An image of Digital Realty Trust's data center in Phoenix
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center operator Digital Realty Trust (www.digitalrealtytrust.com) announced on Wednesday that it is expanding its existing Phoenix-area data center.
The company plans to add 226,000 square feet of rentable data center space and 13 megawatts of power to meet customer demand.
The company recently announced that it has completed the acquisition of a 370,500 square foot data center in Singapore’s International Business Park in the Jurong East area.
According to the press release, its facility is currently over 293,000 square feet and was 97 percent occupied as of September 30, 2010. The expanded data center will have more than 31 megawatts of total power.
“Phoenix is a significant data center market with strong demand from many companies that want to locate their IT infrastructure in a location relatively free of natural disasters, with significant fiber connectivity and competitively priced electricity. The local power utility, Salt River Project, provides green options and has a long history of maintaining robust, stable, and low cost power,” senior vice president of global sales at Digital Realty Trust Brent Behrman said in a statement. “Phoenix is a very important market for Digital Realty Trust. Our investment in this property underscores our commitment to the Phoenix area, where we have established a substantial operating platform for supporting our customers in Arizona.”
The company plans to use a design that wraps around the current building. Construction is currently underway on the expanded building shell with the first three 1125KW turn-key data centers scheduled to be delivered in the third quarter of 2011.
In September, Digital Realty Trust announced that it guarantees the completion of its turn-key data centers on time and on budget. The company is the only data center provider to offer this type of guarantee.
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