Oppidan National Data Center Program

Since 2023, ERA has partnered with Oppidan and Salas O’Brien on a nationwide data center roll-out program for a high profile tenant in the tech industry. Oppidan specializes in corporate built-to-suit projects that include data centers, so ERA and the project team created two scalable prototype designs (5-MW & 10-MW) for roll-out simultaneously across multiple geographic locations. We designed the footprint and interior floor plan to remain the same for all projects, built out in five phases. The shell design is tilt-up or precast concrete with flexibility to respond to jurisdictional design criteria, allowing for individualization at each site while maintaining the same program and plan design, thus streamlining the document preparation process and reducing costs in design and construction.

Twenty data centers have been designed or built so far. Each facility ranges in size from 60,000 SF – 90,000 SF and construction costs range from $30M- $60M. Locations include El Paso, TX, Las Vegas, NV, Reno, NV, Bowling Green, KY; Montgomery, AL, Des Moines, IA, Chicago, IL; St. Louis, MO and Memphis, TN among others.

In addition to designing new facilities, ERA has helped design tenant improvement/future phase build-outs at existing facilities.

Location	Nationwide
Market	Industrial / Data Centers
Year Completed	Ongoing since 2023
Sq. Ft.	60,000 – 90,000
Team Collaboration	Owner/Developer: Oppidan Investment Company Architect: Salas O'Brien
Structural System	Joist and beam roof Tilt up or precast exterior walls Tilt up or precast exterior walls Spread footings Helical piers

Location

Nationwide

Market

Industrial / Data Centers

Year Completed

Ongoing since 2023

Sq. Ft.

60,000 – 90,000

Team Collaboration

Structural System