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Work continues on developer Bresler's Parliament Street Data Centre, a five-storey, 22,000-square-meter data facility which will soon serve as the new TR2 IBX Data Centre for lead tenant Equinix, which will be using over 35% of the building's total of 2,450 cabinets. The WZMH Architects-designed facility has made a significant amount of progress in recent months, and we stopped by the site on Friday afternoon for an updated look at the building's construction.
When we last checked in on the project in late April, work on the building's east side remained at ground level, while the west side of the structure had reached the fourth of five levels. In the time since, both the eastern and western sides of the building have had their four-storey concrete sections topped-out, as well as the steel-framed fifth floor above.
The 236,000 square-foot facility is to be clad in a unique combination of smooth and ribbed porcelain panels with clear glass sections, meant to evoke the image of an early computer-era punch car. This interesting cladding combination will do a great deal in giving some aesthetic value to the building's largely windowless facade. In preparation for the cladding, the data centre is being outfitted with metal frames and gypsum sheathing.
Once the building is complete, ite will house approximately 13,000 square meters of "white space" for servers, one floor dedicated to building systems, and tenant offices occupying the ground floor frontages.
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| Related Companies: | Trillium Architectural Products, WZMH Architects |
