Hosted Solutions, a leading East Coast data center and managed services provider, has announced a data center expansion that will add an additional 17,000 square feet of space to its Raleigh data center facility, making it the South's pre-eminent data center facility. The expansion will bring the total size of Hosted Solutions Raleigh data center to approximately 31,000 square feet; making it one of the premier technology facilities in the Eastern US, offering state-of-the-art data center facilities for mission critical computing and network infrastructure.
Hosted Solutions is moving forward with the expansion to accommodate the rapidly growing demand for high-quality data center and managed services in the North Carolina and surrounding markets. "Selecting the Raleigh site for data center expansion reinforces Hosted Solutions' commitment to Raleigh and the state of North Carolina," said Rich Lee, CEO of Hosted Solutions. "Given our geographic location, existing infrastructure, suitable available building space, highly skilled support teams, and the fact Raleigh is already home to one of the corporation's premier data centers, this announcement reaffirms Hosted Solutions' view of Raleigh as one of its key strategic locations. Raleigh continues to be a strong market for highly-available data center space, which is increasingly more difficult to find particularly for companies that are seeking space for significant applications."
With this addition, the Hosted Solutions' Raleigh location will expand its hardened raised floor operations making it one of the largest data center facilities in the region. The largest portion of the expansion will include a new state of the art Network Operations Center. The new NOC will feature stadium seating, a multimedia wall for redundant monitoring, and will serve as Hosted Solutions' primary centralized NOC.
The expansion will also feature dedicated conference rooms and a second floor mezzanine. The conference rooms and mezzanine area will have full view of the facility without exposing the human element to the actual data center environment. This allows for an additional level of security while viewing the facility, and an optimal infrastructure environment.
Part of the addition also features a unique staging area. Hosted Solutions customers will be able to import, build, and test their server environments in a developmental setting. The area will feature personal communications connections, and will allow the clients to properly test and configure their array before housing them in their cabinets.
Another exclusive feature of the expansion are Hosted Solutions disaster recovery suites. The suites are complete work areas for customers to relocate their operation should their office be offline. The suites vary in size from 250 square feet to 1,000 square feet and have access to conference room facilities making business continuity seamless. The disaster recovery suites are also provided with direct access to their environments via an enhanced security area, giving Hosted Solutions' clients an extra sense of security in a time of disarray.
The 31,000 square foot facility features robust and fully redundant electrical systems, HVAC infrastructure, and multi-provider network access deployed in a best practice 2n+1 configuration to maximize redundancies. The Raleigh data center's advanced physical security and next-generation building automation systems assure a secure and optimal operating environment. Hosted Solutions' data center facilities are move-in ready, physically secure facilities with the power and cooling capabilities to support critical enterprise applications, offering maximum flexibility as customer needs evolve. Hosted Solutions SAS 70 type II certified Raleigh data center boasts a robust line of Hi-Touch managed services, and the facilities are fully managed by its world-class operations and engineering teams supporting mission-critical applications 24/7.
According to Rich Lee, founder and CEO of Hosted Solutions, the expansion is just the beginning of further expansions in existing markets, and is part of an aggressive plan across multiple locations in 2007. The additional square footage in the existing data center facilities will provide Hosted Solutions with the ability to support its existing and new customer growth.