Sep 28, 2005 : Web Host RackForce Opens Data Center

📅 September 28, 2005 - Web host provider RackForce Hosting (rackforce.com) announced on Tuesday it has opened K3, its third data center facility in Kelowna, British Columbia with build-out capacity for up to 6,000 rack-mounted servers. The new data center will provide significantly more space for its dedicated servers, virtual private servers and colocation services.


The high availability facility features redundant dual hydropower substation connections allowing for complete power fail-over in the event that a substation fails.

"Due to high demand we have expanded to a third data center as we are rapidly gaining customers who are looking for a safe environment with a low threat to natural disasters such as earthquakes and hurricanes," says Brian Fry, RackForce's vice president.

K3's first major tenant is the Kelowna Transit Exchange, which is managed by BCNET. With the ability to operate at speeds up to 10,000 GB per second, this new facility will link the University of British Columbia Okanagan, Okanagan College, Kelowna General Hospital, Interior Health Authority and the BCIT Aerospace Facility, as well as other members to the Optical Regional Advanced Network enabling advanced Internet-supporting projects in education, health, physics, the arts and science.