SH1 is the operating data center building on Centeris's 86-acre private campus in Puyallup, Washington, marketed to the South Seattle market.
Power. 24 MW of built critical load. An on-site 50 MW substation is dual-fed by two 115 kV transmission lines, so substation capacity materially exceeds the current IT load. UPS backup is N+1 for the full critical load, and backup generators are likewise N+1 for the full critical load. Utility power comes from Puget Sound Energy and is sourced from hydroelectric and wind generation.
Space and density. 50,000+ SF of raised floor. High-density options run 3 to 25 kW per cabinet, alongside secure private suites. Average PUE is 1.25. The building is LEED Gold.
Connectivity. Seven carriers on net: CenturyLink, Click, Comcast, Level 3, Verizon, Wave and Zayo. Six pairs of dark fiber run to the Westin Building Exchange in downtown Seattle.
Campus. An adjacent powered shell, SH2, sits on the same campus, plus roughly 35 acres of developable land and three non-data-center buildings.
| Distance | Site | About |
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| 0.07 miles | Centeris SH2 | |
| 0.31 miles | Colocation NorthWest South Hill Campus |
There are 2 data centers on the Centeris's 86-acre South Hill campus
SH1: 1023 39th Avenue SE, Puyallup, WA 98374
SH2: 1015 39th Avenue SE, Puyallup, WA 98374
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| 0.31 miles | ScaleMatrix Seattle |
The ScaleMatrix US-West 02 Data Center is located south of central Seattle.
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| 9.80 miles | Colocation Northwest Tacoma | |
| 9.81 miles | Optic Fusion Perkins |
Optic Fusion's Tacoma colocation facility is located in the historic Perkins building. The location also serves as the Network Operations Center (NOC)
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| 18.13 miles | QuadraNet Seattle | |
| 18.20 miles | Equinix Seattle SE4 |
Equinix SE4 is located 16 miles from SE2 and SE3, which are both located in Downtown Seattle. It is a 1-story building located 8 miles away from the Seattle Tacoma International Airport (SEA).
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| 19.51 miles | Centersquare: Seattle SEA2 |
Formerly known as SE4. Cyxtera's SEA2 site in Tukwila Washington was acquired from CenturyLink.
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Centeris is privately held by The Benaroya Company
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