NEW YORK, April 23 — AboveNet Communications, Inc., a leading provider of fiber optic connectivity solutions, today announced its service expansion into Data Foundry’s® Austin, Texas data center. AboveNet recently added Austin as its 15th major metro market and is part of AboveNet’s continuing investment in its network facilities. AboveNet’s managed service solution provides...
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Data Foundry Wins Landmark Appeal Against City of Austin in Texas Supreme Court Case Benefitting Texans
Apr 29, 2021
Austin, Texas – April 29, 2021 — Data Foundry, a premier colocation data center provider with facilities in Austin and Houston, Texas won new rights for businesses and residents to challenge discriminatory rates imposed by municipalities in historic Texas Supreme Court decision against the City of Austin. In 2016, Austin Energy, the City of Austin’s municipal power...
Data Foundry’s Houston 2 Virtual Tour Experience Now Available
Sep 29, 2020
Houston, Texas – Sept 29, 2020 — Data Foundry, a premier colocation data center provider, announces that a first-ever virtual tour of its Houston 2 data center campus, is now available. Located in the Greenpoint district, this 60-MW, state-of-the-art facility meets evolving demand for high capacity, low latency, and cost-effective networking across...
Data Foundry to add 27,000 Square Feet of White Floor Space and 4MW to its Houston 2 Data Center Campus
Sep 24, 2019
Houston, Texas – Sept 24, 2019 — Data Foundry, a premier colocation data center provider, announces the construction of a new 27,000 sq ft data hall with 4MW of capacity as an addition to the company’s 350,000 sq ft master-planned Houston 2 data center campus in the Greenspoint district. Driven by customer demand for more capacity and Houston business growth,...
CTO Edward Henigin Testifies on Austin Energy’s Anti-Competitive Practices before the Texas Senate Committee on Business & Commerce
May 2, 2018
AUSTIN, Texas – May 2, 2018 — Yesterday, the Texas Senate Committee on Business & Commerce held a hearing to investigate whether consumers in Texas are better served through competition in electric service. The testimony provided will help the legislature understand the impact of competitive versus noncompetitive retail markets across the state in terms of price and...
Data Foundry Promotes Internally to Fill Two New C-Suite Positions
Apr 3, 2018
Cameron Wynne and Mark Noonan join the executive team as the company’s new COO and CRO AUSTIN, Texas – April 3, 2018 — Data Foundry, a premier Texas colocation provider with a global network, is pleased to announce the promotion of two executive team members and long-time employees: Cameron Wynne and Mark Noonan. Cameron Wynne has been promoted to Chief Operating...
Austin’s Newest Data Center Comes Online – Data Foundry’s Texas 2
Mar 13, 2018
The company continues to invest in the Austin market with the development of its 40-acre data center campus AUSTIN, Texas – March 13, 2018 — Data Foundry, a premier Texas colocation provider with a global network, has successfully commissioned its fifth data center, Texas 2, and is now accepting new tenants. Texas 2 was built adjacent to Texas 1 on Data Foundry’s...
Data Foundry Tours FCC Commissioner in Newest Texas Data Center
Feb 6, 2018
AUSTIN, Texas – February 6, 2018 — Data Foundry executives toured FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn through their newest state of the art data center, Texas 2, located on their 40-acre Data Ranch in Austin. Data Foundry has always made it a top priority to operate carrier-neutral data centers, ensuring customers have a variety of network carriers to choose from. This open...
Data Foundry / Golden Frog Submit Brief to FCC in Support of Open Internet Rules | Data Foundry
Jul 17, 2017
CEO Yokubaitis Makes Argument for Open Access AUSTIN, Texas – July 17 — On behalf of Data Foundry and Golden Frog, Co-CEO Ron Yokubaitis today submitted a legal brief to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in support of keeping rules that provide consumer protection from unchecked Internet Service Provider (ISP) abuses. “The current rules...
Data Foundry Launches Texas Technology Policy Scorecard
Feb 13, 2017
Scorecards will offer expert tech take on key legislation AUSTIN, Texas — February 13, 2017 — Data Foundry today launched the Texas Technology Policy Scorecard in an effort to provide thoughtful, technical expertise on all cyber and privacy- related issues that are often overlooked by legislators and the media. “The need for closer attention to the potential impact of...