Momentum Advanced Solutions Inc, a leader in the emerging world of Internet outsourcing, has announced the opening of its new "high-density Toronto data center. The 19,000 square foot standalone facility is currently conditioned for 8,000 square foot of raised floor and has expansion capacity for up to 12,000 square foot. At full capacity, the new Internet data center can accommodate approximately 500 cabinet equivalents giving Momentum, when combined with its Markham data center, a total capacity of approximately 725 cabinet equivalents.
"Demand for high density, secure, outsourced data center space in Canada appears to be quite strong, while the barriers to entry remain quite high, stated Sheldon Pollack, CEO of Momentum.
Pollack went on to say that: "with access to a large, highly certified technical resource pool, Momentum is able to offer it's customers a choice of high-touch managed hosting or co-location services. Now, with our new data center I believe we have an adequate supply of space to meet our near term growth objectives.
The new data center has been specifically designed to be highly secure and capable of powering and cooling the latest in "high density, Blade technologies. As demand dictates, it is expected that the new facility will accommodate power density of 300 watts per square foot. Other features of the data center will include a protective cinder block corridor surrounding entire data center; 30 Raised Floor to allow for maximum airflow; Dual Path internal power grids; 2N Power distribution and close proximity to hydro substation.