To Improve Minnesota Connectivity Public/Private Partnerships

Eagan, Minnesota

PUBLIC POLICY

Why does Eagan care about data centers and connectivity?

KNOWLEDGE WORKER JOBS 2000-2010

Eagan 15%

Twin Cities Average

-5.7%

- +

EAGAN OBJECTIVES

Position Eagan as a data hub Provide MN greater route redundancy Achieve alternate pathway to Internet Give small and mid-size Eagan companies more options for disaster recovery and off-site data storage while leveraging our central location for regional D-R

STATE POLICY OBJECTIVES

1. Ensure that middle mile broadband infrastructure has no ‘single points of failure’

2. Ensure multiple diverse high capacity routes for Internet traffic entering and leaving state

3. Support new and existing partnerships needed to advance these goals

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THE TEAM; THE TASKS

Engaged Five 9s Digital team in April of 2011 to:

•Conduct Feasibility for carrier neutral Tier III or higher data center in Eagan •Assess the market viability •Determine whether suitable locations exist in Eagan •Initial sq. ft. and how it can scale •Feasibility for Southern route out of Twin Cities

THE TASKS

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Planned 138,000 Sq. Ft. Data Center Announced: November, 2011

Fiber: Diverse fiber access Numerous fiber providers

Water & Sewer: City of Eagan 16” & 8” Mains at site

Power: Dakota Electric Diverse high power feeds 10MW capacity initially

1,100 MW Coal Creek Station

3 phase primary underground distribution feeder

Connectivity to two (2) substations in close proximity

UTILITIES for the Connexion

L O C A T I O N

Eagan, Minnesota

Privately Owned Purpose-Built LEED Certified Tier III Highly Secure Autonomous Data Suites Carrier Neutral, Multi-Tenant

L O C A T I O N The Connexion is located in a cluster of data center and corporate office development in Eagan, Minnesota. The City of Eagan is home to numerous small, mid-size, and large companies including Blue Cross Blue Shield, Ecolab, Thomson Reuters, Unisys, Delta Airlines, and many others.

Delta Data Center

Unisys Data Center

Central Park

Eagan Community Center

Argosy University

Lockheed Martin

Yankee Doodle Road

The Connexion is located near the intersection of Yankee Doodle Road and Pilot Knob Road. The satellite image also shows the The Connexion’s proximity to neighboring data centers and corporations.

S I T E P L A N

138,000 SF Data Center

Yankee Doodle Road

F I B E R Carrier Neutral Multi-Tenant Data Center

THE CONNEXION

FIBER CONNECTIVITY With diverse fiber access and connectivity to numerous fiber providers, The Connexion is a premium data center location. Providers include, but are not limited to Sprint, XO Communications, Enventis, McLeod USA, Time Warner, Frontier, MCI, Zayo, and TGC Minnesota.

F I B E R Carrier Neutral Multi-Tenant Data Center

In addition to the numerous fiber providers available at The Connexion site, XO Communications has a long haul southern fiber route approved to connect to a trans-western fiber link. This new southern fiber route will solve a “single point of failure” issue currently facing the region. For more information on this long haul southern fiber route, please contact Doug Hollidge.

Bottom Line:

Partnerships work to improve MN

T H E T E A M Carrier Neutral Multi-Tenant Data Center

Five 9s Digital provides real estate solutions for mission critical end users including data centers, disaster recovery, telecommunications, and colocation companies. Five 9s Digital offers new development, build-to-suit, advisory services, project management, and site selection studies including services such as cost analysis, buy vs. build, lease vs. own, and the pursuit of state, municipal, and energy incentives. Five 9s Digital has been involved in developing, owning and managing multiple mission critical facilities from build-to-suit facilities to multi-tenant data centers. Five9s Digital brings a wealth of experience, background and expertise in the accommodation of mission critical end users. Due to the specific and yet evolving requirements of mission critical end users in today’s world, Five 9s Digital is able to offer real solutions, real facilities, and real choices due to its extensive and up-to-date knowledge base in the mission critical data center arena.

