TierPoint Sioux Falls-East

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Operational

Fully operational facility

South Dakota

State
Midwest US

Region
United States

Country
North America

Region
Americas

Region

TierPoint Sioux Falls-East

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Total Building Size

Total Power

SqFt

Gross Colocation Size

The site was acquired when TierPoint bought Cosentury in January 2016.

Building:

Monitoring from dedicated, onsite personnel
Additional remote monitoring from 24/7, geographically diverse Operations Centers
Outside of 500 year flood plain
Dedicated spaces for data halls, carrier entrance, electrical room, storage, receiving area and full-sized loading docks

Power:

6kW per cabinet capacity
2 utility feeds from separate sub-stations
50% of utility power from non-carbon sources
Diesel generator for all critical loads
UPS with N+1 power modules and battery strings
Redundant (A+B) power distribution available to each cabinet
Power metering and utilization reporting by circuit, cabinet and cage

HVAC:

N+1 continuous cooling systems
Hot/cold aisle alignment with containment options available
Raised access floor for cold air supply
Ceiling plenum for ducted hot air return
Set points maintain ASHRAE standards for data centers
CRAC system and environmental monitoring for temperature, humidity, dew point, airflow, smoke and leaks

Map and Nearby Locations

700 East 54th St North ( Suite 200 )

TierPoint Sites

Nearby Facilities

Sites within 15 miles of TierPoint Sioux Falls-East

Distance	Site	About
4.47 miles	TierPoint Sioux Falls-West
5.13 miles	Gemini Data Center: Sioux Falls Technology Park	Gemini Data Center SD LLC , 164-acre hyperscale data center campus, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, acquired from Xcel Energy.

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Operating Company

TierPoint is a data center and managed services provider that focuses on secondary markets in the United States. Operating as a private-equity backed company, As detailed in the history section below, Tierpoint has actively acquired smaller providers and impressively rolled up a national platform in 20 markets.

Tierpoint Acquisitions and History

TierPoint was formed in 2010 as Cequel Data Centers LLC, however, the company's origins date back to 1995. Through a conglomeration of acquisitions, TierPoint built its data center portfolio. [r1]

2010:

Cequel acquired Colo4 (Based in Dallas and originally founded in 2000)

2011

Cequel acquired Perimeter Technology (Based in Oklahoma and founded in 2003)

2012

Cequel acquired TierPoint (Based in Spokane and founded in 2003). After the acquisition, Cequel was rebranded as Tierpoint
2012 Adhost acquired (Based in Seattle and founded in 1995)
2012 DBSi acquired [r2]

2013

Baltimore Technology Park acquired (Based in Baltimore and founded in 2005)

2014

TierPoint Management team recapitalized the company
Philadelphia Technology Park. Located in the Philadelphia Navy Yard the 25,700 sqft Philadelphia Technology Park first opened in 2010
Xand (founded in 1999)

2015

Acquired CxP Data Centers that added a 121,000sqft Jacksonville facility [r3]
TierPoint Acquires AlteredScale Data Center in Chicago
Acquired Windstream for $575 million. The transaction added 20 datacenters, mainly in the East, Midwest, and South, which fit nicely with TierPoint's western-leaning portfolio. Windstream was itself a data center roll-up of sorts. In 2010 Windstream acquired PAETEC and Hosted Solutions in 2010.

2016

Cosentury was acquired by Tierpoint in January 2016 for $575 million. Cosentury, was founded in 2001 and was headquartered in Omaha, NE. It provided Colocation, IaaS, and Compliance and Security services. Cosentury was a large company to swallow. It had nine data centers in the Midwest US and 220 emploiyees.

Tierpoint Services

Data center colocation is the prime product, but Tierpoint also offers Cloud, Managed Services, and DIA with DDoS protection.

TierPoint's customer portal allows for self-provisioning of resources (such as VMs and storage) and a dashboard that allows customers to remotely monitor workloads and applications across all locations. The company offers a comprehensive solution portfolio of private, multitenant, hyperscale, and hybrid cloud, plus colocation, disaster recovery, security and other managed IT services.

References:

r1. TierPoint Company Page
r2. Source: Data Center Knowledge
r3. Press Release Archive. July 27, 2015

Facilities

129MW

Megawatts

News See all

Apollo Global Management is acquiring Argo Infrastructure Partners.

January 20, 2025 TierPoint

Investment giant Apollo Global Management is acquiring Argo Infrastructure Partners in a deal that will add approximately $6 billion of assets to the Apollo infrastructure platform. Argo is the majority owner of US data center firm TierPoint, which operates around 40 facilities across 18 US...

TierPoint aims to raise $925 million through securitized loans

June 29, 2023 TierPoint

TierPoint seeks to raise $925 million by selling A-rated data center revenue notes from Kroll Bond Rating Agency. The exchange is TierPoint's first and is backed by 31 colocation data centers with approximately $397.2 million in annualized monthly frequent revenue and $198.3 million in yearly...

TierPoint announces completion of new data center in St. Louis, Missouri

August 05, 2022 TierPoint

TierPoint has announced that its St. Louis data center in Missouri, which was announced back in September 2021, is complete. The facility, spanning 23,000 sqft (2,100 sqm), is a Tier III-quality facility that offers 14,500 sq ft (1,350 sqm) of production or raised floor space. The facility saw an...

SDN Communications Is Expanding Its Data Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

March 25, 2022 South Dakota

SDN Communications has announced that it is expanding its data center located at Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The US broadband provider will add a 25,000 square foot (2,320 square meter) pod to the existing structure. This will increase the total space to 50,000 square feet. According to SDN, the...

Argo Infrastructure Partners Invests $500m in TierPoint

March 02, 2022 TierPoint

TierPoint has announced that Argo Infrastructure Partners has invested $500 million into its business. The move sees Argo Infrastructure Partners become the largest single equity investor in the firm. TierPoint will use the net proceeds from the transaction to expand the company and provide...