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CoreSite's LA Data Center Campus Picked as Access Point

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CoreSite Realty Corporation’s (COR - Free Report) Los Angeles Data Center Campus is much in demand. It has been recently selected by the SEA-US Trans-Pacific Cable System for its North American access point. The SEA-US cable system caters to the traffic demands for broadband as well as mobile content on the trans-Pacific route.

Specifically, CoreSite would host SEA-US’s Submarine Line Terminating Equipment (SLTE) and connect the West Coast of the U.S., directly with Indonesia and the Philippines. This would include Manado in Indonesia, Davao in Southern Philippines; Piti in the territory of Guam; and Honolulu (on the island of Oahu), Hawaii.

Around 15,000 kilometers in length, this system would dodge the earthquake prone areas in East Asia. The SEA-US system is expected to start operating during second-quarter 2017.

Notably, CoreSite’s data center platform has gained significance in the Trans-Pacific route to the main Indonesian and Asian markets. In fact, the SEA-US submarine cable system would be the sixth sub-sea cable offering direct access from its Los Angeles campus. This campus is one of the most densely interconnected data center campuses in the world, rendering it a strategic fit as an access point for the SEA-US Trans-Pacific Cable System.

The Los Angeles campus, with two data center facilities, boasts over 500 existing customers, 240 of which are networks. By means of SEA-US, the customers of CoreSite would be able to capitalize on the high-performance route that links businesses to Southeast Asia.

With growth in cloud computing, Internet of Things and big data, and an increasing number of companies opting for third-party IT infrastructure; data center REITs have been experiencing a boom market. They have pulled in capital and also scored well on the return book, producing total returns of 18.41% in the first 11 months of 2016.

CoreSite delivers secure, reliable, high-performance, enterprise-class data centers and interconnection solutions across eight strategic North American markets. The company is well poised to capitalize on this trend.

CoreSite currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). Over the past one year, shares of CoreSite surged nearly 46.0%, against the 11.2% increase of the REIT and Equity Trust – Other industry.



Some better-ranked stocks in the REIT industry include The GEO Group, Inc. (GEO - Free Report) , Mack-Cali Realty Corp. and Urban Edge Properties (UE - Free Report) . While The GEO Group sports a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), Mack-Cali and Urban Edge carry a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.

The GEO Group’ 2016 estimates inched up 1% to $2.94 per share, over the past 60 days.

Mack-Cali’s 2016 FFO per share estimates climbed 1.9%, over the past 60 days, to $2.20.

For Urban Edge Properties, the projected growth rate for FFO per share is 37.6% for 2016 and 6.3% for 2017.

Note: Funds from operations (“FFO”) a widely used metric to gauge the performance of REITs, is obtained after adding depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expenses to net income.

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