Industry News

Mellon Financial Corp. is constructing a 120,000-sf backup data center in Armstrong County, Pa. Sited 30 miles north of Pittsburgh on 40 acres, the facility will improve the financial industry's resiliency for disaster recovery. The data center is expected to be operational in 2007.

Winston Salem University dedicated its new 62,000-sf Computer Science Center in September 2005. The $13-million facility features eight research labs, three computer labs, nine classrooms, and is connected to the high speed network known as Internet 2.

Northern Arizona University has broken ground on a $31-million facility for the College of Engineering and Natural Sciences on its Flagstaff campus. The 90,000-sf project will be sited in the Chemistry and Biological Sciences Building and will house 18 teaching laboratories, 18 research laboratories, and support space. Designed by Carter Burgess of Phoenix, the facility is being constructed by Holder Construction of Atlanta and is slated for completion in November 2006.

The Rochester Institute of Technology is constructing the 35,000-sf Center for Bioscience and Technology (CBET) in Rochester, N.Y. Slated for completion by fall 2006, the $14-million academic facility will house laboratories, classrooms, and equipment for programs in bioinformatics, biotechnology, forensics, and graduate studies.

Clemson University is planning to construct a $6-million incubator facility in Pendleton, S.C. Sited in the Clemson Research Park, the 40,000-sf Innovation Center will be located adjacent to Clemson's Advanced Materials Research Laboratory. Additionally, Clemson has allotted $10.3 million in funding to create a research campus for the Clemson University Restoration Institute (CURI) in North Charleston on the former Charleston Naval Base.