For more information, please visit our website: www.five9sdigital.com

Jones Lang Lasalle is a financial and professional services firm specializing in real estate services and investment management. Our more than 30,000 people in 750 locations in 60 countries serve the local, regional, and global real estate needs of those clients, growing our company in the process. In response to changing client expectations and market conditions, we assemble teams of experts who deliver integrated services built on market insight and foresight, sound research and relevant market knowledge. We attract, develop and reward the best, and most diverse, people in our industry, challenging them to develop enduring client relationship built on quality service, collaboration and trust. Jones Lang LaSalle has a robust national mission critical solutions group and a local office in the Greater Minneapolis area.

For more information, please visit our website: www.joneslanglasalle.com

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Greater Minneapolis – St. Paul, Minnesota

Contact Doug Hollidge for more information

Email: doug@five9sdigital.com Phone: 704.651.2210 Company Profile: www.five9sdigital.com

T H E T E A M Carrier Neutral Multi-Tenant Data Center

McGough Construction has a substantial history – more than 30 years – planning and building mission-critical facilities. Our experience includes more than 1,000,000 SF of raised floor delivered under design-build and design-assist delivery methodologies. Our mission-critical projects are characterized by their reliability, quality, and on-time delivery within budget constraints. We have never missed a “go live” date. Our phased mission-critical approach employs a collaborative approach with our owners and all project team members, which extends from the early preconstruction phase and remains throughout construction and post-occupancy. We provide ongoing design and constructability reviews, alternative means and methods, budgeting, schedules, life cycle cost analysis, and tier and redundancy validation. Our in-house expertise includes mechanical and electrical engineers with extensive commissioning and data center design validation experience.

Due to the speed and need for access to information in today’s global markets, mission critical facilities must be flexible, adaptable and expandable, and most importantly they must be reliable. We understand a single point of failure may result in a shut-down that no one wants or can afford. We also understand the design of a data center is driven by engineering requirements. Pope Architects collaborates with the team to manage the project design process, create an arrangement of spaces that is flexible and develop a building envelope that provides an environment for reliable systems performance. We utilize the principles of modularity and scalability for our mission critical design, and strive to create facilities that are both user-friendly and secure. Our credentials include the design of Tier II and III facilities as ground-up structures to build-outs of existing spaces, as well as various delivery methods, such as design-bid-build and design-build.

Since 1965, Hunt Electric has built numerous mission critical facilities around the world including the largest single build data center in the United States. In addition, we’ve completed more than 1,000,000 square feet of data center IT raised floor space in the past 5 years with electrical values totaling more than $800,000,000. We have more than $500,000 worth of electrical testing equipment within our inventory to complete critical testing of electrical equipment and can offer predictive maintenance for your data center. We offer a solution that allows the Owner to be a part of every single purchase and every major decision. We provide a highly-trained, quality workforce with a process that will yield higher quality and a safer work environment.

With over 2,000,000 square feet of data center experience (more than 80% of these projects were design/assist), MMC has the knowledge and expertise to be a trusted partner for your data center. MMC’s preconstruction services will ensure the mechanical infrastructure is built with the highest possible system integrity and efficiency. As part of the preconstruction services, we will assist with such things as establish and manage the project’s mechanical budget, assess mechanical system criteria and constructability, establish and maintain the project schedule. MMC will be a strong partner throughout the preconstruction and construction process to ensure that the project is set up to achieve the goals of the project. Upon project completion, MMC has advanced testing, startup and commissioning, as well as preventative maintenance plans, and emergency 24-hour service and monitoring. Whether you’re in need of a Tier 1 or Tier 4 facility, MMC is a trusted and experienced partner that will be where you need us, when you need us.

F O R M O R E I N F O R M A T I O N: Brett Severson Brian Ginkel, CCIM, SIOR Senior Associate Vice President 612.217.5143 612.217.5127 brett.severson@am.jll.com brian.ginkel@am.jll.com

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Greater Minneapolis – St. Paul, Minnesota

P R O P E R T Y W E B S I T E : www.property.jll.com/theconnexion