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Phoenix NAP Gets Virtual With Site Tour
January 21st, 2010 : Rich Miller
A screen shot from a virtual tour of the PhoenixNAP data center.
The data center tour is an integral part of the sales process for colocation and hosting space. But in a difficult economy and tight budgets, traveling around the country to scout data centers isn’t as simple.
So the developers of Phoenix NAP decided to bring the data center to the client. The company has created a data center virtual tour that allows visitors to “walk through” a full 3D visualization of the layout for the data center, which is scheduled to open this spring with a first phase of 45,000 square feet and will eventually include 160,000 square feet of data center space.
Phoenix NAP isn’t the first data center provider to use 3D virtual tours as a presentation tool. IBM used the virtual world Second Life to simulate elements of a server room for its Project Big Green launch in 2007, and later offered a Virtual Network Operations Center that used Second Life to let customers manage servers through the 3D interface.
But Phoenix NAP Interactive has taken a more comprehensive approach to the virtual data center tour, working with GSD Software to model its entire data center building within the virtual environment. That includes 3D representations of fiber trenches, mechanical and electrical distribution equipment, security systems, and room layouts.
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Cox Plans $70M Phoenix Data Center
January 21st, 2010 : Rich MillerCox Communications Inc. is planning a $70 million data center near its Phoenix headquarters, according to the Phoenix Business Journal. The company will break ground on the 108,000 square foot facility this week, in hopes of completion in early 2011. Holder Construction will be the general contractor on the project.
“We are excited that our parent company, Cox Enterprises, is making another economic investment in Arizona, in the Phoenix metro area,” Steve Rizley, senior vice president and general manager of Cox Communications Arizona, told the BizJournal. “Not only will this give an injection of investment in the Deer Valley community, but will also help strengthen Cox Communications’ services with enhanced security and reliability.”
Phoenix has been an active data center market in recent years, driven by its favorable disaster profile and growing requirements for disaster recovery from companies on both coasts.
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With Strong Sales, Phoenix ONE Expands
October 22nd, 2009 : Rich Miller
A view of phase one of the Phoenix ONE data center prior to its opening in June. Construction on phase two is now underway.
i/o Data Centers said today that the 180,000 square foot first phase of its Phoenix ONE data center, which opened in June, is “quickly reaching full occupancy.” The company said it has begun construction on phase two of the massive facility, citing strong demand for its colocation and wholesale data center space.
“Sales activity has been unprecedented,” says George Slessman, CEO of i/o Data Centers. “We are extremely pleased with the demand we have seen so far. Our decision to bring additional inventory online and begin construction of Phase Two comes almost two years ahead of schedule.”
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Codero, Telx Expand in Phoenix Market
September 17th, 2009 : Rich MillerTwo service providers have announced expansions in the Phoenix market today:
- Dedicated and managed hosting services provider Codero is planning a 22,000-square-foot data center in downtown Phoenix, which will be completed in November 2009, the company said today. Codero was formed by web host Aplus.net in July as a division focused on delivering dedicated and managed hosting services to SMBs. “As our customers’ hosting and server demands continue to grow, we welcome the challenge of staying ahead of the curve to meet their needs through our data centers,” Codero operations director Shawn Hashmi said in a statement. “That means complete power redundancy, on-site security, SAS 70 certification – whatever it takes to fully support small and medium-sized businesses online.”
- Colocation and interconenction specialist Telx announced today that it has expanded its presence at 120 East Van Buren Street in Phoenix, increasing its capacity by more than 50 percent “As cloud computing, software-as-a-service, and low latency networking continue to provide businesses worldwide with the competitive advantages necessary to succeed in the global marketplace, Telx remains committed to serving customers in key markets like Phoenix with the best colocation and interconnection options available,” said Telx CEO Eric Shepcaro.
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Phoenix NAP Lines Up Hosting Partner
August 6th, 2009 : Rich Miller
The exterior of the Phoenix NAP facility, which has announced an anchor tenant.
Managed hosting and content delivery specialist EC Suite will be the first tenant in the Phoenix NAP, a new 160,000 data center facility in Phoenix, the companies said this week. EC Suite will locate its network operations center (NOC) and managed servers at the building, and will also partner with Phoenix NAP to market data center space.
