ScaleMatrix, provider of variable and high-density co-location facilities, recently announced the opening of its new facility in the Seattle area in partnership with Centeris. Centeris is a data center provider in the Pacific Northwest owned by Benaroya Co.

ScaleMatrix opted to expand into Seattle due to the area's reputation as a strong cloud market that includes aerospace, defense, life sciences, IT and clean technology industries.

ScaleMatrix brings its Dynamic Density Control, or DDC, to the data center. The DDC trademarked high-performance cabinet enclosure and data center platform is designed to address the growing power, cooling, efficiency and density challenges of IT. It operates for less than $1 per watt.

“We have been fans of the DDC platform for some time and appreciate its integrated approach to supporting dense enterprise and [High Performance Computing] workloads which are rapidly growing in multiple customer segments,” Centeris Director Larry Benaroya said in a statement. “We welcome ScaleMatrix at our high-performance Seattle campus and look forward to providing robust infrastructure and hyper-scalability to support ScaleMatrix’ industry-leading solutions and tremendous growth in a number of exciting segments of technology, AI and the life sciences.”

The data center provides high-density co-location services, cloud and network on-ramp services to AWS, Google, Azure and other key internet destinations through a partnership with Megaport and its Software Defined Network Program.

“We are excited to extend the unique capabilities of ScaleMatrix and our DDC platform to the Seattle and Pacific Northwest market, which is a nexus of cloud and AI activity, as well as an attractive gateway to Asia,” ScaleMatrix CEO Chris Orlando said in a statement. “With Enterprise and High Performance Computing advancing at a breakneck pace, ScaleMatrix Data Centers provide an ideal environment for companies at any developmental stage, who want to future proof their data center investment as part of their Hybrid IT strategy.”

The decision to partner with Centeris was based on the quality of the SH1 data center, competitive power pricing, its regional, national and global connectivity options and its strong managing team, Orlando said. The site also has an expanded on-site power substation that is capable of supporting 50 megawatts of power and hundreds of thousands of square feet of expansion space available.

Find out more about the latest data center growth at Bisnow's Data Center Investment Conference & Expo Northwest on March 26.