Aug 16, 2024 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji
US operator TierPoint this week announced that it has acquired a building in downtown St. Louis which it plans to retrofit into an enterprise-grade data center. ver the next year, the first phase of investment will build out 22,600 square feet of data center production space and 5MW of utility power.
“This major planned investment is a direct response to the exceedingly strong demand we're seeing for data center services. It also demonstrates our commitment to the region and faith in downtown St. Louis," said Jerry Kent, chairman and CEO of TierPoint. "As elsewhere, we expect the new facility will be a landing spot for large-scale, high-density colocation services required for artificial intelligence and other compute-intensive, GPU-accelerated workloads.”
“The state of Missouri and the St. Louis region, in particular, are open for business, and Ameren Missouri is excited to power growth in the data center industry," added Mark Birk, president of local utility Ameren Missouri. "We welcome TierPoint's expansion in downtown St. Louis and look forward to its plans to grow even more in the years to come. Through our Smart Energy Plan, we've been able to attract businesses to the region and help companies grow while providing reliable energy to meet the power needs of our customers today and tomorrow.”
