crossroad.

Digital Crossroad is constructing an ecosystem of partners that will deliver the best-in-class data center services, choosing T5 based on the company's track record of success, while delivering and operating data centers for the world's largest hyperscale and enterprise users.

"We're excited to be working with the team at Digital Crossroad. The data center campus in Hammond will solidify Indiana as a top-tier data center market and we look forward to applying our deep-rooted operational experience in this market," said Steve Holland, Senior Vice President of Data Center Facility Management and Operations for T5.

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