Data Centers
Overview
Driven by an increasing demand for cloud computing, mobile applications, social networking, and other projects that require secure online data storage, this industry is growing at a rapid pace. In fact, Up to 70% of the world’s internet traffic is already flowing through Loudoun County data centers every day and we’re home to industry leaders like Facebook, Microsoft and Amazon.
Location Advantages
- The #1 highest concentration of technology workers in the U.S., according to TechAmerica
- Rapid workforce growth and one of the lowest levels of unemployment in the nation
- Large, shovel-ready sites for build-to-suit data center facilities
- Scalable site and building options
- Easy access to Washington D.C. area suppliers, and labor pool
- Home to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Multiple lit fiber networks and over 20 fiber providers
- Available incentives and financing opportunities, including a special 5% sales and use tax exemption on servers, generators, chillers, and server-related equipment
- Affordable, reliable utilities
- The largest number of internet, satellite, and defense companies in the nation,” according to Moody’s Economy.com
What's next for Loudoun's data center industry? Find out in Buddy Rizer's presentation,
"Data Centers 2.0: What's Next?"
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