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Electrical / Power

Progressivepowerprovidersworktoserveyourspecicneeds

PowercompaniesareregulatedbytheState Transmissionandgenerationwithinthesameorganizationfacilitateseffectivecommunication

andcoordinationduringweather-relatedevents

Welldevelopedpowerinfrastructurewhichishighlyinterconnectedtoprovidemultiplepaths

NorthCarolinahasreliable,dependableinfrastructurewhichhasneversustainedacascadingevent

Industrial,commercialandresidentialpowerratesarebelowthenationalaverage

Our Value Proposition

Data Centers 2009

ThestateofNorthCarolinahasbeenrecognizedbytheconsultingrmTishmanTechnologiesasthebestplaceintheUnited

Statesforadatacenter.ThestatesexistingstrengthsinITcombinedwithawelltrainedworkforce,anexistingpowergrid

withexcesscapacityandabusinessfriendlyclimatecreatesanexcellentenvironmentforthelocationofadatacenter.

We Have the Resources and Infrastructure to SupportData Center Needs

Telecommunications

Telecommunicationcompaniesthroughoutthestateoffer:

100%digitalswitchingindigitalofces

Feederrouteswithberoptictransmissioncapabilities

Centralofcesonaberring

Routediversitybetweencentralofcesandself-healingnetworks

NumerousPointsofPresence(POPs)

30-60daysinstallationsofmajorberopticsincludingISDN,DSL,ATM,AODI,ATS,CDS,T-1and

T-3lines,NMLI,andFrameRelay

Weather

TropicalhurricanesinuenceNorthCarolinasweatherapproximatelytwotimesinanaverageyearandmuch

ofthestateisinsulatedfromnaturaldisasterstheaveragetornadoriskandearthquakerisksarewellbelow

thenationalaverage(55.5and62.64outof100respectively)

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Apple Inc.,anindustryleaderintechnology,willconstructadatacenterinMaiden CiscomaintainsaproductiondatacenterinResearchTriangleParkthatprovidesearly-stageservice-oriented architectureoperations

FidelityoperatesadatacenterinResearchTrianglePark Google,thelargestandmostusedsearchengine,operatesaserverfarminLenoir Hosted SolutionsoperatesSAS70TypeIIcertieddatacentersinCharlotte,CaryandRaleigh IBMwillbuilda$360milliondatacenteratitsfacilityinResearchTriangleParktoenableIBMtodelivercloud computingcapabilitiestoclients

NC Research and Education Network Data Center,operatedbyMCNC,isaprivatenetworkdedicatedtoresearch andeducationprovidingastatewidenetworkbackbonetofosterinnovationlocatedatResearchTrianglePark

National Climatic Data Center maintainstheworldslargestactivearchiveofweatherdatainAsheville NetAppmaintainsadatacenteratitsfacilityinResearchTrianglePark Peak 10,anindependentdatacenteroperatorandmanagedservicesprovider,hasdatacentersinCharlotteand Raleigh

Qwest CommunicationshasadatacenterinCharlottethatleasesbercapacitytolocalcompaniesneeding

telecommunicationsanddataservice

Triangle Census Research Data Center,oneofninesitesofresearchdatacentersintheUSwheretheCensus BureauprovidesaccesstounpublishedmicrodatafromtheBureauseconomicanddemographiccensusesand

surveys,islocatedonDukeUniversityscampusinDurham

US Social Security Administrationhasaco-processingdatacenterinDurhamthatbacksupSSAsNational ComputerCenter

Verizon Business Systems maintainsanetworkoperationscenterinCarythatmanagesnetworkoperationsofthe USPostalService,FederalAviationAdministrationandDepartmentofHomelandSecurity

Salesonmachineryandequipmenttobelocatedinadatacenterareexemptfromsalesandusetaxbutare

subjecttoanexcisetaxatarateofonepercentwithamaximumof$80perarticle

Salesofelectricityandeligiblebusinesspropertytoaninternetserviceproviderorwebsearchportalbusinessthatinvestsatleast$250millioninprivatefundsareexemptfromsalesandusetax

We have a Community of Data Centers in North Carolina

North Carolina Department of Commerce | 4310 Mail Service Center | Raleigh, NC 27699-4310, USA | 1-919-733-4977 | www.nccommerce.c

State of North Carolina

European Ofce

Untermainanlage 760329 Frankfurt am Main,Germany49-69-271-3980

State of North Carolina

Japan Ofce

Toranomon Suzuki Bldg. 5F20-4, Toranomon 3-ChomeMinato-Ku, Tokyo 105-0001

Japan81-3-3435-9301

State of North Carolina

Canada Ofce

13A Princess StMississauga, ON L5M 1Z8,Canada1-905-826-6000

State of North Carolina

China Ofce

Shanghai Centre, Suite 6311376 Nanjing West RoadShanghai 200040China86-21-6137-6058