In a press release issued Tuesday, April 29, data center and managed IT service provider Consonus Technologies (consonus.com) reported that it had held a "grand opening event" for its new Salt Lake-area data center a week earlier, on Tuesday, April 22.

The company says it held a ribbon cutting ceremony and offered tours of the new facility. Jason P. Perry, a representative from the Governor's Office of Economic Development was apparently in attendance, along with customers and representatives from several local technology and commerce associations.

Executives from Consonus were also on hand, with CEO Mike Shook, COO Josh Roger, CFO Rob Muir and COO of hosting and infrastructure services Daniel Milburn attending the event.

The new facility is located in West Valley City, Utah, says Consonus, and will offer "multiple structural, environmental and technological systems designed to protect the extensive computing equipment and data it will support."

Consonus was one of several service providers to open a new facility last week. On Thursday, we reported that SingTel would build a multimillion-dollar facility according to local green building standards. And on Friday, Clearview Managed Services reported that it had opened its new facility in Dallas.

"Operating our own data centers is a major factor in what sets us apart from other providers," said Consonus CEO Shook during the ceremony. "We are uniquely able to provide a complete lifecycle approach to the data center, beginning with needs and design consulting, continuing with solution implementation, and completed by full 24/7 support for the solutions we provide."