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When we first established STO Mission Critical, it was hard to picture how much the data center landscape would change. Back then, data centers were just small server rooms tucked away in offices, not the huge facilities we see now. By the late 1980s, as personal computers became common in offices, the need for local area network (LAN) computing power increased. Server rooms expanded into full office-floor data centers.

Mission critical projects are among the largest and most technically demanding in construction, especially on hyperscale data center campuses.

Across life sciences, healthcare, mission critical environments, and corporate campuses, one trend has become clear: projects are getting bigger, faster, and more complex than ever before. What was once considered ambitious is quickly becoming the new baseline. We’ve entered an era of “mega projects.”

As Ireland’s appetite for high-speed and reliable connection is constantly growing, the pressure on digital infrastructure is continuously intensifying. Meeting this demand calls for bespoke ideas including bold, intelligent reinvention. The Drogheda Exchange Data Centre project stands as a great example of how legacy infrastructure can be reimagined to support the next generation of digital services.

A 2025 report from McKinsey projects that the data center market will require $6.7 trillion to keep up with computing demand. This meteoric growth means data center developers need teams who can jump right in to get these projects online with speed and with skill. That’s where the STO Building Group’s family of builders comes in.

When a trusted client approached Structure Tone Dublin’s mission critical team with a project opportunity in the Netherlands, the decision to pursue it was easy. Despite not having an existing operation or local team in the Netherlands, the 4.5-megawatt project on a legacy campus seemed like the perfect opportunity to support a valued client and step into a new market.

The data center landscape in the U.S., particularly in New Jersey, is experiencing significant growth driven by the evolution of technologies such as artificial intelligence and cloud computing. Yet there is still a good deal of uncertainty around how to meet this growing need.

Northern New Jersey is one of the leading data center markets in the country, and the sector’s explosive growth is creating opportunities for the commercial real estate and architecture-engineering-construction community.