Switch and Data

Switch and Data Facilities Company, Inc.
Former type Public
Industry Internet
Fate

Acquired by Equinix and completely integrated into it

location = Tampa, FL, USA
Founded 1998
Defunct 2010
Key people Keith Olsen, CEO
Products Data Centers
Revenue $171,525 million USD (2008)
Employees 339 (est 2008)
Parent Equinix

Switch and Data Facilities Company, Inc. was a U.S. public corporation that provided network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services to network-centric businesses.[1] Switch and Data was acquired by Equinix in 2010.

Switch and Data’s solutions leverage services including colocation, interconnection, network connectivity and peering from 34 data center locations. Typically, customers look to Switch and Data to add scale and interconnectivity to their networks to support increases in IP and network traffic volumes. In addition, customers use Switch and Data’s data center facilities to house and power their network infrastructure.

In 2008 Switch and Data expanded by adding over a quarter million square feet of data center capacity, an increase of 34% of their total capacity.[2] Today, Switch and Data’s footprint includes 23 markets throughout U.S. and Canada and provides power and cooling densities of up to 200 watts per square foot to more than 900 customers. Additionally, the company has announced a $75 million capex budget for further expansion in 2009. Switch and Data recently launched their Content and Entertainment and Financial Services Practices to help these industries with low-latency data aggregation and distribution.[2]

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Company history

Switch and Data was founded in 1998.[1] In March 2003, Switch and Data acquired PAIX, the world’s first commercial Internet peering exchange. The PAIX acquisition gave Switch and Data and strong presence in global Internet peering and added some of the world’s leading Internet content and service providers as customers.[1] Between 2004 and 2005, Switch and Data purchased RACO, Meridian Telesis and LayerOne.[3][4][5] The company completed an initial public offering of its stock on February 8, 2007, and is currently traded on the NASDAQ exchange under ticker symbol SDXC. Switch and Data is headquartered in Tampa, Florida.

Switch and Data was acquired by Equinix on May 4, 2010[6] for 683.4 Million.

Products and services

Switch and Data is a North American provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchanges. In addition, the company offers services such as colocation, interconnection and remote technical support. The companies’ data centers provide the power, interconnectivity, security, redundancy, cooling and site technical support to house and safeguard its customers’ network and computing equipment.

Interconnection services

Switch and Data is a network-neutral provider which means that customers can choose to interconnect with multiple competing carriers across its national footprint of densely interconnected data centers. Customers can exchange traffic and IP content through direct connections with each other, or through many-to-many peering connections on Switch and Data's PAIX Internet exchange. Switch and Data’s customers have provisioned approximately 21,100 cross-connects between each other in the company’s 34 sites.[2]

Data center locations

34 data centers located in 23 markets across North America. Switch and Data's data centers typically have lower power density and are medium sized suites in Carrier hotels. The majority suites were built between 1999 and 2002. The exception being the North Bergen, NJ and Sunnyvale, CA sites that were purchased and remodeled in 2008.

Recent Openings

Customers

Switch and Data’s current customer base includes businesses and network-centric companies such as international carriers, ISPs, global telecommunications carriers, content and content delivery networks, enterprises and system integrators.

Management team

Current members of the Switch and Data executive team are:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "About Us, Switch and Data Official Site". switchanddata.com. http://www.switchanddata.com/Content/AboutUs.aspx. Retrieved 2009-07-01. 
  2. ^ a b c "Switch and Data Form 10-K". http://ir.switchanddata.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=203659&p=irol-SECText&TEXT=aHR0cDovL2NjYm4uMTBrd2l6YXJkLmNvbS94bWwvZmlsaW5nLnhtbD9yZXBvPXRlbmsmaXBhZ2U9NjE4MDA4NiZhdHRhY2g9T04mc1hCUkw9MQ%3d%3d. 
  3. ^ "Switch and Data Buys RACO.". http://www.phoneplusmag.com. Retrieved 2003-03-16. 
  4. ^ "Switch and Data continue US colo consolidation". The Colocation Exchange. http://www.colo-x.com/content/by-kwd/uscolo. 
  5. ^ "Switch and Data Adds Another Layer.". Phone Plus. http://www.phoneplusmag.com/articles/521carrier03.html. Retrieved 2005-02-01. 
  6. ^ "Equinix Completes Acquisition of Switch and Data Strengthening Its Leadership in Data Center Services". http://www.equinix.com/news/press/na/2010/Equinix-Completes-Acquisition-of-Switch-and-Data-Strengthening-Its-Leadership-in-Data-Center-Services/. Retrieved 2010-11-06. 
  7. ^ "Data Center Firm Expands at Seattle's Westin Building". techflash.com. http://www.techflash.com/Data_center_firm_expands_at_Seattle_Westin_sees_growing_demand37513484.html. Retrieved 2009-01-13. 
  8. ^ "Switch and Data Announces Opening of North Bergen, NJ Site to Satisfy Demand in Key New York Metro Market". reuters.com. 2008-10-21. http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS142230+21-Oct-2008+BW20081021. Retrieved 2008-10-21. 
  9. ^ "Switch and Data Announces Opening of Dallas Site Expansion". DatacenterDynamics. http://www.datacenterdynamics.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&tier=3&nid=19C7051553B24B9F85CD89E9888968C1&AudID=KB%20-%20IT%20Architecture. Retrieved 2008-05-29. 
  10. ^ "Switch and Data Announces Opening of Toronto Site Expansion to Satisfy Demand in Key Canadian Market". reuters.com. 2008-04-30. http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS164334+30-Apr-2008+BW20080430. Retrieved 2008-04-30. 

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