With 26 data center projects planned across Wisconsin, the race for fiber infrastructure started yesterday. Eaton’s cable management solutions give you a scalable conveyance option now. Get ahead of the rush while lead times are working in your favor.
Wisconsin’s data center buildout is moving fast
Our fine state currently has 26 planned data center projects representing more than 4,250 MW of additional capacity, on top of major projects already coming online from Microsoft, Meta and more.
That means a lot more servers, switches and networking equipment making their way here.
Plus, an incredible amount of cable.
But before any of that fiber can do its job, it needs somewhere to go. Which means contractors also need the physical cable pathways to support and route it.
In the data center world, that infrastructure is often called conveyance.
Without it, it’s like building a city without the roads. Everything may be there, but there’s no organized way to get where you need to go.
More fiber means more conveyance
Think basket trays, cable runways and the other support systems that create organized pathways and homes for huge volumes of network and fiber-optic cabling.
It’s not the part of a data center project that gets any of the attention, but it is essential to the build.
And at this scale, availability matters because data center projects require an enormous amount of basket trays and other cable management tools.
If the fiber is onsite and crews are ready to pull cable but the pathways aren’t there, the job stops.
With so many projects getting off the ground, conveyance is something you have to plan for early, not something you want to start sourcing when the project is already well underway.
Basket trays (by the truckload) available when you need them
That’s where Eaton B-Line comes in.
B-Line’s cable support portfolio includes basket trays, cable runways, equipment racks, cable managers and other infrastructure used to create and organize pathways throughout a facility.
Again, highly relevant as Wisconsin’s data center pipeline grows.
The concept itself is straightforward: heavy-duty steel wire formed into an open basket that carries and supports large volumes of cable.
Simple? Sure.
But when you need literal truckloads of them, simple doesn’t mean insignificant.
One of the biggest advantages we’re seeing with B-Line right now is lead time.
Eaton’s ability to ship right now is better than many competitors, which can be the difference between keeping crews moving and twiddling thumbs.
Add competitive pricing and you’ll be hard-pressed to find a stronger cable management solution for high-volume conveyance.
Don’t let the pathway become the bottleneck
With dozens of data centers planned and enormous amounts of new capacity in the pipeline, demand for fiber, networking equipment and the infrastructure supporting it is going to keep climbing.
Capital Electric is expanding its B-Line inventory, so you have a local source for the basket trays and cable-management products these builds demand.
If you have a data center, high-density network installation or another project requiring serious amounts of cable support, now is the time to start planning the pathway.
Great lead times today should be taken advantage of, not taken for granted.
Get in touch with Capital Electric about Eaton’s cable-management solutions. We’ll help you figure out what you need, check availability and get the order moving before conveyance becomes the thing holding up the job.
Call 800-227-9473 or email info@capital-electric.com
