October 26, 2004 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Texas-based data center operator CyrusOne (www.cyrusone.com) announced on Tuesday that SGS North America, a division of the control and inspection company SGS, has signed an agreement with CyrusOne to move its network infrastructure from Toronto, Canada to CyrusOne’s data center on the Southwest Freeway in Houston.
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After the Northeast blackout in August of 2003, and the growth of computing capacity, SGS North America management decided that CyrusOne’s Houston location was the best solution for safely consolidating network infrastructure and sustaining growth.
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“Our data has to be available all the time, period,” says Richard Laurence of SGS North America. “The way CyrusOne’s Houston data center is configured, I’m satisfied that we’ll be able to keep our data safe and make the best choice for our customers and shareholders. Plus, they seem to really make it easy to manage one’s resources.”
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CyrusOne says its data center’s high power-to-foot space ratio, effective methodologies and complementary offerings enable users to keep pace with dense computing trends, and further their growth. The data center’s operations are sustained through environmental monitoring, control, guaranteed power and contractual arrangements with other companies.
