Carfax, a popular US online vehicle-history provider, has taken space at CyrusOne’s Carrollton, Texas, data center to house 11bn vehicle-history records.

Information in the Carfax’ database is used by businesses, car dealers, law-enforcement groups, service providers, government entities and car buyers.

Joedy Lenz, VP and CTO at Carfax, said the company chose to move to a commercial data center facility to focus more on its core business. “CyrusOne built a team to support us that is knowledgeable, helpful, and responsive, which helps develop a sense of trust,” Lenz said.

The Carrollton data center site offers the potential for 400,000 sq ft of colocation space. It offers power densities up to 250 watts per square foot.

“Beyond the quality of the Carrollton facility and its proximity to our Columbia operations, we liked the flexibility CyrusOne offered in terms of multiple locations across the country that are easily accessible by commercial air and its interconnection capability,” Lenz added.

CyrusOne has data center locations in the US, Europe and Asia. In December 2012, the company piloted a statewide internet exchange in Texas. Connecting all of its facilities in Dallas, Houston, Austin and San Antonio, the offering is scheduled to formally launch by February 2013.

In January, CyrusOne’s parent company, Cincinnati Bell, took the data center provider public. The company was converted into a real estate investment trust, and its shares started trading on Nasdaq.