720 2nd - Digital Realty

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720 2nd - Digital Realty

Utility Provider: PG&E
Ownership: Digital Realty Trust owns the building.

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Strategically located in a fiber-rich district and directly adjacent to PG&E substation, the facility is four blocks from Jack London Square and proximate to the central business district of Oakland. In 2010, DRT acquired this site from 365 Main portfolio. The transaction included 4 other data centers and was for a total of $725 Million.

Overview:


  • The building is 4 stories
  • Flood Zone: Outside FEMA 500 year flood plain
  • Seismic Zone: Category D
  • Roof: Membrane and Reinforced Concrete Decking
  • Floor Loading: 150 lbs/sq ft
  • Fiber and Building Entry: 2 MPOE entries

Power & Cooling:


  • Utility Power Capacity: 14.5 MVA
  • UPS Power Capacity: 7.5 MW total IT capacity
  • UPS Redundancy: N+1
  • Generator Power Capacity: 7 Generators 2MW capacity each
  • Cooling Redundancy: N+1

Security:


  • 24x7 onsite security
  • Two-factor authentication with biometric access
  • CCTV monitoring
  • Perimeter fencing and anti-vehicle building protection
  • Security Check-In at Lobby with Man Trap into the Data Center Suites

Parking

  • (26) secure parking spaces in our main customer lot
  • (20) secure parking spaces in our auxiliary lot across the street

Map and Nearby Locations

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Sites within 15 miles of 720 2nd - Digital Realty

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0.00 miles Internap Oakland
0.92 miles Cogent Oakland
2.50 miles Lumen Emeryville 1
3.34 miles Evocative: Emeryville, Oakland OAK1
Evocative's Emeryville Data Center Facility (OAK1) is located at 1400 65th Street, Emeryville, CA 94608. Spanning an impressive 15,042 square feet, this colocation site offers ample space to accommodate various data center operations and infrastructure requirements.
5.91 miles ColoServe San Francisco
5.91 miles 360 Spear
360 Spear is a 155,000 square foot data center facility that benefits from being located adjacent to Digital's well-connected 365 Main Street facility.
5.92 miles 365 Main (SFR2) Digital Realty
6.06 miles Fortress Data Center San Francisco SF1
6.16 miles Lumen San Francisco 1
6.22 miles DataCanopy: San Francisco
This facility has been audited under SOC 2 and SOC 3 requirements.
6.59 miles Verizon: 651 Brannan
Former XO Communications site
8.14 miles 400 Paul Ave (1547)
400 Paul is San Francisco's first purpose-built data center in over 10 years
8.17 miles Novva: San Francisco
Novva plans to invest $500 million in developing a San Francisco campus on the site at 400 Paul Avenue, with the first phase launching in the summer of 2026.
8.17 miles 200 Paul (SFR1) Digital Realty
SFR1 (200 Paul Ave.) is the best connected building in the city of San Francisco. The 5 story building was built in 2001 and was renovated in 2014.
8.17 miles Lumen San Francisco (200 Paul)
8.17 miles United Layer-SF8
8.17 miles Verizon: 200 Paul
8.17 miles United Layer-SF9
8.17 miles United Layer-SF7
8.17 miles Colocation America - San Francisco
10.73 miles Guadalupe Quarry Redevelopment Project
The Guadalupe Quarry Redevelopment Project aims to transform the inactive San Bruno Mountain quarry, located in Brisbane just south of San Francisco.
13.89 miles Lumen Hayward 1
14.01 miles AT&T Hayward
15.12 miles Prime Hayward
This 20MW two-story flex building comprising 145,850 square feet on 4 acres is 100% leased by a leading Fortune 50. The property was built in 2015 as a build-to-suit.

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Exterior of 720 2nd Street in Oakland
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Aerial View of 720 2nd and Port of Oakland
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Operating Company

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Digital Realty Trust is a data center public REIT that owns and operates facilities in the United States and Europe. The company provides colocation and interconnection services and develops large multi‑tenant data centers for enterprise and cloud customers.

Its European platform expanded through the combination with Interxion, and through the purchase of European sites divested by Equinix following Equinix’s acquisition of TelecityGroup. The Telx acquisition added a U.S. interconnection and colocation business to Digital Realty’s portfolio.

Digital Realty Trust History:

  • In March 2020 completed the combination with Interxion, expanding its European platform.
  • In September 2017 completed the merger with DuPont Fabros Technology.
  • In July 2016 acquired eight European data centers from Equinix that were divested as part of Equinix’s TelecityGroup acquisition.
  • In October 2015 completed the acquisition of Telx.
  • On October 28, 2004 priced its initial public offering at 12 dollars per share.
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