SingleHop's new data center in Elk Grove Village, Illinois.
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Managed hosting provider SingleHop (www.singlehop.com) announced on Thursday it has opened its second data center, located in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, a Chicago suburb near O’Hare International Airport.
For the new data center, SingleHop entered into a $2.5 million agreement with colocation provider ServerCentral (www.servercentral.com), which operates this facility within DuPont Fabros Technology (www.dft.com) facility.
According to the company’s press release, the facility has “top of the line specifications in redundancy, security, connectivity, and cooling systems.”
The SAS 70 Type I and Type II certified data center offers over 200,000 square feet of raised-floor computing space and 10,000 square feet of computing space.
The data center’s power, UPS system, and HVAC systems are rated at a minimum of N+2, which means that for each system, there are two independent backups that ensure ongoing functionality in the event that the original system fails.
The facility also features 210 watts of power capacity per square foot, up to 12kW of power per cabinet, laser-based early fire detection system, 24-hour security, bullet-resistant security area, level III walls and doors, keycard and biometric ID, on-site NOC 24-hour staffed by SingleHop technicians.
The additional space enables geographic redundancy and disaster recovery capabilities. Customers will benefit as they have more room for growth and more options for redundancy.
“The data center space at the new facility allows us to locate our client’s servers in one of the most technologically advanced facilities, not only in the Chicago area, but world-wide,” says Zak Boca, SingleHop’s president and CEO. “We have superb redundancy, connectivity, fire and cooling systems that we can depend on. This facility wasn’t refit, or re-engineered. It was built entirely from the ground up to anticipate high server density. It allows for our company to use all of our space, and power. With 48U cabinets and the ability to more than adequately handle 12KW per cab, we’ll waste less money and resources, which in turn will keep our clients from paying for inefficiencies.”
To celebrate the data center’s opening, SingleHop is offering a promotion on its new fully managed PARAMOUNT servers.
The E6320 Core2Duo, E7400 Core2Duo, E8400 Core2Duo and Q9550 Core2Quad are now priced at $159, $189, 219 and $244 per month, respectively.
Earlier this month, SingleHop expanded its PARAMOUNT series of fully managed servers by adding the new Dual-Core ATOM 330 server to the fully managed server line.
