FII High-Performance Computing Data Center

Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin

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OWNER: FII USA Inc.

LEAD DESIGN FIRM: EUA

GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Mortenson

CIVIL ENGINEER: Sigma

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: GRAEF

MEP ENGINEER: AEI


The FII High-Performance Computing Data Center is a 100-ft-tall, 28,000-sq-ft glass sphere that’s the centralized network and data center control hub for the Foxconn campus in the Wisconn Valley. The mechanical systems include a geothermal well field, energy-efficient air handling units and radiant heating and cooling. The building has a server room, a 5G laboratory, an auditorium, a campus centralized network operations hub and offices. The glass for the globe has specific frit patterns and UV protection. To build the globe, the concrete floor/column structure and the glass and steel facade had to be entirely independent of each other. The sequence of installation was executed by placing/pouring all of the floors first, then prebuilding steel structure pieces that could be craned into place before the glass panes were installed.