Shaded in red, the 35-acre Morabito site between Interstate 77 at left and East 55th Street at right in Cleveland’s Slavic Village is proposed to host a hyperscale data center (Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.
150-MW hyperscale facility to be city’s first
Set between Cleveland’s Slavic Village and the industrial valley in the coming years could be the city’s largest-ever data center. While at this early stage, it has generated many questions, its backers say the large site and nearby presence of industrial-scale electrical power and water resources should answer many of those questions.
Proposed is a $1.6-billion, 150-megawatt data center campus comprised of three buildings set on 35 acres currently owned by Morabito Enterprises, a longtime trucking firm with an address of 3560 E. 55th St. Morabito has been trying to sell its property off-market in recent years.
Seeking the data center campus is Lakeland Equity Group led by Managing Director Sam Khouri whose family has been involved in many aspects of real estate in Greater Cleveland and beyond. Other partners also have strong real estate and financial backgrounds but not specifically when it comes to data centers…