Expand On-Demand – Flexibility beyond anything available in the industry: Aligned

Aligned’s adaptive and sustainable approach to data centers has transformed the industry. Speed-to-market, energy and water efficiency, and the ability to seamlessly scale infrastructure as your business growth demands are today all within your company’s grasp. Aligned provides Scale Data Centers and Powered Shell / Build-to-Scale solutions with adaptive infrastructure and industry-leading cooling technology, deployed sustainably at a record-setting pace. The world’s leading hyperscalers and large enterprises trust Aligned to build energy-efficient, sustainable campuses and data centers that support massive scale, anywhere in the world. Aligned is constantly seeking to develop and deploy innovative technologies, improve service delivery, effectively engage and upskill team members, and collaborate more productively with our customers and partners.

Aligned’s primary motivation driving all this is to help bring game-changing business advantages to you. Serving as an extension of your team, Aligned offers data centers delivered with your needs and requirements in mind – complete with operational excellence and maturity, and white glove service. Aligned is a problem solver, innovator, and an industry expert, with over 175 years of combined industry expertise across its leadership team alone. The company is aligned with client’s timelines and budget, power requirements, expansion objectives, sustainability goals, vision, and future.

Purpose-Built for Mega Efficiency & Scale

Delta Cube (Delta³) arrays capture and remove heat at its source, resulting in a hyper-scalable and ultra-efficient environment that dynamically adapts to your IT loads. The Delta³ design accommodates both new data centers and retrofit facilities, improving the efficiency of existing infrastructure and enabling you to Expand on Demand. The cooling system is based on innovative technologies addressing three aspects of thermodynamics: heat absorption, heat transport and heat rejection.

The Delta³ removes heat at the source, utilizing anemometry to measure velocity between hot and cold aisle to enable a higher Delta-T. Hot air is drawn from the racks exhaust and channeled through its highly efficient microchannel coils.

• Exponentially greater heat absorption than traditional environments
• Absorbs Delta-Ts as high as 45°F
• Accommodates high, low and mixed rack power capacities Facilitates scale-up/scale-in-place
• Higher efficiencies: fan power is reduced to 1% of IT load versus 10% for a typical CRAH or CRAC unit

Aligned Data Centers is a leading technology infrastructure company offering innovative, sustainable, and adaptive Scale Data Centers and Build-to-Scale solutions for global hyperscale and enterprise customers. Aligned’s intelligent infrastructure allows densification and vertical growth within the same footprint, enabling customers to scale up without disruption, all while maintaining industry-leading Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE). By reducing the energy, water and space needed to operate, Aligned’s data center solutions, combined with its patented cooling technology, offer businesses a competitive advantage by improving sustainability, reliability, and their bottom line.

Adaptive Data Center That Aligns with Your Sustainability Goals

Aligned is committed to solving the world’s toughest sustainability challenges associated with data center infrastructure, energy consumption and water usage. Aligned’s adaptive data center platform is focused on helping companies deliver greater business value with less costly energy and infrastructure resources. Sustainability is, and will always be, at the core of what Aligned does. Aligned works in partnership with its clients and public utility providers to help clients achieve their sustainability objectives and adhere to environmental mandates. An example of this is Aligned’s Tier III 180 MW data center in Phoenix, Arizona. Because Aligned’s facility was designated a sustainability redevelopment project, its colocation tenants receive a 20-year tax exemption on IT equipment so long as they contract for 500kW or more per month for two-plus years. Aligned is also currently working with the Arizona Public Service (APS) to procure a portion of its renewable energy for Phoenix location. The APS has one of the country’s most substantial renewable energy portfolios, using a balanced energy mix that is 50% carbon-free. Arizona public utilities generate power from a variety of stable sources and charge substantially less per kWh than other Western states, according to the U.S. Energy Information Association.

Meet the leader behind the success of Aligned

Andrew Schaap is a data center, IT, private equity and real estate executive with over 25 years of complex transactional experience and multi-disciplinary senior leadership. As CEO of Aligned, he is dedicated to accelerating business growth by driving the delivery of data center solutions with industry-leading technology and adaptive infrastructure. Since beginning his tenure with Aligned, Andrew has exponentially grown company revenues, completed several successful capital raisings, and cultivated an ecosystem of innovation that advances Aligned’s commitment to reducing the social, economic and environmental impact of the digital era to position Aligned as the number one performing private data center company in 2019. Prior to joining Aligned, Andrew held numerous leadership positions over an 11-year period with Digital Realty Trust (NYSE: DLR). Most recently serving as Senior Vice President, he was responsible for global large-scale, client-driven data center builds and was part of the executive leadership team that grew revenue to $2 billion. He also oversaw all major international transactions, including the successful negotiation and execution of projects in Osaka, Singapore, Hong Kong and Sydney. Prior to Digital Realty Trust, Andrew held leadership roles at Sterling Network Services and Sysix Technologies.

Andrew is the Founder and Board Member of DC Delta, an advisory council comprised of global data center end-users and innovators, connectivity providers and sustainability thought-leaders focused on improving data center efficiency and sustainability. He also sits on the Infrastructure Masons Advisory Council, an organization that provides infrastructure executives and technical professionals an independent forum to connect, grow and give back. Additionally, Andrew serves as a mentor for Great Minds in STEM, an association dedicated to keeping America technologically strong by promoting Science, Technology, Engineering and Math careers, especially in underserved communities and is an Advisory Council member of SMU Lyle School of Engineering. He holds a B.A. in Business Administration and Marketing from Cornerstone University, in addition to completing graduate programs in Executive Negotiations and Management Training at Harvard University.

“After seeing Aligned’s data center platform and hearing directly from customers about their client-centric experience, I was eager to join. Aligned is laser-focused on delivering dynamic solutions, with industry-leading technology, to their clients.”