Expedient Invests More Than $1 Million to Expand Cleveland Data Center
Cleveland
data center to ramp-up power and space with additions to
existing state-of-the-art facility
CLEVELAND (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) February 4, 2008 --
Expedient, a leading provider of data
center colocation and managed
data network services for local business customers in Cleveland,
Pittsburgh and Boston, announces the beginning of a million dollar-plus
expansion initiative within its Cleveland area data center, located in
the suburb of Garfield Heights.
To be completed by April, the investment supports Expedient’s
extraordinary growth curve which has been in progression since early
last year. In 2007, Expedient’s business in
Cleveland grew by more than 50%. While plans initially forecasted a need
for this expansion in 2009, the company is pleased to move up the timing
to accommodate new growth.
“This addition will allow us to dramatically
expand our ability to serve customers with critical services,”
said Shawn McGorry, President of Expedient. “In
a banner year such as we’re having our first
priority is to invest in growth with an eye toward exceeding our
customers’ expectations.”
Upgrades consist of adding 4,500 sq. ft. of data center space to
accommodate more than 160 new cabinets, and increasing power
distribution capabilities. Investment in the electric infrastructure
will include two 300 KVa Liebert UPSs and a second 1.25 MW Caterpillar
emergency generator.
Capabilities
already in place in the facility include redundant UPS’s,
450 tons of HVAC, FM-200 fire suppression, a diesel generator producing
1.25 Megawatts of power, video camera surveillance, key card entrance,
and lockable cabinets. Based on its recent growth Expedient projects
that more than half of the new space and infrastructure investment will
be used by customers before the end of this year.
The Cleveland data center is connected with other
data centers around the country via multi-Gbps, long-haul fiber
optic rings. This provides direct access to multiple tier 1 providers, a
high availability network including firewalls and load balancers, and
on-site engineers and a Network Operating Center to provide premier
support 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Bryan Smith, Vice President of Sales at Expedient, says the company has
targeted growth well beyond the Cleveland/Akron corridor. “Improvements
like these make us competitive with the biggest providers anywhere,”
said Smith. “As more customers in surrounding
markets learn about our strength and ability to provide reliable
service, we will keep well ahead of demands.”
For more information about Expedient in Cleveland, visit http://www.expedient.com/technology/cleDataCenter.htm.
To take a video tour of Expedient’s Cleveland
data center, please visit http://www.expedient.com/cleveland-datacenter-gallery.php.
About Expedient
Expedient manages one of America's largest all-Ethernet networks,
delivering advanced internet, voice and managed services to commercial
and government entities throughout the United States. Through the power
of its carrier-class Ethernet IP network and class one data centers,
Expedient provides innovative and cost-effective networking solutions
engineered to meet even the most demanding business needs. Expedient is
a proud member of the Continental Broadband family of commercial
internet data providers wholly owned by Landmark Communications.
Privately owned Landmark Communications’
companies are a diverse group of award-winning publications and media
outlets, including newspapers, television broadcasting, cable TV
programming (The Weather Channel), and electronic publishing. To learn
more about Expedient please log on to www.expedient.com,
or call 866-276-2973, toll-free.
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