At Evans, our Advanced Technology Team is meeting growing data center demand in collaboration with DC BLOX through a unique design-build approach

AI is changing everything. Not least the scale and complexity of the vast data centers required to meet increased AI workloads. From surging power demand, energy consumption and cooling requirements, to impact on site selection and the rise of hyperscalers, designing this new breed of data center requires a unique approach.

“ Demand is unprecedented,” says Corey Lemming, SVP of Evans General Contractors( Evans) Advanced Technology Construction, which specialises in building highly complex and mission-critical infrastructure including data centers.“ Whether we’ re building directly for an AI hyperscaler, a developer or a co-location partner we have minimal time to conceptualize, plan, design and cost a project that – more often than not – is a first of its kind.”

A revolutionary approach to data center design-build Fortunately, this is where Evans Advanced Technology excels. Formed just three years ago, it has delivered solutions from revolutionary cable landing stations to hyperscale data centers for some of the largest businesses in the US.

It does so with an innovative approach that’ s unique in the market, combining a collaborative design-build methodology, pre-development expertise and a focus on turnkey solutions delivered in close partnership with customers.

“ Historically, data center design and build was controlled by the customer, but we offer a different approach,” says Corey of the company’ s pre-development expertise.“ We select sites, we carry out due diligence, help with power negotiations, local politics, assemble the right team from a broad ecosystem we’ ve developed, and turn that into a bespoke solution.

First-of-a-kind innovation with DC BLOX This approach has paid off with countless clients, including DC BLOX, a digital infrastructure provider that delivers integrated data center and network solutions to hyperscalers, enterprises, and comms and tech giants.