Peak 10, Inc., a leading US-based independent data center operator and managed services provider, has announced the acquisition of a 33,000 square foot facility in the Atlanta, Georgia suburb of Norcross.
Peak 10 Atlanta is currently being upgraded to the standards of the company's ten data centers in its other seven key markets throughout Florida, Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee. Peak 10 management expects the new facility will be fully operational in September 2007. Peak 10 Atlanta is the Company's second new market expansion in 2007. In February, Peak 10 entered the Richmond, Virginia marketplace with its acquisition of well-respected Virginia data center and managed hosting operator, bayMountain. Concurrent with its new market entries, Peak 10 has deepened its commitment to existing markets with major capacity and infrastructure expansions in Raleigh and Charlotte, North Carolina; Jacksonville, Florida; and Nashville, Tennessee., a market it entered in August 2006 with the purchase of Rentech, Inc.
Kevin Brandon, Peak 10 board chairman, said the move into Atlanta reflects Peak 10's strategy of expanding to contiguous markets, establishing enterprise-class data center facilities and developing a highly skilled local market leadership team for the delivery of services to its customers. "Our executive team has done a tremendous job of bringing their disciplined local service-driven business model to new markets while deepening our footprint and service delivery capabilities in existing markets. As a result, we have achieved significant scale without diminishing our core value proposition - strong local market presence and customer service.
"Peak 10's local leadership has set high standards and has built a solid reputation for understanding and enhancing customer growth, said David Jones, president and chief executive officer of Peak 10, adding, "We are seeing a strong demand for our services and customer-focused solutions and know that Atlanta is a large market with high growth trends for small/medium enterprise and larger businesses. The reception of Peak 10 in Atlanta has surpassed our expectations.