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Monday December 15- HOUSTON—(BUSINESS WIRE)—The Planet.com Internet Services, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced plans for a new environmentally friendly 86,000 square foot data center in the Dallas suburb of Plano, Texas. This facility, which will use the latest modular cooling technology from Turbine Air Systems, will accommodate expansion of the company’s highly regarded colocation services, along with its popular private racks and Planet Northstar Managed Hosting services. The new operation – the company’s seventh data center – will bring its total data center raised floor footprint to 214,500 square feet.
The company plans to immediately begin colocation pre-leasing on the first 12,000 square feet, which will accommodate approximately 8,000 servers. The new data center will open in May 2009 and meet the same SAS 70 Type II qualifications of the company’s existing six facilities.
“We have a long and successful track record in providing colocation services, and continue to receive significant interest from customers looking either to expand their core IT infrastructure or to supplement their operations,” said The Planet’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Douglas J. Erwin. “Dallas ranks as one of the nation’s top five colocation markets based on its connectivity, central location and the availability of its skilled workforce. With the current shortage of colocation space that offers robust power density, we expect substantial interest in our new highly efficient facilities.
“Despite today’s difficult economic environment, which provides its own set of challenges, we believe there is an extraordinary market opportunity,” Erwin continued. “Over the past two years we have aggressively expanded our footprint, with considerable strategic investments in our core infrastructure and product portfolio. Our broad spectrum of services offers customers the power to choose precisely what they need, combined with our world-class network and data centers. With the downturn, companies are looking to reduce IT costs, and The Planet’s hosted model offers a 75 percent cost savings compared with the do-it-yourself alternative. Finally, we continue to have a very strong balance sheet. Our recent $45 million credit facility underscores the stability of our business and augments our ability to execute on our growth plans.”
New Data Center Features
The mixed-use facility will feature N+1 cooling and power architectures, with state-of-the-art, high-efficiency water-cooled chillers from Turbine Air Systems (TAS). This “green” architectural design, which costs an additional $2 million to build, provides a planned return on investment in just 30 months. An equipment galley, located outside of the data center floor, will hold six large air-handling units and all chilled water piping. Because all water is located outside of the actual data center floor, the design eliminates the possibility of an interior water leak.
The new TAS cooling system provides a modular mechanical installation. Rather than securing multiple components from a broad array of vendors, TAS manufactures an all-in-one system with a single point of contact for maintenance and service. In addition, TAS guarantees the energy efficiency specifics of its systems.
The new data center’s cooling system will provide twice the efficiency and use half the energy of The Planet’s existing data centers. The company expects to achieve a 1.3 “co-efficiency of efficiency” ranking, which is well below the 1.6 “ideal” rating. This score, recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and The Uptime Institute, measures the total power necessary to operate a data center, divided by critical power, which represents the energy required to operate its servers.
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