Internap (News - Alert), a data center services company, is kicking off the holiday season with a bang as the company officially launched a facility with 55,000 square feet of data center floor space in the Dallas-Fort Worth region of Texas.
The new data center, stationed in the town of Plano, is capable of handling power densities up to 12kW per rack, according to a recent DatacenterDynamics piece. It is getting power through two 3MW power feeds, with overall power capacity expandable to a total of 20MW.
For Internap, the decision to open the Dallas facility was easy as it was one of the key areas the data center services company was looking to make a dent in.
"With this opening, Internap … continues to deliver on our strategy to build a geographically diverse footprint of premium, company-owned data centers in key markets," Mike Higgins, senior vice president of data center services at Internap, said.
From coloration to managed hosting to enterprise IP and content delivery network, Internap provides ah whole host of services. In addition to its spot in Dallas, Internap also has data center space in Atlanta, Boston, Houston, New York, Santa Clara and Seattle.
One company that knows a thing or two about establishing its presence is Next Generation Data (NGD), a specialist in the operation and ongoing management of mission-critical environments, offering flexible, cost effective and resilient data center solutions. The company has created Europe’s largest Tier 3 data center located near Cardiff, South Whales – a data center that is currently one of only a handful of high quality Tier 3 data centers outside London.
Since its inception in 2010, NGD has touted itself as being a leading provider of data center services and offering large, global organizations a highly scalable, world-class carrier-neutral next generation data center facility. The facility distinguishes itself in the market by ensuring the highest level of security, abundant power from 100 percent renewable sources, and a wide choice of high-speed low latency fiber connectivity.
Recently, NGD found a new friend in Certus (News - Alert) IT as the two forged a partnership to bring next generation technology to businesses throughout Wales. Thanks to the partnership, organizations can now enjoy affordable access to world-class managed voice and data communications services, according to company officials.
“This partnership fulfils our objective of providing a world-beating data centre environment that can directly benefit businesses in Wales while acting as a magnet for attracting major national and international organizations into the region,” said Simon Taylor, chairman of NGD, in a statement.
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