Expedient, a leading provider of datacenter colocation and managed data network services for local business customers in Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Boston, has announced the beginning of a million dollar-plus expansion initiative within its Cleveland area datacenter, 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 datacenter space to accommodate more than 160 new cabinets, and increasing power distribution capabilities. Investment in the electric infrastructure will include two 300kVA Liebert UPSs and a second 1.25MW 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 1.25MW 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 datacenter is connected with other datacenters 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.