Due to growing customer demand, leading South African specialist web hosting service provider, Hetzner (Pty) Ltd has announced the opening of a new data centre in Cape Town. The facility brings the company's total number of data centres to three and represents a 120 percent increase in the company's cabinet capacity.
According to Hetzner managing director, Hans Wencke, the latest data centre was designed in accordance with comprehensive engineering standards and connects directly with Verizon Business' national and international network backbone.
As with Hetzner's two previous data centres, this latest facility was developed according to strict standards and includes the following features:

Full, 100MB fibre connection with a second redundant fibre connection to cater for the unlikely event that a cable is compromised;
Air-conditioning banks to sufficiently cool the internal environment with additional redundancy should a unit fail;
Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) with a stand-by time of two hours as well as a diesel power generator in case of a power outage;
Fire detection system with automated PyroShield fire suppression;
24-hour security and monitoring facilities (video surveillance, biometric access) with the main entrance manned 24/7 by security guards;
Both the UPS and servers are monitored 24/7/365 with notification by e-mail and SMS to more than one support staff member.
"We have reached capacity in our first Cape Town data centre. The opening of our second data centre in Cape Town reflects Hetzner's commitment to invest in our customers' growth and further extends our market leadership position well into the future."
"With the opening of our third data centre we will continue to capitalise on the fully managed and co-location market - a strategy that has already proved successful with our data centre in Johannesburg, which opened in August last year," adds Wencke.
Hetzner's second data centre situated in Gallo Manor, Johannesburg has experienced significant growth, reaching 70 percent capacity since it opened.
"Driven by the proliferation of IP-based applications such as VOIP as well as content-rich Web sites and businesses exchanging large amounts of data, the growth rate for Hetzner's co-location services has doubled in 2006, and is expected to experience continued growth into 2007," concludes Wencke.
Hetzner
Hetzner is a leading player in the South African Web hosting environment. Established in 1999, the company has grown in stature and expertise, currently servicing over 50,000 active domains. It was founded with the vision of providing reliable and robust Web hosting solutions coupled with outstanding customer support to the SMME and mid-corporate markets.
By consistently delivering customer service and cost-effective shared, co-location and dedicated hosting packages, Hetzner continues to grow its market share, making it the largest company to specialise in Web hosting in South Africa.