October 9, 2007 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center developer and operator 365 Main (365main.com) announced on Tuesday it has been selected for the second consecutive year to provide a virtual data center tour at the 7×24 Exchange International (7x24exchange.org) annual fall conference. 365 Main senior VP and founding partner Jean Paul Balajadia will lead the virtual tour of the company’s Chandler, Arizona facility at 3:45 p.m. on October 29.
This year’s conference, entitled “End-to-End Reliability: Mission-Critical Systems,” will take place October 28 to 31 in Grapevine, Texas. It is designed for anyone involved with around-the-clock infrastructures, including IT, data center, disaster recovery and network/telecommunications managers, supervisors and engineers, as well as vendors, consultants and those concerned with uninterrupted access to critical information.
Launched last year, 365 Main’s 315,000-square-foot Chandler facility is expected to be fully leased by the end of the year. The 45-minute video tour will discuss how the building was constructed and how the data center operates, challenges faced during construction, how 365 Main increased the power density to more than twice the original design, electrical and mechanical systems, contingency plans and emergency procedures, quality controls and energy-efficient best practices.
Last year’s 7×24 Exchange International conference offered a similar tour of 365′s Main’s flagship 227,000-square-foot data center in San Francisco, California. The company says that more than 500 people attended.
“Being selected two years in a row to showcase one of our data centers at such a prestigious event is a big honor of which we are very proud,” says Chris Dolan, president and CEO of 365 Main. “We’re more than happy to participate and hope this year’s attendees enjoy their virtual visit to our Chandler facility.”
365 Main announced in August it guest hosted a data center tour at the Site Uptime Network’s Fall Conference.
