Cobalt Data Centers has started construction on a new 34,000 sq ft data center in Las Vegas, Nevada, designed for ‘power-hungry’ colocation customers.

The Tier III-compliant 5.5MW Cheyenne Data Center is scheduled for completion in late November this year.

Cobalt Data Centers CEO Mike Ballard said the data center site is located in an area with strong connectivity with high-fiber connectivity and a low risk of natural disasters.

It will be connected to more than 12 national and local carriers.

“This facility is designed to handle the most complex, power-hungry applications in a highly energy efficient manner,” Ballard said.

“Our customers’ equipment will be collocated in a facility that combines the significant network connectivity of the area with robust power capability to keep its customers online and secure.”

The data center, designed by architect Dan Ballard of Ethos Three, will have room for 500 cabinets supporting up to 600 watts per sq ft in the critical space of the facility.

Tom Harris PE is the lead engineer for the project while Burke Construction Group is the general contractor.

The data center’s systems will be designed by Harris Consulting Engineers. Its electrical system will be a modular, expandable tri-redundant system that provides 2 (N+1) that can serve 5,500KVA from NV energy and 9,400KVA from six backup generators.

It will also feature a tri-redundant UPS system configuration.

For its N+2 cooling, it will use multiple multi-stage air cooled CRAC units with integrated air-side economizers.

Cobalt said the data center will be well suited for disaster recovery and business continuity services, and will have the latest in camera surveillance technology, biometric security and an access control system, as well as security staff on hand 24/7.

Cobalt Data Centers has a number of new builds planned for Las Vegas, including Cobalt Sahara, which has access to 10MV of power from NV energy and will house 870 cabinets with varying power capacity.

It also plans to build Cobalt St Rose, and has secured a 12.5-acre parcel of land for a 388,000 sq ft data center in four buildings.

Cobalt said it plans to have all of its Nevada data centers centrally located in Las Vegas.