The Planet(SM) today announced it has acquired 72,000 square feet of additional datacenter space in Dallas. The initial phase includes 30,000 square feet of finished Tier 1 datacenter and support space. The new facility has more than $14 million in datacenter improvements with future capacity for 36,000 servers. The acquisition of this facility is the first step in The Planets plans to deliver new industry-leading product offerings, details of which will be announced soon.
The new facility features an industry leading N+2 level of redundancy including:
- Dual electrical utility feeds from separate TXU substations
- One 2-megawatt diesel generator
- Parallel redundant 750KVA MGE UPS
- Dual 550 ton carrier chillers
- Double interlock pre-action fire suppression
- Multiple levels of physical security
"We are pleased to have the space, bandwidth, and power to meet the increasing demand for The Planets offerings," said Steve Wallace, vice president of operations. "The additional datacenter space will allow The Planet to offer our customers the ability to scale with us as their businesses grow."
The Planet has substantially grown its datacenters in the last 17 months, increasing space more than 200,000 square feet. In January of 2005, The Planet opened a new 51,000 square foot Tier 1 datacenter at the INFOMART in Dallas. In May of 2004, the company also added 21,000 square feet, opening another $8 million state-of-the-art datacenter in Dallas.
About The Planet
With over 10 years experience, The Planet delivers enterprise level hosting solutions that are readily available, affordable, and scalable. The Planet offers dedicated servers, co-location, Internet access, email and business continuance. Customers receive extreme value through offerings such as advanced security, proactive monitoring, database administration, data storage, load balancing, and virtual private networks, all managed through OrbitSM, the Planets customer portal. For additional information, visit www.theplanet.com.
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