The ANZA Gateway to the US Conference was held over 3 days in late October 2006 at Silicon Valley’s newest incubator facility Plug and Play Tech Center in Sunnyvale. For a start-up in the SaaS space the setup at the Plug and Play Tech Center would be ideal. Shobeir Shobeiri, the Business Relationship Manager for Plug and Play Tech Center, showed me around. Typically for around $500/mth you get a cubicle to work from; similar to a serviced office, and includes janitorial, security, parking and furniture. Phones/Internet/IT Services are additional and are only available through Plug and Play. You can proceed month-by-month if you wish, moved in immediately if desired.
What makes if very different from a serviced office is the large data center in the basement. There is plenty of rack space to put your gear in. The cabinets are locked and accessible by tenants of those cabinets. You can rent as much or as little cabinet space as you need and scale to your requirements. The previous tenant of the building had priority power off the grid so even in a brown-out mains supply is there. Being a data centre of course it has UPS. The perfect place for your SaaS start-up.
Check it out at PlugandPlayTechCenter.com