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Managed Data Holdings Selects Syska Hennessy Construction for Chicago Data Center Expansion
65,000 Square-Foot Raised Floor Center Expansion Led by Highly Experienced Firm for Colocation, Managed Hosting and High Density Deployments
| Source: Managed Data Holdings
FAIRFAX, VA--(Marketwire - January 12, 2009) - Managed Data Holdings, a leading operator of
state-of-the-art data centers in Tier I and Tier II markets, announced
today that it has hired Syska Hennessy Group Construction, Inc. to design,
engineer and construct the significant expansion and upgrade of its
recently acquired, 86,000 square-foot data center in Oak Brook, Ill., that
operates under the Stargate name. In selecting Syska Hennessy, Managed Data
Holdings expects its Chicago data center to remain poised to incorporate
the most efficient, flexible and modern design that accommodates current
and evolving customer requirements.
The current phase of expansion is nearly complete, bringing 13,000 square
feet of usable space online. It supplements the 16,000 square feet of
raised floor currently available, designed to provide precision cooling for
mid- to high-density customer requirements in a secure environment. The
13,000 square-foot expansion adds approximately 7 megawatts of critical
power to the facility and makes available a full suite of managed services.
At full build-out early this year, the expansion will give the data center
more than 65,000 square feet of usable floor space, all with power,
environmental, and network redundancy.
Evans Mullan, chief operating officer of Managed Data Holdings, said, "This
expansion and design, along with the investments we are making in our other
data centers, allows us to provide the types of colocation, managed hosting
and managed services that customers require for their critical systems in
the most reliable manner. In addition to our flexible and adaptable
solutions ranging from cabinets to 5,000 square-foot secure microsuites,
customers will get an environment meeting their expansion needs, within a
secure data center of our size and capabilities."
About Stargate
Located in Oak Brook, Ill., a suburb of Chicago, Stargate is a leader in
secure, reliable and scalable, power rich IT infrastructure
services. Founded in 1989, Stargate offers premium colocation, managed
services and managed hosting solutions to its customer base. With a proven
commitment to excellence in customer service and an expansive
86,000 square-foot data center facility to support its infrastructure,
Stargate is an important provider in the vibrant and growing data center
market in Chicago. For more information visit: http://www.stargate.com
About Managed Data Holdings
Managed Data Holdings (MDH) was founded by three highly experienced
industry executives in conjunction with Great Hill Partners and Catalyst
Investors. MDH focuses on operation of state-of-the-art data centers across
suburban Tier I and Tier II markets in the U.S., meeting the increasing
demand for managed hosting, managed services, colocation space and disaster
recovery services required by small and medium-sized business customers or
divisions of large enterprises. MDH data centers are SAS70 Type II
compliant and are designed to accommodate the changing power density and
cooling needs of the colocation market while maintaining consistent high
levels of customer service and support. Current data center locations are
Irvine, Calif.; Denver; and Oak Brook, Ill. For more information visit:
http://www.manageddataholdings.com
About Syska Hennessy Group Construction, Inc.
Syska Hennessy Group Construction, Inc (Syska) is a nationally-recognized
leader in the planning, engineering, construction and commissioning of
mission critical facilities. With engineering and construction management
resources throughout the United States, Syska delivers data center
facilities to a range of clients, from moderately sized regional companies
to many of the Fortune 100. Syska's services are focused on technical
environments that require high reliability and often include high power
densities. We help clients balance performance with the total cost of
ownership by leveraging our experience as the industry leader in
sustainable/green design, and high performance building technology.