Internap Somerville facility

from American City Business Journals, Inc:

>>“They are less interested in a greener environment than having their power costs go down,” said Mike Frank, vice president for data center services at colocation firm Internap Network Services Corp., which provides data centers worldwide, including a facility owned by CRG West in Somerville and one being built nearby.

Frank said that data center customers are concerned about saving on energy costs — 40 percent of which goes to cooling — and ensuring that a colocation firm is able to provide enough power and space to grow their applications.

Frank said the new, 50,000-square-foot Somerville facility will take advantage of Boston’s cold weather, drawing cold air into the building rather than relying only on air conditioning. The roadblock in the past had been that cold air is dry, leading to static electricity. The evolution of ultrasonic humidification equipment now allows Internap to more efficiently add moisture to outside air. Other new technologies allow Internap to draw hot air from the ceiling, cool it with air conditioners and move it down through walls to where it can blow out across the floor.