Jan 18, 2006 : Hostway to Build Data Center in Chicago

📅 January 18, 2006 - Web hosting provider Hostway (hostway.com 👉 Total Reviews: 19
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Hostway says the first phase of construction expands its data center footprint by 50,000 square feet and brings its total facility count to 14.

The space Hostway will occupy was built to support a SBC data center at the cost of $200 million. Hostway says it will spend $10 million to upgrade the facility. A significant portion of that money is earmarked for upgrading the power and cooling plant.

"Our Web hosting and managed services business for enterprise customers is growing rapidly and the cooling and power capacity requirements are rising faster than anything the industry predicted," says Lucas Roh, CEO of Hostway. "The new data center will incorporate the latest design techniques and enable Hostway to continue to provide a fast, reliable and secure hosting environment for our customers."

Customer installations are expected to begin in June.