Press Releases

Data Foundry Announces the Opening of Texas 1 Data Center in Austin

Austin, TX – JULY 20, 2011 – Data Foundry, a leading provider of data center outsourcing, secure colocation and disaster recovery solutions, announces today the opening of Texas 1, the first purpose-built, carrier-neutral data center in the Central Texas region. The initial phase of the highly anticipated 250,000 square foot data center is now fully...

Texas 1 Opening featured on KVUE TV News in Austin

On July 20, 2011, Data Foundry announced the opening of Texas 1, the first phase of a 250,000 SF data center development in South Austin. Texas 1 already has a number of customers moving in, and being the first purpose-built, carrier-neutral data center in the Central Texas region, Data Foundry expects to lure more business to Austin from IT-based companies and Internet run...

Delta Rigging and Tools Inc. Outsources Its Corporate Data Center to Data Foundry

Austin, TX – June 22, 2011 – Data Foundry, a leading provider of data center outsourcing and colocation services, announces today that Delta Rigging and Tools, Inc. (DR&T), the largest U.S. provider of industrial lifting products and services, has chosen to outsource its corporate data center to Data Foundry. Delta Rigging and Tools relies on Data Foundry’s...

Data Foundry’s Texas 1 Data Center Now Fully Powered By Dual Feeds From Two Substations: Unique Design Offers Full Redundancy and High Availability

Austin, TX – MAY 31, 2011 – Data Foundry, a leading provider of data center outsourcing and colocation services, announces another major milestone in the construction of its Texas 1 data center, opening in June 2011. Texas 1 is now fully powered by dual feeds from two separate substations on the Texas power grid. The dual feeds from Austin Energy include a...

Planning for Natural Disasters

June 1st marks the beginning of the hurricane season in the Atlantic Basin. Data Foundry’s Mark Noonan details important considerations for choosing a data center as part of a disaster recovery plan. From locations with low risk of natural disasters to the importance of power, water and network redundancy, a number of factors come into play when defining your data center...

Building Data Foundry’s Texas 1 Data Center – Part 1: Planning

In June 2011, Texas colocation company Data Foundry will open the doors on phase one of its 250,000 square-foot Texas 1 data center, the first facility in the Data Ranch, a 40-acre campus in Austin. For the people involved, that design process itself was a proving ground for ideas developed over years spent deeply involved in the planning and operation of data center...

Data Foundry to Exhibit at the SPE Digital Energy Conference and Alliance Expo in 2011

Austin, TX – APRIL 18, 2011 – Data Foundry, a leading provider of data center outsourcing and colocation services, announces participation at two upcoming energy events in April 2011, SPE Digital Energy Conference and Exhibition and Alliance Expo. Data Foundry will be showcasing its premium data center and disaster recovery solutions for the energy...

Data Foundry’s Texas 1 data center designed to support High Performance Computing environments

Data Foundry, a leading provider of data center outsourcing and colocation services, announces that its master-planned Texas 1 facility, opening June 2011, will fully support High Performance Computing (HPC) requirements. This next-generation data center includes the design, staff and facility infrastructure to meet the complex needs of HPC customers. Historically,...

Telecom One-on-One Video Interview with Data Foundry

Data Foundry’s Chief Technology Officer, Edward Henigin, sat down with Ilissa Miller at the Telecom One-on-One conference this February. Henigin explained why Data Foundry chose Austin as the location for the new purpose-built data center, Texas 1, which will be completed in June 2011. He goes into further detail about the need for the facility to better support customers and...