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Global Data Center Services Provider CyrusOne Begins Construction on New Data Center in Northern Virginia [Global Data Point](Global Data Point Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) "We're very excited to expand our footprint to Northern Virginia in order to meet existing customer demand for space in the region. In addition, this new data center will enable us to more effectively serve our growing customer base on the East Coast. We look forward to providing our enterprise colocation solutions to Fortune 1000 customers in this sizeable market," said Tesh Durvasula, Chief Commercial Officer of CyrusOne. Durvasula added, "We are also extremely appreciative of the support we received from the County Department of Economic Development. A successful collaboration with the community is essential during the site selection process. The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors was instrumental in facilitating this land acquisition and made us feel like a valued community partner." Northern Virginia is home to one of the world's largest clusters of data center real estate, and an estimated 70 percent of Internet traffic passes through Loudoun County. "Loudoun has competitive electricity rates, excellent reliability, abundant fiber, and strategic access to the entire East Coast," said the Chairman of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, Scott K. York. "I take great pride in Loudoun's reputation as the most business-friendly data center location in the country, and look forward to working with our industry to continue growing their presence in Data Center Alley." The 14 acres that CyrusOne has purchased is expected to accommodate a shell of approximately 400,000 square feet at full build, with up to 240,000 square feet of raised floor space, 36,000 square feet of Class A office space, and up to 48 megawatts of critical load. "We are delighted that a global colocation leader such as CyrusOne has chosen Loudoun County and northern Virginia to build their first east coast data center," said Bob Blue, president of Dominion Virginia Power. "This is the culmination of years of concerted and focused effort between Dominion's economic development team and CyrusOne to locate a facility that meets the business needs of CyrusOne, while ensuring that there will be a robust supply of reliable electric power available." CyrusOne plans to use its Massively Modular® design engineering approach to optimize materials sourcing and enable delivery of industry-leading energy optimization and just-in-time data hall inventory to meet customer demand. The first phase of construction includes a 124,000-square-foot shell with 60,000 square feet of raised floor space, 15,000 square feet of office space, and 12 megawatts of critical load. CyrusOne expects the first phase of the new site to be completed in October. Delivering Best-in-Class Enterprise Facilities, Connectivity, and Open-IX Certification CyrusOne specializes in highly reliable enterprise data center services and colocation solutions, and engineers its facilities to include the power-density infrastructure required to deliver excellent availability, including an available highest possible power redundancy (2N) architecture. Customers have access to the CyrusOne National IX, which marries low-cost robust connectivity with the massively scaled data centers that the company is known for by creating the first-ever data center platform that virtually links a dozen of CyrusOne's enterprise facilities in multiple metropolitan markets. The CyrusOne National IX, coupled with the company's multiple dispersed locations and available 100 percent uptime, enables Fortune 500 enterprises to implement cost-effective, multi-location data center platforms that can help manage their internal disaster recovery requirements and applicable regulatory or industry-specific requirements such as Sarbanes Oxley, HIPAA, and PCI. CyrusOne was also recently the first to receive multi-site data center certification from the Open-IX (OIX) Association. This certification highlights that CyrusOne facilities have achieved the highest quality for carrier-neutral connectivity. The OIX Association has a mandate to promote resilient interconnection in hub cities to facilitate a more resilient Internet. With 25 carrier-neutral data center facilities across the United States, Europe, and Asia, CyrusOne provides customers with the flexibility and scale to match their specific growth needs. The company is renowned for exceptional service and for building enduring customer relationships and high customer satisfaction levels. Customers include nine of the Fortune 20 companies and more than 125 of the Fortune 1000. (c) 2014 GlobalData Provided by Syndigate.info, an Albawaba.com company |