US-based datacenter operator, CenturyLink has completed its data center expansion projects in six markets: Boston, London, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Phoenix, Seattle and Washington, D.C. to meet continued market demand. The expansions add approximately 10.8 megawatts of critical capacity, bringing CenturyLink's global data center capacity to more than 185 megawatts.
According to CenturyLink, the expanded facilities are built to support up to an additional 35 megawatts to meet future market demand. At the same time, CenturyLink expanded its reach in the Asia-Pacific region to address growing customer demand by expanding the company's public cloud platform to the Asia-Pacific market and by partnering with a data center service provider within five Australian markets.
The company also continued to execute its green energy initiatives by offering alternative energy options to customers, including a new hydro-powered facility in central Washington, incorporating Bloom fuel cell technology into the Irvine, California facility.
Drew Leonard, VP, Colocation Product Management, CenturyLink
As enterprises increasingly consolidate their on-premise and sprawling data center infrastructures, and move workloads to the cloud, they want outsourcing options that are flexible, reliable and in specific geographic regions. Many of our customers are turning to CenturyLink as their strategic partner as they move toward hybrid IT environments to help manage their legacy and cloud workloads.
