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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br />Regular Meeting —April 10, 2012 <br />predominantly a data center and a carrier <br />hotel which consumes a great deal of power. <br />It anticipates needing in the neighborhood of <br />60 megawatts of power. Downtown South <br />Bend currently has just under 18 megawatts <br />of power. <br />The Union Station building is landlocked. It <br />will be out of capacity within a year and a <br />half. Expansion to the other side of the <br />railroad track is the only way to grow the <br />business at its current location, or even in the <br />urban South Bend area. <br />When the study began, Mr. Smith had been <br />working on energy and the energy - efficiency <br />paradigm for 20 years. We have enterprise - <br />type of data centers, which is traditional - <br />standard and racks, etc. There is also <br />containerized computing that is coming to <br />the forefront. More space will allows USTC <br />to accommodate the shipping containers. We <br />also believe that the space will allow us to <br />manufacture data pods, use them in the Ivy <br />Tower itself for maximum power flexibility. <br />USTC should be able to compete nationally <br />for large scale data center operations. <br />Mr. Smith noted that USTC is very interested <br />in providing educational opportunities with <br />this project as well. The Studebaker Admin <br />Building may help facilitate that <br />development. He has had initial discussions <br />with Jim Howard, owner of the Studebaker <br />Admin building. If coordination could be <br />arranged, there would be under one roof, or <br />interconnected, 1.3 million sq. ft. <br />USTC envisions an entrance to the District <br />through the front door of Union Station. A <br />tunnel would take you under the tracks into <br />the former Ivy Tower building. <br />10 <br />