Data is moving back and forth to more people and places. Meeting modern SLAs is about one thing: reducing data hops by locating data centers close to fast-growing population centers.
74% of households subscribe to streaming services.
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More than 21.5 billion IoT devices are now in use.
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Smart devices and the IoT are driving an edge computing market that is projected to reach $14.8 billion by 2025, a compound annual growth rate of 35%.
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Serving users
at the edge
(34th in the U.S.)
$133 billion
GDP
(metro area)
1.9 million
POPULATION
What’s in Play
• Diverse business and industry base, which is
favorable for a data center presence
• 3% lower cost of living than U.S. average
• Home to many prominent companies, including
Mitsubishi and Louisiana-Pacific
• Among the fastest growing U.S. metro areas at
13% CAGR
Well connected to neighboring major cities, including Chicago and Atlanta
Nashville
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Today's IT environments are highly dynamic
Technology is advancing in complexity
Workloads are larger and more distributed
End-user expectations are higher
Role of today's
IT leader has expanded