The Planet Expands Houston Data Centers

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

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The Planet has announced data center expansions in both its Dallas and Houston data centers which will accommodate up to 18,000 servers. The expansion will bring the company’s total data center footprint to 175,000 square feet.

"Our customers in the SMB community require reliability, scalability and network performance so they can confidently grow their businesses using our world-class data centers and on demand IT infrastructure," said Chairman and CEO Douglas J. Erwin. "As we continue to expand operations, our goal is to ensure we provide quality products, professional service and the industry’s best support so that every client company operates at peak efficiency."

The Planet serves more than 22,000 customers, powers more than 2.8 million web sites and accounts for approximately two percent of all U.S. Internet traffic.

"As our business grows, The Planet allows my company to add servers quickly and efficiently," said Greenview Data CEO Ted Green who operates spam-filtering service www.spamstopshere.com. "We have a broad range of customers – from large corporations traded on the New York Stock Exchange to law firms, medical offices and family-run businesses – who rely on us for service. We count on The Planet for top-notch operations that help us keep our systems running and our customers happy."