According to Infiniti Research, the global data center market is expected to grow 18% annually to over $270 billion through 2024. With this exponential growth comes the need to find the perfect site and deploy capacity quickly. 

Here are 5 things to know when choosing a data center location:

• Know Your Surroundings. Physical resilience is important, but so is disaster response.
• Know the Grid. Understand local power utilities, their capabilities and capacity to provide for redundancy and protection.
• Know the Network. Network latency is bad for business as customers grow increasingly intolerant of slow response times.
• Know the Stakeholders. Local stakeholders and community members can be the data center operator’s most important ally.
• Expect the Unexpected. Vet a location for seismic activity and vulnerability to natural disasters, unforeseen circumstances can still derail a project.

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