The cabinets inside Hurricane Electric's Fremont 2 colocation facility.
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Colocation and Internet backbone provider Hurricane Electric (www.he.net) announced on Tuesday it has completed construction of its third phase of its Freemont 2 Colocation Facility, one of its two data centers in Fremont, California.
Utility firm PG&E (www.pge.com) provided the company with a financial incentive for the project, as the data center qualifies under its energy efficiency requirements.
The additional 24,000-square-feet of new space in the 208,000-square-foot facility has a power capacity of 3MW.
The former Apple manufacturing facility includes a range energy efficiency features, such as UPS system, HVAC and cold-aisle/hot-aisle containment.
The facility’s UPS system Eaton 9395 offers 99 percent energy efficiency in the Energy Saver mode, while its rooftop McQuay Maverick II HVAC system features variable-frequency drives, powered exhaust and a 100-percent-economizer mode.
The company will host a tour of the data center on November 5 at 8:30 a.m., which will have representatives from the companies on hand, including Martin Levy of Hurricane Electric, Mark Bramfitt of Pacific Gas & Electric and Bob Gaylord of Eaton Corporation.
Hurricane Electric provides Ipv6-native Internet backbone and operates three data centers.
In addition to the newly expanded Fremont facility, HE also operates a second Fremont data center that spans about 45,000 square feet, and a third facility that measures 3,000 square feet in San Jose, California.
