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We all know the state of the global economy now a days, but despite a number of companies announcing delays of their data center construction projects, users and industry experts say that the facility buildouts are still going relatively strong. Google, Terremark Worldwide and Verne Holdings have all announce delays of their data center projects in Oklahoma, Santa Clara and Iceland, in the past few months.

According to Richard Sawyer, vice president and engineer for EYP mission critical facilities at Hewlett-Packard, construction on financial data centers has slowed down, but new government data centers buildouts continue to pick up. Companies that are directly related to government objective will soon see significant growth, says Tom Roberts, the data center facility management director for healthcare organization Trinity Health.

Roberts says that as the government continues to digitize all health information, Trinity Health will eventually have to double or triple its data center space over the next couple years.
Additionally, data center colocation continues to be a top priority.

However, there has been a shifting approach in building colocation facilities, says Jim Simonelli, APC and a member of AFCOM’s advisory board. He says that companies are more carefully planning these data centers to exact specifications, which can lead to a longer timeframe for construction.