Browsing: Mission Critical

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.

In the digital age, data centers have become the backbone of our increasingly interconnected world. These facilities power everything from streaming services and social media platforms to large corporations and are indispensable hubs for storing, processing, and distributing large quantities of data. With the exponential growth in data center trends, the industry is transitioning towards groundbreaking innovations.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming every industry and will stretch across all aspects of human life. Data centers are no exception. As AI applications continue to rapidly evolve, data centers need to adapt and evolve their design, specifically their electrical and mechanical infrastructure to accommodate these demanding workloads. There are key considerations for building future-proof data centers as AI continues to develop, such as these.

Data centers are massive hubs for computer processing power — commonly called “the cloud” — that are used by many companies and industries. A flurry of projects throughout the region, listed in this report, could help fill a nationwide gap for new data center projects.