Intellifiber Networks, a subsidiary of PAETEC Holding Corp. (PAET), which provides integrated communications services in the US, announced that it has won a multi million dollar contract to provide managed network services to one of the biggest data centers in North America. The Richmond, Virginia site, which is wholly owned and operated by Quality Technology Services (QTS), is the newest and largest location, spanning over 1.3 million square feet. The area includes up to 550,000 square feet of raised floor space and 150 MW of power.
The QTS fiber build plan will provide two diverse paths out of Richmond, which creates a fully protected service delivering different routes to the Culpeper and Northern Virginia area. The service has been specially designed to meet the requirements of Federal Agencies and larger scale commercial enterprises, which have specific performance expectations and have requirements for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery. The fiber build extends Intellifiber’s low latency routes between Pittsburgh, Chicago, D.C, and Philadelphia.
“We chose Intellifiber based on their track record of building custom, complex network infrastructures for the Fortune 500 and government agencies as well as their ability to deliver on time and on budget,” said Brian Johnston, chief operating officer, QTS. “The connectivity the Intellifiber solution is providing ensures customers in our Richmond data center can effectively and efficiently access any and all networks needed to support their data center deployments, applications and users.”
“We believe that QTS has chosen a perfect location to tap the vast opportunities that exist within the Federal Government and Enterprises on the East Coast.” said Clint Heiden, president of national accounts and fiber services for PAETEC. “We are extremely pleased to have been chosen to build infrastructure to this immense new data center and to partner with QTS in this and other regions.”
Intellifiber Networks connects with major data, carrier and hosting facilities in cities like Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C. The company also has lit capacity in an array of centers in markets such as Norfolk, Richmond, Wilmington, Albany, Buffalo, and Syracuse. Customers can receive a unique low flat rate pricing, a quote response within 24 hours, firm order commitments and order acknowledgement, and an activation of services within 10 days or less.
QTS (Quality Technology Services) is a leading provider of data center solutions and managed services for enterprise businesses. The company offers a diverse portfolio of core data center services which includes Custom Data Center, Colocation, and Cloud Services, providing flexibility, scale, and the security for the rapid growing needs and demands of web and IT applications. The company owns 12 locations in seven states, operating over 3.1 million square feet of state-of-the art data center infrastructure and support to a plethora of customers.
Intellifiber Networks owns and operates an advanced fiber network, which expands over 36,700 route miles, offering the most efficient, and scalable network solutions for enterprise, service provider, and government customers. The company offers various network services which include local telephone services and domestic and international long distance services, data services compromising broadband internet access services and virtual private network services, internet protocol (IP) traffic classification, network storage, PC back-up, and virtual NXX services. Intellifiber Networks is wholly owned by PAETEC Holding Corp, which was founded in 1998 and is based in Fairport, New York.
For more information on the products and services provided by Intellifiber Networks, visit their company website: www.intellifiber.com
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