(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Global IP solutions provider Global Crossing (www.globalcrossing.com) announced on Monday it has expanded its data center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which includes the installation of a new electrical subsystem that increases the facility’s power by 120 percent.
In its first stage, the data center operations area will be expanded by 377 square feet to meet the growing demand for services, while new office space will also be added.
In January, the company announced plans to add to the capacity of its Atlantic Crossing 1 undersea fiber-optic cable system between New York and Europe to meet rapidly growing demand for broadband services.
Global Crossing’s data center solutions offer housing, hosting, processing storage, backup, monitoring, security, and managed services.
The Argentina data center has also implemented several green initiatives to reduce its carbon footprint, including implementing server virtualization and reducing energy consumption, says the company.
Located in the neighborhood of Chacarita since 2000, the data center is part of Global Crossing’s Latin America Data Centers Network. All of the data centers in the network are being designed to perform to similar standards, follow identical processes, and offer comparable products.
“We are very pleased with our Buenos Aires data center expansion,” says Juan Carlos Martinez, senior vice-president of data center services, security, and outsourcing for Global Crossing Latin America. “In a time of economic downturn where investments are usually deferred, Global Crossing is reinforcing its commitment to customers by providing more and better services.”
Global Crossing supports technologies from HP, Hitachi Data Systems, Sun, Dell, Oracle, Microsoft, Symantec, VMWare and Red Hat for its on demand and continuity solutions in the company’s data centers, and technologies from Juniper, Cisco, Checkpoint, Nokia, Kobil, Vasco, Sonicwall and IBM for its Security portfolio.
The Buenos Aires data center, along with Global Crossing’s other data centers in Latin America have received a Statement on Auditing Standards 70 review.
Global Crossing has colocation facilities in 60 major cities around the world, and 17 world-class data centers that offer managed services in Latin America, the United States, United Kingdom and Europe.
