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If they would operate in a neutral way, I would welcome it... Reid On Dec 30, 2014 5:08 PM, "Jake" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Greetings > > Just wanted to bump this discussion. > > I just had a conversation with a VP with DataBank, a data center service > provider here in the Twin Cities metro, about MICE and the current state of > the exchange. During that conversation, I had mentioned that the exchange > is looking to grow into a secondary site and that the exchange was in the > very preliminary stages of discussing a new site. > > As a result of this conversation, they expressed a lot of interest in > donating space, power, and cross-connect services out of their brand new > facility in Eagan for a secondary leaf site for MICE. They said they could > possibly assist in locating some dark fiber between the two sites as well > if the exchange decided to go with DataBank for their secondary site. > > This Eagan site has close proximity to the AccessEagan network as well as > a number of providers that may be interested in participating in the > exchange. > > Below is a link showing where this facility is located: > > > https://www.google.com/maps/place/3255+Neil+Armstrong+Blvd,+Eagan,[log in to unmask],-93.1413613,12z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x87f62dae5be6f9d5:0x86bc90d89c3d37da > > I emphasized that the exchange is in the very early stages of discussion > about a secondary site. I also mentioned that the exchange is hosting an > user group here on January 14th. DataBank would be very interested in > dialing into the conference bridge to talk about what they have to offer. > > If this is something that the exchange would like to pursue, please let me > know and I can forward along the user group conference bridge information > to the proper DataBank personnel. DataBank also mentioned that they would > be able to provide a tour of the new facility during the early part of the > third week of January if there’s any interest in checking out the new > facility. > > Thoughts? > > Thanks in advance. > > Jake > >