Next Tier Connect

Next Tier Connect is a real estate company that acquires data center and mixed-use mission-critical properties in regional U.S. markets. Next Tier HD, a New York real estate private equity firm focused on data center and mission-critical assets, runs the company, and RedBird Capital Partners provides its capital.

Its launch property is Next Tier Connect Pittsburgh East at 4350 Northern Pike in Monroeville, the former world headquarters of Westinghouse's nuclear division. The five-story, 600,000 square foot complex was built in two phases in 1971 and 1986 and sits on 138 acres. It combines office, business continuity and data center space, with dual utility feeds from diverse routes, an on-site Duquesne Light substation, a tenant generator plant, and lit and dark fiber to a downtown Pittsburgh carrier hotel. The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center hosts its Bridges-2 supercomputer on the campus.

Next Tier Connect History:

• In May 2026, Bechtel Plant Machinery signed a lease at the Monroeville campus, with occupancy ramping up through mid-2029.
• In July 2019, the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center announced it would host its Bridges-2 supercomputers at the campus.
• In June 2019, Next Tier HD and RedBird Capital Partners launched Next Tier Connect and rebranded the Monroeville campus as Next Tier Connect Pittsburgh East.
• In November 2018, the company acquired the former Westinghouse Nuclear headquarters campus in Monroeville.
• Founded in 2018.