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CoreXchange Opens Dallas Data Center
December 16th, 2009 : Rich Miller
A look at the three 1.5 MW generators supporting the new CoreXchange data center in Dallas.
Colocation and network services provider CoreXchange has opened a new data center in the Dallas area, moving into 20,000 square feet of space at 8600 Harry Hines Boulevard. The company, which already operates a data center at The Infomart, will use the additional room to accommodate growing demand for managed colocation services.
The CoreXchange Connection is located eight miles from downtown Dallas and two miles from Love Field Airport. Phase I build out of the new facility consists of an initial 20,000 square feet, with planned expansion to 100,000 square feet.
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Regional Roundup: Indiana, Michigan, DFW
December 11th, 2009 : John RathHere is a roundup of some regional data center news around the United States:
- Midwest ISO seeks new home for backup data site. Major power consortium Midwest ISO is looking for a new home for their $35 million backup data site after the Boone County (Indiana) Commissioners voted down their rezoning request for land. Due to a stipulation from the Department of Homeland Security, Midwest ISO was looking to build its 17-acre, $35 million data center in a rural area, away from major highways, railways and airports. This is the second time they have been turned down in Boone county. Ten years ago they were turned down when they wanted to build a headquarters near Zionsville. Midwest ISO recently announced expansion of their headquarters in Carmel, Indiana; investing around $110 million to upgrade computer equipment and adding 70 jobs over the next five years.
- Growth in Michigan for Online Tech. CEO of Ann Arbor-based Online Technologies Yan Ness credits the cold Michigan temperatures for the continued growth of his business. Online Tech has three data centers - a 30,500 square foot facility in Genesee County, 10,500 square feet south of Ann Arbor in Avis Park and the newest facility, 5,000 square feet in down town Ann Arbor. Recently Online Tech won an Ann Arbor SPARK’s Fast Track award for a fourth consecutive year. The award honors companies that maintain average annual revenue growth of 20% for three consecutive years.
- Texas data center demand outpacing supply. Sheila Bellinger, VP and Southwest director of the Grub & Ellis National Data Center Group spoke at Datacenter Dynamics Dallas Thursday on the topic of supply and demand for data center space in the Dallas-ForthWorth area. Bellinger noted that about 1.5 million square feet of data center space was absorbed by the Dallas-FortWorth market over the past three years. Although power costs in the area are expensive, other factors such as fiber-optic infrastructure, favorable regulatory environment and low construction costs are what drives demand. Bellinger said that Texas is consuming more power than any other state in the U.S.
I am a little bit partial to this last story: Waterloo, Fastest (Internet) Town in the Midwest. Stacey Higginbotham from GigaOm reports on a local newspaper story about Waterloo Iowa having faster broadband than even the most wired cities. Mediacom selected Waterloo to (soon) have 105 Mbps cable Internet service on the downlink thanks to the town’s willingness to get involved in bringing better broadband to its residents.
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Horizon Data Centers Raises $7.5 Million
December 1st, 2009 : Rich MillerHorizon Data Center Solutions has raised $7.5 million in equity funding from Ballast Point Ventures, and will use the money to open new data centers in Virginia and Los Angeles, the company said this week. The funding will alsollow Horizon to expand development of its managed IT services and private cloud computing platform.
“This new investment accelerates our plans for expansion with the addition of new data centers in new markets,” said Lance Smith, CEO of Horizon. “We have been working on opportunities in both Northern Virginia and California, in addition to expansion in our Dallas home market. This investment will allow us to move quickly on those opportunities to provide much needed top tier data center services to enterprise, Web 2.0 businesses and government entities in these regions.”
Horizon currently operates two data centers in Digital Realty Trust (DLR) buildings in Carrollton, Texas and is working with Dallas-based broker GVA Cawley to evaluate new sites. Horizon says it will make an announcement about is Virginia expansion by the close of 2009. The company web site says Horizon’s Dallas Three data center will be at Digital Realty’s new data center campus in Richardson, Texas.
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SoftLayer Sees $80 Million in ‘09 Revenue
October 13th, 2009 : Rich MillerIT infrastructure provider SoftLayer Technologies is on track to report more than $80 million in revenue for 2009, the company said today. SoftLayer, which is privately held, included the projection in an update on its growth and financial progress. The company
said it has experienced 12 months of profitability and sequential growth.SoftLayer, which offers dedicated servers and a range of cloud computing solutions, now has more than 5,700 customers in more than 110 countries. The Plano, Texas company has more than 21,000 servers running in its data centers. Last month SoftLayer closed on $20 million in senior notes from a private investment group, which will be used to fund the continued growth of the company
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Digital Realty to Develop Dallas Data Center Park
September 17th, 2009 : Rich Miller
The Collins Technology Center in Richardson, Texas. Digital Realty Trust is redeveloping the former Alcatel campus as a data center park (Photo: Digital Realty Trust).