“The move to Phoenix NAP as an anchor tenant enables us to analyze the different power needs of each client and build hosting solutions accordingly,” said Dave Wales, senior director of sales for EC Suite, which is based in Tempe, Arizona. “The unique scenario this affords will not only help us continue growing our colocated and managed hosting services, but also expand our bandwidth, CDN and payment processing solutions.
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i/o Data Centers Lines Up Generators
December 19th, 2007 : Rich Milleri/o Data Centers said today that it has reached an agreement with Empire Power Systems, the Caterpillar distributor for Arizona and Southeast California to ensure that it will have backup power for the build-out of its data centers. That will include 16 megawatts of backup power for i/o Data Centers’ Scottsdale ONE facility, all supplied by Caterpillar.
“The Caterpillar name implies quality,” said Tony Wanger, Senior Managing Director of i/o Data Centers. “Cat has a reputation as being a premium product in this market, and that matches up well with our desire to create a high level of confidence in our ability to host our client’s most important information. In the arrangement with Empire, we get the highest quality of product and we also have access to the capabilities of a very large Caterpillar distributor.”
Strong demand for diesel generators from data center builders and growing economies in China and India have contributed to a delivery backlog for large generators, with backlogs approaching a year for some larger models. Many new data centers are arranging for large volumes of power, which places additional pressure on manufacturing capacity. DuPont Fabros has 32 generators at its new facility in Ashburn, Virginia, while Google has received permits for up to 38 generators for its new data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. With that level of demand, procuring generators becomes a key element of the data center construction timetable.
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i/o Eliminates Cross Connect Fees
May 17th, 2007 : Rich Milleri/o Data Centers will eliminate cross connect fees for colocation customers, the company said this week. Phoenix-based i/o, which is in the process of completing a data center in Scottsdale, is planning to operate more than 1 million square feet of premium data center space in up to 10 markets.
“In an i/o building, you don’t pay for a cross connect,” said Tony Wanger, Senior Managing Director of i/o Data Centers. “When you colocate your IT equipment at i/o Data Centers, you pay one fee, and we worry about the rest. Every single cabinet comes with six cross connects, and every cage comes with a patch panel. We think it’s the next logical migration for this industry.”
Physical connections between networks are an important function of carrier-neutral data centers and multi-tenant carrier hotels (also known as Internet gateways), usually taking place in a central “meet-me room” (MMR). Facility owners typically charge fees for supplying these interconnections.
Connection fees became standard in the late 1990s, when telecom companies and network providers were the primary users of meet-me room and Internet exchange services. In recent years the customer base in many carrier-neutral data centers has shifted toward enterprise companies, Wanger said.
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i/o Data Centers Reports Strong Leasing
May 4th, 2007 : Rich MillerData center operator i/o Data Centers hasn’t even opened its first facility, but has already leased more than half the space in its 100,000 square foot Phoenix data center, the company said this week. “Business is booming right now,” Tony Wanger, i/o Data Center senior managing director told the Phoenix Business Journal. “Things are looking really good.”
i/o Data Centers is planning to build more than 1 million square feet of premium data center space in up to 10 markets, starting with the flagship facility in the Perimeter Business Center business park in North Scottsdale, Ariz. which is expected to be fully operational by July 1. The former manufacturing plant was purchased by i/o Data Centers in January for $13.5 million.
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CIBER Announces Phoenix Data Center
February 22nd, 2007 : Rich MillerSystems integrator CIBER, Inc. (CBR) has established a dedicated managed services data center in Phoenix, Ariz. in a building owned and managed by Digital Realty Trust (DLR). The facility will be the fourth CIBER data center in the U.S.
“Our data center in Phoenix is housed in an elite facility, with a vast array of carrier options and connectivity,” said Mark Perlstein, Vice President of CIBER’s Edison, New Jersey-based IT Operations practice. “This facility nicely complements our East Coast data centers and gracefully expands our hosted and managed services solution offerings to companies located in high-risk cities or at-risk facilities.”
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