The center, which officially opened for business January 30, provides Web hosting services essential for businesses that rely on the Internet to reach customers. The 127,000 square foot facility is part of the continuing expansion of AT&T’s network of state-of-the-art IDCs designed to support complex Web hosting services.
The IDCs connect directly to AT&T’s Internet Protocol backbone and customers’ IP-enabled, high-speed private data networks.
Allen Mayor Steve Terrell and Allen Economic Development Corporation Board Chairman Steve Matthews assisted AT&T officials with the ribbon cutting ceremony.
The opening of AT&T’s Internet Data Center in Allen makes a positive statement about our community and ability to meet the requirements that companies need in a high-tech economy, said Terrell. Our residents, who are primarily employed in the technology and telecommunications industries, will greatly benefit from having access to this type of facility, not only from an employment aspect but also from a business usage standpoint.
AT&T’s new center is a substantial and important addition to the area and will help us recruit more technology-related industries, added Matthews.
Dallas and Fort Worth area IDC customers will have access to AT&T’s full portfolio of managed hosting services, including application, database, hardware and operating system management, storage services, managed security and firewall services, and professional services.
The IDC is a hub of the networked economy, said Joan Wagstaff, AT&T sales center vice president North Texas. More and more companies realize they have to adapt to new business models driven by the Internet if they are to survive. AT&T can help businesses successfully navigate these transitions.
AT&T is continuing on its path to grow to two million square feet of Web hosting capacity and to add eight new centers in 2001, bringing the total number of AT&T IDCs to 21 by year-end. This plan is part of AT&T’s global hosting program with partners BT and Concert to build a network of 44 IDCs in 16 countries by 2003.
