By Justin Lee, theWHIR.com
October 20, 2008 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center operator NTT America (www.nttamerica.com) announced on Monday it has expanded its data center facilities in Northern Virginia by adding a second data center.
The announcement follows NTT Com Asia’s purchase of APT Satellite Telecommunications earlier this month for about $20.7 million, enabling the NTT Communications subsidiary to expand its Tai Po data center in Hong Kong.
As with NTT America’s other data centers, the second Virginia facility is designed for enterprise-class customers who are seeking facilities for their IT infrastructure.
The site features carrier-class uninterruptable and back-up power, reinforcing redundant power supplies connected to multiple power feeds.
Optimal systems performance is maintained by fully redundant water cooling systems coupled with advanced humidity and temperature controls. Continuous monitoring ensures that all systems are fully operational.
In addition, a multi-gigabit interconnection to NTT America’s Tier 1 Internet backbone, along with local carrier diversity, provides the high performance and availability required by enterprise IT services.
The new data center enables enterprise customers to integrate managed services and colocation services to meet the specific requirements of their solution.
NTT America’s portfolio of managed services includes managed storage, managed security, managed back-up, virtual hands and professional services.
Customers in this latest facility, as at other NTT America sites, are assured the highest levels of physical security with 24-hour on-site staffing, bullet proof glass, biometric hand scans and digitally recorded closed circuit video monitoring.
“Expanding our presence in the Northern Virginia region allows us to provide our customers with a more robust and comprehensive service,” says Machifumi Kashiwagi, senior vice president of enterprise hosting business unit at NTT America. “This is an important market for customers who require enterprise-grade data center facilities for their corporate IT infrastructure. We are pleased to accommodate their need with our secure, high-performance data center services.”
Virgina has seen significant demand in the data center market over the past few years, with recent builds by Terremark and SAVVIS.
The new data center, along with the build-out of space in the existing data center, adds about 20,000 square feet of premium space in the Northern Virginia corridor.
