“Data center space is very scarce in Central Florida, and the size of this facility makes it a unique asset for our community,” said Rob Wilson, Director of Sales and Marketing for DataSite. “By expanding the infrastructure base for Central Florida’s high tech sector, DataSite Orlando will be a valuable tool in growing existing business and attracting new business to the region.”

Total Site Solutions is a unit of Fortress International, a holding company that has acquired a number of companies that design and build mission-critical facilities. TSS will also provide facility maintenance services for DataSite Orlando.

The firm’s marquee clients include St. Louis Cardinals, who just won the 2006 World Series. “We are happy to know that our intellectual capital is hosted and protected in one of the nation’s premier hardened facilities,” said Cardinals Vice President and Assistant General Manager John Mozeliak. “E Solutions has been a trusted development and hosting partner since 2003, and we are glad to be counted among the current clients in their new data center.”

“E Solutions’ new facility is truly a bunker and a testament to their continued dedication to customer security and service,” said Martin Quessenberry, Director of New Media, St. Pete Times Forum. “We are truly delighted to have our Internet properties, ‘Arenavision’ live arena camera, and website hosted in the premier data center and hosting facility in Tampa Bay.”

To prepare its newest data center for occupancy, E Solutions spent eight months replacing telco switch gear, installing new N+1 Parallel UPS systems, enhancing the power grid to provide 13.8 kV utility input voltage, and upgrading the cooling systems. The improvements included seven 20-ton Liebert Air Conditioning units with redundant glycol loops, and two 800kW Caterpillar generators.

“Our renovations focused on re-engineering our redundant power distribution paths and outfitting the data center with new environmental and monitoring systems necessary for a level of redundancy, high-availability and system integrity that is second to none in the region,” said E Solutions CEO Richard Nicholas. “Combine that with our physical location on Tampa’s two high-priority power grids, a concrete reinforced bunker surrounding the exterior of the data center, Kevlar-reinforced walls, and a facility designed to withstand major hurricane force winds, and our facilities are physically able to withstand man-made or natural disasters.

E Solutions is a Tampa-based hosting and application development firm that creates and hosts software solutions that enable clients ranging from global Fortune 100 firms to mid-sized and small businesses.

“This data center expansion is not only a sign of Peak 10’s success and unprecedented growth, but also demonstrates our continued commitment and investment to the Tampa market,” said David Jones, president and chief executive officer of Peak 10. “The expansion of our facilities in Tampa and our other strategic markets is driven by a clear understanding of technology trends, market conditions and the over-all IT outsourcing landscape.”

“We continue to see consistent growth from our operation here in Tampa,” said Debra Curtiss, vice president and general manager of Peak 10 Tampa. “More organizations are outsourcing the hosting and management of their IT environments. This additional data center space enables Peak 10 to meet this need and provide organizations with a proven option for maintaining the around the clock availability, security and integrity of critical data and business applications.”

Peak 10 combines its network of seven data centers and portfolio of managed services with localized engineering and support to serve customers including the Outback Bowl, Ameristeel, Pergo, GunnAllen Financial, Churchill Downs, LendingTree and the Jacksonville Jaguars. Peak 10 has facilities in Louisville, Ky., Tampa and Jacksonville, Fla. and Raleigh and Charlotte, N.C.