1. Community & Economic Development Conference
Siting Data Centers
APPA
Community & Economic Development Conference
Tuesday – July 31, 2007

2. Agenda What is driving all this data center activity?
What are data center clients “looking for” in a location?
What role can a utility play in the site location process?

3. Data Center Drivers Data Center Demand is Growing Why?
Government Regulations
Sarbanes-Oxley
HIPPA
Federal Reserve / Dept. of Treasury / SEC
Corporate Requirements
Growth / Acquisitions / Consolidations
Disaster Recovery
Business Drivers
Internet Traffic Growth
Multimedia Growth
VOIP Growth

4. Site Selection Criteria
Phases of the Site Selection
Definition of Need
Types of Data Centers
Mission Critical Facilities
Internal Operations Centers
Customer Service Centers
Hosting Centers
Shared Data Centers
Tiers of Data Centers

5. Support Space to Critical Space Construction Costs / Sq. Ft.
Data Center “Tiers”
Reliability Tier
Tier 1
Tier 2
Tier 3
Tier 4
Type
Company
Server Provider
Intrernet & Corporate
Corporate & Security
Delivery Paths 1 2
Redundancy N
N+1
2N+1
Support Space to Critical Space
20%
30%
80%
100%
Watts/Sq. Ft.
30-50
70-100
150
300
Construction Costs / Sq. Ft.
$450
$600
$900
$1,100
Example
Your Utility
Bank
Lowes
Microsoft

6. Site Selection Criteria
Phases of the Site Selection
Screening Process
National Level
Risk Talent
Electric
Regional Level
Electric Accessibility
Telecommunications
Local Level
Quality of Life Incentives
Telecommunications Site Specific Requirements

7. What Role Can You Play? Demonstrate you have… Capacity Diversity
Reliability
Ability to Deliver
Cost
Commitment

8. What Role Can You Play? Demonstrate you can help with… Coordination
Electric
Natural Gas
Water
Communications
“Usable” Incentives
Permitting
Tax Abatements
Utility Infrastructure
Road Improvements

9. What Role Can You Play? Target your efforts Demonstrate you can…
Be Prepared
Be Timely
Be Available
Be Committed

10. Contact Information:
Tom Long
CPS Energy
Thank You…