CLIENT OBJECTIVES
Enterprise Rent-A-Car, the world’s largest rental car company, was experiencing rapid growth and campus expansion was not an easy proposition. After multiple on-campus renovations, their Information Technology Department could not resolve its facility shortfalls. After assessing the department’s growth needs, CresaPartners and Enterprise concluded that the solution was to establish an off-site technology campus/data center.

Initially, the goal was to find an existing vacant data center or easy-to-convert building for the technology building which would save time versus new construction. CresaPartners conducted an extensive market search, but no existing data centers were available with the systems or capacities that could meet Enterprise’s needs.

RESULT
As the IT Department continued to grow, it became clear that the overall solution was to build a data center that incorporated the best building features and would allow for future growth needs. CresaPartners quickly found appropriate land to build Enterprise’s technology campus/data center. The land, made up of three tracts, is located about 15 miles from the corporate headquarters campus. CresaPartners negotiated terms to acquire the major parcel and subsequent two additional parcels, obtained all site plan approvals, qualified and assembled the project team and handled all project management responsibilities.

CresaPartners led the team to design a state-of-the-art facility that met the specific needs of its client. To create the desired operational reliability, the data center was designed to withstand natural and man-made disasters. Ultimately the building could sustain winds up to 150 mph and flying debris at 250mph. The building was also designed to include an appropriate level of redundancy for its critical building systems, such as two chilled water systems and an electrical back-up system that would keep the building running at all times. Future expansion plans include the development of a second building on the Weldon Spring property.