By Justin Lee, theWHIR.com
September 10, 2008 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center operator Telx (telx.com) announced on Tuesday it has acquired an additional 6,000 square feet of fully conditioned colocation space at the Digital Realty Trust (digitalrealtytrust.com) facility on 200 Paul Street in San Francisco.
The data center space can hold more than 200 cabinet equivalents, offering Bay Area businesses ready connections to diverse communications networks.
The San Francisco acquisition marks Telx’s fourth expansion in just six months, totaling over 46,000 square feet of new space. Earlier this year, the company added New York City’s 60 Hudson Street and 111 Eighth Avenue and Chicago’s 350 East Cermak Street facilities.
Last month, Telx deployed the Force10 C300 resilient switch in its Phoenix Telx Internet Exchange platform.
The last couple of years has seen a significant rise in demand for colocation space in San Francisco, as many companies install their servers in the key network hub for its high performance and cost-effective Internet connectivity. In an October 2007 Gartner (gartner.com) report entitled ‘Colocation Pricing in US Internet Data Centers Continue to Increase Rapidly,’ analyst Lydia Leong called the San Francisco Bay Area one of the tightest data center colocation markets.
Echoing this assessment, industry analyst firm TeleGeography (telegraphy.com) recently recognized San Francisco as the second largest market for colocation in the United States, after New York.
“Our West Coast customers need high-quality, secure, network-rich and cost-effective space for their growing data, IP and content businesses,” says Chris Downie, president and chief financial officer of Telx. “Telx has just completed a strong second quarter keeping us in line to achieve an increase in revenue of more than 40 percent in 2008. Our expansions this year are a testament to this strong growth curve.”
The expansion space at 200 Paul is connected to the Telx “meet me” room in the building and is now available for occupancy.
Telx provides interconnectivity solutions through its dozen colocation facilities in North America, offering networking solutions for customers to access diverse global networks and exchange information.
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