800 Acre DuPage National Technology Park in Illinois to House One of the
Largest Tier III High Density Data Centers in Country
WEST KINGSTON, R.I., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Power
Conversion (Nasdaq: APCC) (APC), a global leader in power, cooling, and
management solutions, today announced that the Cyber Continuity Center
(http://www.cybercontinuity.com), one of North America's first high density
colocation data centers, will use APC's InfraStruXure(R) architecture for
high density blade server deployments at the new facility. InfraStruXure's
on-demand architecture integrates power, cooling, management, security,
physical threat monitoring, and services in a rack-optimized design. By
using InfraStruXure to build an integrated, agile data center with high
system availability, the 62,000 square-foot Cyber Continuity Center will
exceed the Uptime Institute's Tier III Data Center designation making it
one of the top high density data centers in the country. APC and Aerico, a
leading IT consulting company based in Arlington Heights, Ill., worked with
the Cyber Continuity Center's Chief Technology Officer, Jack Pressman, on
the data center's design.
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Located 39 miles west of Chicago in the 800-acre DuPage National
Technology Park, the Cyber Continuity Center will deliver premier high
density colocation, build-to-suit data center, and disaster and workplace
recovery facilities to a broad range of Chicago-area clients such as
financial services companies, manufacturing firms, medical research firms,
universities, and other organizations. With the astounding growth of
digital information and Internet use driving the need for data storage and
colocation services, Chicago-area companies now can house their primary
data center or disaster recovery site at the new Cyber Continuity Center.
Scheduled to open in the spring of 2007, the West Chicago, Ill.-based
facility is the first of many new buildings slated for construction in the
Technology Park. According to CenterPoint Properties, the developer of the
DuPage National Technology Park, significant leasing activity has already
occurred at the Cyber Continuity Center.
"The Cyber Continuity Center is the first high density data center
facility offering clients a complete range of mirrored data center,
hosting, storage and recovery solutions as well as unsurpassed security,
scalability and engineering," said Jack Pressman, chief technology officer,
Cyber Continuity Center USA. "This facility will give our clients the
capability to virtualize their physical infrastructure on site. Unlike most
North American data centers, the Cyber Continuity Center will have the
ability to support high density applications ranging from 5kw to 25kw per
rack."
The new center will contain two separate areas managed and operated by
a technical support team of between 30 and 45 high technology
professionals. One space will house high density scalable colocation
facilities for lease, and the second space will offer 'micro-suites' or
entirely private data centers that benefit from the Tier III infrastructure
in the building. Construction is already underway on the first building, a
62,000 square foot structure with more than 40,000 square feet devoted to
the data center. This facility will house six APC Symmetra(R) 1.6 MegaWatt
UPS systems and 1,000 APC NetShelter(R) SX server racks in individual
InfraStruXure Hot-Aisle Containment System configurations.
"APC is excited to partner with the Cyber Continuity Center on one of
the largest and most technologically advanced colocation projects in the
United States," said Peter Poulin, APC's vice president, North America.
"The facility will deploy InfraStruXure from end to end, supporting a
complete range of hosting, storage and recovery solutions. Because
InfraStruXure offers a standardized, modular approach to building data
centers, the Cyber Continuity Center can deliver high density data centers
with scalability to customers quickly. The center is one of the first
facility services providers in the industry to adopt a standardized
approach to building large scale data centers."
The long-range goal of the Cyber Continuity Center is to create a chain
of micro-rings around the country. The organization is currently evaluating
sites on the East and West Coast as well as in the Midwest for additional
sites. The Cyber Continuity Center expects to complete each facility within
six months of contract initiation; an impressive time line for which
Pressman credits the ability of the engineering team and APC.
"APC's solutions as well as its dedicated service and implementation
teams make it possible to expect that each facility will be completed
within six months," said Pressman. "More importantly, because APC strives
to introduce new InfraStruXure technology refreshes, the Cyber Continuity
Center will continue to offer its customers the latest and finest data
center technology now and in the future."
About American Power Conversion
Founded in 1981, American Power Conversion (Nasdaq: APCC) (APC) is a
leading provider of global, end-to-end solutions for real-time
infrastructure. APC's comprehensive products and services for home and
corporate environments improve the availability, manageability and
performance of sensitive electronic, network, communication and industrial
equipment of all sizes. APC offers a wide variety of products for
network-critical physical infrastructure including InfraStruXure(R), its
revolutionary architecture for on-demand data centers, as well as physical
threat management products through the company's NetBotz(R) division. These
products and services help companies increase the availability and
reliability of their IT systems. Headquartered in West Kingston, Rhode
Island, APC reported sales of $2 billion for the year ended December 31,
2005, and is a Fortune 1000, Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 Company.
About DuPage National Technology Park
The DuPage National Technology Park (DNTP) is North America's most
advanced business and research park, engineered with the technology
infrastructure to provide a scalable, sustainable business community that
achieves speed, redundancy and survivability. Located in West Chicago,
Ill., the 800-acre DNTP is ideal for technology-driven office, corporate
headquarters, research and development, applied sciences, light industrial,
and retail and hospitality. (http://www.dntp.com)
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For more information contact:
Media:
Chet Lasell, APC director, public relations-North America, 800-788-2208
ext. 2693, chet.lasell@apcc.com
Investors:
Debbie Hancock, APC director, investor relations, 401-789-5735, ext.
2994, debbie.hancock@apcc.com
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