Located in a refurbished building, i/o Data Centers' new, 530,000 square foot data center in Phoenix is the largest commercially available one of its kind in the US.
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center solutions provider i/o Data Centers (www.iodatacenters.com) has officially opened its 538,000 square-foot Phoenix ONE data center, making it, reportedly, the largest commercially available data center in the US, with an area equivalent to nine football fields.
Located in a refurbished building acquired in January, the Phoenix data center is the company’s second Arizona-based data center, according to i/o Data Centers’ Thursday announcement. Phoenix ONE was designed and built to be highly reliable and efficient, incorporating a number of diverse and green data center systems to provide “always on” operations for its customers and reduce the facility’s overall carbon footprint, including a 4.5 megawatt solar array on its 11-acre roof.
“We are delighted to have our Phoenix ONE facility up and running and appreciate the warm welcome we have received from the city, our partners and our customers,” i/o Data Centers president and founder Anthony Wanger said at the facility’s grand opening. “Phoenix is an ideal location for a data center of this magnitude because of its abundant power supply, outstanding network access and lack of natural disasters.”
There were more than 200 workers involved in the build out of the Phoenix data center- everyone from electricians to steelworkers. “We feel good about being able to contribute to the health of the Phoenix economy and help solidify Arizona as a high-tech state,” said Wanger.
The Thursday grand opening was attended by Phoenix mayor Phil Gordon and other local officials. “The City of Phoenix is pleased i/o Data Centers has chosen to locate its flagship data center facility here,” Gordon said in a statement. “Not only will it attract new businesses to Phoenix, but it will also create high-wage, highly-skilled job opportunities for local residents. Phoenix is becoming a technology hub because of companies like i/o Data Centers.”
Wanger said the Phoenix data center is already home to a number of large corporate customers. “Because of the success we had with our Scottsdale ONE facility, we were able to pre-sell some space at this new facility,” he said. “There is a lot of interest in Phoenix ONE and we are excited with the prospects we have had so far.”
