Data storage center opens

Alegent Health and CoSentry cut the ribbon Thursday on their new $26 million data storage facility at Midlands Hospital in Papillion.

Gov. Dave Heineman was on hand for the event, and pushed the button for an electronic ribbon cutting. In keeping with the data center's green status, it includes several energy-saving features.

The facility will store Alegent's electronic medical records and also data and equipment that other companies hire CoSentry to store or manage.

The facility eventually will employ approximately 100 people.

Mike Steffan, president and CEO of CoSentry, addressed a crowd of business and community leaders at the event. He said he was gratified to see the ribbon cut on the new facility.

“Midlands was designed as the next generation of data centers,” he said. “These data centers must balance extreme density computing environments with the economic requirements to be as energy efficient as possible.”

The Midlands Data Center, near 84th Street and Highway 370, was designed by Altus Architectural Studios. The engineering design was by Morrissey Engineering of Omaha. It is designed to withstand 250-mph winds and encounter less than 6 seconds of downtime a year.

Heineman thanked CoSentry and Alegent for their efforts and growth.

“In Nebraska, we continue to move forward,” he said. “Here, we continue to grow, in part because of our incentive programs and the workforce and all the leaders in this room, people who are willing to invest in our state.

“We want to congratulate all of you for what you're doing here today,” he continued.

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