Digital Realty Trust, Inc., a leading owner and manager of corporate datacenters and Internet gateways, has announced that Carpathia Hosting has signed a long-term Turn-Key Datacenter lease to establish a major new data center in a Digital Realty Trust facility in Northern Virginia. The 25,000 square foot data center will support Carpathia Hosting's operations in the Washington, D.C. area, meeting the needs of government agencies and the technology integrators that serve them.
The Carpathia Hosting data center was developed using Digital Realty Trust's Turn-Key DatacenterÔäó space as foundation, augmented with enhancements to meet Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) requirements. Through a partnership with a third party auditing agency, the new facility has been designed from the ground up under strict DCID 6/9 (Director of Central intelligence Directive) and TIA-942 (Telecommunications Industry Association) compliance to ensure swift government certification and accreditation. Currently in the final stages of construction, the new facility will be available for occupation in February of 2008.
"Our investment in this new state of the art data center is reflective of Carpathia's commitment towards providing government integrators with the highest quality solutions available for their government customers, stated Rick Smith CEO to Carpathia Hosting.
"We're very happy to be working with Carpathia on this data center to support its operations in Northern Virginia. Our Turn-Key DatacenterÔäó space enables companies like Carpathia to respond swiftly to market demand by deploying new data centers quickly and cost-effectively, said Chris Crosby, senior vice president of Digital Realty Trust. "Data centers are critical operational assets for companies like Carpathia Hosting, and our facilities provide state-of-the-art environments for supporting mission critical infrastructure, with advanced cooling, power and redundancy features to ensure that vital applications are available. Additionally, the level of flexibility of the POD ArchitectureÔäó coupled with the high level of expertise from our world-class Design & Construction team allowed Digital Realty Trust to provide a SCIF data center in a timely fashion for our customer.