CyrusOne Begins Construction On Third Data Center At Houston West Campus
The new facility will increase Houston West geophysical computing center of excellence to more than 1 million sq ft of data center space.
CyrusOne is hosting a groundbreaking ceremony March 6, 2014 at 11 a.m. Central Time for a third data center at its 45-acre Houston West data center services campus along Beltway 8 in Houston’s energy corridor. Upon completion, the new facility will include 428,000 sq ft of raised floor capacity, 86,000 sq ft of class A office space, and up to 96 megawatts (MW) of critical load. This third facility serves to increase data center capacity available at the Houston West campus to more than 1 million square feet.
“CyrusOne’s ability to deliver high-performance compute (HPC) solutions, including its ultra-high density HPC solutions for the oil and gas industry, has made the Houston West campus a preferred data center destination and geophysical computing center of excellence for the energy sector,” said Gary Wojtaszek, president and chief executive officer of CyrusOne. “Adding a third facility at the Houston West campus enables us to serve the growing number of customers from the energy industry as well as other industries who need low to ultra-high density colocation space for their mission-critical infrastructure.”