Digital Realty Trust (DLR) has taken the lead in a long-running effort to redevelop a campus in the Richardson, Texas as a data center park that could eventually feature 800,000 square feet of mission-critical space. Digital Realty has acquired 60 percent of the former Collins Technology Park through a joint venture with previous property owner Skyrise Properties, the companies said today.
“This acquisition positions Digital Realty Trust as the largest wholesale datacenter provider in the Dallas/Fort Worth market,” said Brent Behrman, Vice President of Global Sales for Digital Realty Trust. “With its availability of power, fiber and our team of datacenter experts, the Richardson campus will be the premier datacenter facility in the Southwest and the epicenter of the Dallas Technology community.”
Plenty of Power
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The 70-acre property includes seven buildings ranging from 15,000 to 250,000 square feet, with a total of 797,000 square feet. An on-site 40 megawatt substation can be expanded to 125 megawatts, with fiber connectivity from multiple providers. Digital Realty plans on having data center space ready at the site in early 2010. -
Horizon DCS Plans National Expansion
July 29th, 2009 : Rich MillerAfter filling one Dallas data center and starting on a second, Horizon Data Center Solutions is looking to build a national data center footprint. The company says it is actively seeking data center real estate in Northern Virginia, Houston and California. Horizon is working with Dallas-based broker GVA Cawley to evaluate new sites.
Horizon said today that it has reached capacity in its first data center, a 25,000 square foot facility in a Digital Realty Trust (DLR) building at 4025 Midway in Carollton. It also operates 12,500 square feet of space in a second Digital Realty property in Carrollton at 2440 Marsh Lane.
Targeting the SMB Market
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CEO Lance Smith said Horizon has found a strong niche targeting small- to medium-sized projects, including IT infrastructure hosting for SMBs as well as modest projects for larger corporations. The company leases wholesale data center space, acquires managed service providers (it bought Mareechi in April) and uses its expertise to operate the facility and package the services for its clients. -
3000 Skyline Dallas Leads with Power Profile
July 28th, 2009 : Rich Miller
An aerial view of 3000 Skyline, the CAPSTAR/Cambay project in Mesquite, Texas.
Nine miles east of Dallas, a large former industrial property is being redeveloped as a data center campus. It’s one of many properties around the U.S. that are being marketed for data center use, but haven’t yet found tenants.
But the 3000 Skyline site in Mesquite, Texas is notable for its power infrastructure, with an on-site substation and initial capacity of 40 megawatts, with the ability to expand to 100 megawatts as tenants are added. In an industry obsessed with the cost and capacity of electricity power, developers CAPSTAR Commercial Real Estate Services and The Cambay Group are leading with the power story.
Yesterday the town of Mesquite said it had granted the developers 10-year, 50 percent abatements on both real property improvements and business personal property. “Our commitment to 3000 Skyline is evident in the business inventive package and consistent with the city’s immediate goal of generating business now,” said Tom Palmer, Mesquite’s economic development manager.
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CyrusOne Signs Bank as Austin Tenant
July 22nd, 2009 : Rich MillerTexas colocation provider CyrusOne has secured a major tenant for its new data center facility in Austin, the company said today. Woodforest National Bank will house backup and disaster recovery services for its 14-state branch network at CyrusOne’s new 50,000 square foot Austin data center at the MetCenter business park,
Woodforest currently houses its production systems in-house within their data center located in The Woodlands, Texas and has a back-up environment in a Woodforest facility in North Texas.
“Austin is an ideal location for back-up and disaster recovery systems,” said Jim Duke, CIO for Woodforest National Bank. “It is close enough to our Houston headquarters for easy access, yet far enough away to provide the redundancy that is absolutely key for the financial services industry. The Austin area’s stable weather, reliable connectivity and robust data network create the high level of reliability critical to our business. ”
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Telx Dallas Sites Connect with Infomart
May 19th, 2009 : Rich MillerTelx will link its two Dallas area data centers to the Infomartcarrier hotel at 1950 Stemmons Freeway via a dark fiber ring. The company said today that it had chosen Fiberlight, LLC for the network connections, which will provide customers in Telx’s Dallas-area facilities at 2323 Bryan and 8435 Stemmons Freeway with low-latency access to more than 100 carrier and service providers located in the three locations.
“Many customers choose Telx because of our ability to offer a myriad of network choices,” said Rose Klimovich, Vice President of Product Development and Product Management for Telx. “The addition of 1950 Stemmons Freeway to our Dallas ring offers additional bandwidth and circuit options to our customers, creating even greater possibilities for our customers.”
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