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>> IT'S TIME TO GO INSIDE
INNOVATION BROUGHT TO YOU BY
ALLEGION. PIONEERING SAFETY.
IN NORTHWEST INDIANA, THE

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DIGITAL CROSSROAD DATA CENTER
OPENED ITS DOORS IN NOVEMBER AND
IS ATTRACTING HIGH-TECH
COMPANIES THAT COULD HELP

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DIVERSIFY THE REGION'S ECONOMY.
IT TOOK $40 MILLION TO TRANSFORM
THE FORMER STATE LINE GENERATING
PLANT IN HAMMOND INTO A MODERN

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TECHNOLOGY CENTER WHERE NATIONAL
COMPANIES STORE THEIR DATA.
I'M PLEASED TO WELCOME TO THE
SHOW DIGITAL CROSSROAD DATA

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CENTER MANAGING MEMBER TOM
DAKICH TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE
CENTER, ITS CLIENTS AND WHAT IT
COULD ME FOR THE FUTURE.

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TOM, THANKS FOR JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> ABSOLUTELY. THIS HAS BEEN A
PROJECT SEVERAL YEARS IN THE

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MAKING. THIS IS THE OLD STATE
LINE GENERATING PLANT THERE
WHICH ACTUALLY WAS A BIG
POLLUTER MANY YEARS AGO. YOU'VE

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TRANSFORMED THIS INTO A DATA
CENTER. GIVE US KIND OF A
THUMBNAIL DESCRIPTION OF WHAT
THIS DATA CENTER IT ALL ABOUT.

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>> SO THE START OF OUR STORY IS
TAKING NORTHWEST INDIANA'S
SPECIFICALLY, THIS PORTION OF
IT, FROM THE OLD CLOUD TO THE

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NEW CLOUD. THE STATE LINE
GENERATING PLANT WAS ACTUALLY
FOUNDED BY THOMAS EDISON
HIMSELF. HE HAD AN OFFICE HERE.

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THEY CREATED THE LARGEST PLANT
EVER. THE PROBLEM IS IT IS A
POLLUTER ON THE PLANET FOR A
PERIOD OF TIME AND CERTAINLY THE

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UNITED STATES. SO THAT LEGACY
ENDED IN 2012 WHEN IT BECAME NOT
POSSIBLE TO UPGRADE IT. WE
STARTED SHORTLY THEREAFTER. IT

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IS A PERFECT LOCATION FOR A DATA
CENTER. WE'RE FORTUNATE WE HAVE
A STATE LEADERSHIP AND LOCAL
LEADERSHIP TO LET US DO IT.

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>> YOU MENTIONED LOCATION. YOU
ACCESS TO WATER, WHICH IS
IMPORTANT FOR DATA CENTERS AND
LAKE MICHIGAN, YOU'RE IN THE

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CHICAGOLAND AREA AS WELL. AS WE
WERE TALKING OFF CAMERA, TOM,
YOU SAY THIS IS NOT A TYPICAL
DATA CENTER.

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>> NO, THIS IS A WAREHOUSE OR A
STORAGE PLACE. THIS IS AN
INDEPENDENT TO MISSION CRITICAL
INDEPENDENT CO-LOCATION DATA

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CENTER, A FANCY WAY OF SAYING
DATA IS NOT STORED HERE ALTHOUGH
IT IS STORED HERE, THE PRIMARY
PURPOSE IS TO LITERALLY CREATE

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THE CONNECTIONS THAT CREATE THE
INTERNET. WE'RE GETTING
COMPANIES THAT ARE HYPER SCALERS
OR ENTERPRISERS AND SECURITY

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COMPANIES SO FAR WHO CONNECT
TOGETHER IN ORDER TO CREATE THE
INTERNET, NOT JUST STORE DATA.
OUR STORAGE HERE, THE REASON

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THIS FACILITY IS SUCH A GOOD AND
THIS PIECE OF GROUND IS SO GOOD
IS BECAUSE OF THE NATURAL THINGS
THAT ARE INHERENT HERE. WE'RE

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CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN CHICAGO, IN
FACT WE'RE CLOSER THAN THE
WESTERN SUBURBS, WE HAVE AN
ACCESS TO FIBER, BECAUSE OF A

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RAILROAD, FIBER TYPICALLY IS
UNDER RAILROAD TRACKS AND THERE
IS NINE RAILROADS, PLUS COOLING
WATER.

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>> I KNOW GOVERNOR HOLCOMB, THE
LEGISLATURE, REALLY PROMOTED BIG
CHANGES IN THE TAX CODE AND
INCENTIVES TO ATTRACT AND

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COMPETE FOR THESE DATA CENTERS.
IN YOUR VIEW, CAN INDIANA BECOME
A REAL HUB OR CENTER FOR THESE
TYPES OF CENTERS?

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> IF WE DON'T, IT'S OUR OWN
FAULT. WE HAVE THE LOCATION, YOU
WANT TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF
THINGS, AND WE'RE CERTAINLY IN

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THE MIDDLE OF THINGS, OUR NAME
IS THE DIGITAL CROSSROADS OF
AMERICA. BECAUSE WE'RE THE
CROSSROADS OF AMERICA IN

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INDIANA. SO IF WE DON'T BECOME
SUCCESSFUL IN THIS, IT CERTAINLY
ISN'T BECAUSE OF ANYBODY ELSE'S
FAULT BUT OUR OWN. THE IEDC HAS

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BEEN FANTASTIC, PEOPLE ARE
STARTING TO PAY ATTENTION TO US.
>> ALL RIGHT. THE DIGITAL CROSS
ROAD DATA CENTER, TOM McDERMOTT

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CALLED IT TRANSFORMATIONAL. TOM,
APPRECIATE THE TIME AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO DOING FOLLOW-UPS IN