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Because the data center reuse option is a change from the custody model, current building codes pertaining to the new use would be enforced. The City would continue to be responsible for the repayment of the annual debt serve on the Jail building through 2024. The duration of the building conversion design, bidding, and construction schedule will take place over a 26 month period. The facility does not meet the ideal data center layout as a single floor, stand- alone building with equipment in a centralized space with an open floor/cohesive use layout with adequate electrical and mechanical systems to power and cool the center's equipment. The City Jail building does not allow for the modularity needed for a data center to change and adapt with technology trends systematically by adding data modules or updating equipment as needed. Recent trends show data centers older than seven years are typically obsolete. In some cases, the users needs have grown beyond their data center's capabilities in as little as 2-3 years requiring relocation or expansion. The feasibility analysis compared the Jail with 24 critical features for data centers. Only six of the key features were present in the facility and four others partially met the requirements. Fourteen of the essential features required in a data center were not present in the detention facility building or systems. Opportunities - Development of the commercial data center reuse option could possibly provide a new revenue source to offset the City's building debt service cost. Negative impacts (Threats) - The City could face significant competition with experienced data center providers. - Needed modifications to the Jail will be expensive in relation to accommodate minimal services. Ideally, data centers are built in suburban locations in industrial type, single story windowless structures with large floor plates unlike the Jail. - The City may have to undertake a CEQA process because of the change in building use. - Maintaining stable temperatures and humidity within tight tolerances is critical to IT system reliability and may not be met within the detention facility without extensive modifications. A commercial data center service will also cause the provider to pay expensive monthly power rates. Key Summary Observations Overall, the Santa Ana City Jail poses numerous challenges to integrating a state-of-the-art data center design. Based on its location, multiple story configuration, confined and compartmentalized (non -cohesive) floor plans, minimally -purposed electrical system and mechanical systems designed for personal air conditioning only, these facilities are generally not 126 65A-133