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Area served
  
Worldwide

Founded
  
1994

Website
  
datafoundry.com

Type
  
Privately held company

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Industry
  
Telecommunications IT Services

Key people
  
Ron Yokubaitis - Co-CEO and Founder Carolyn Yokubaitis - Co-CEO and Founder Shane Menking - President and CFO

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Data Foundry is a privately held company, headquartered in Austin, Texas that owns and operates carrier neutral data centers and provides colocation, managed services and dedicated office space to businesses requiring uptime, connectivity, and room for growth. The Company also deploys on-site solutions for Disaster Recovery readiness and helps to support customers’ business continuity plans.

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Data Foundry controls and manages over 650,000+ square feet of data center facilities in Austin and Houston, Texas, as well as, manages global colocation facilities and private networks in Los Angeles, CA, Ashburn, VA, Amsterdam and Hong Kong.

The Company serves thousands of enterprise customers across a variety of industries, including energy, technology, healthcare and financial services. Founded in 1994 originally as Texas.net, it was the first Internet Service Provider in San Antonio, and one of the initial 50 Internet Service Provider in the United States. Texas.net changed its name to Data Foundry in 2005 to recognize its national and international customer base.

Data Foundry Austin Data Ranch specifications

  • 40-acre (160,000 m2) campus
  • Space for up to 1,000,000 square feet (93,000 m2) of data center
  • Redundant power, water and fiber feeds
  • 17+ telecom and IP carriers
  • Ability to deliver over 100 megawatts of power to the campus
  • Campus independently fed by two 400 megawatt substations

    • Texas 1 Data Center Specifications

  • 250,000 square feet (23,000 m2)
  • Dual independent water utility feeds
  • Dual power feeds from separate substations
  • 17+ telecom and IP carriers
  • 10,000 square feet (930 m2) dedicated customer offices and conference rooms
  • 215 mph wind rated roof and building
  • FM-200 fire suppression system
  • SSAE 16 SOC Type II Compliance

    • Austin 1 Data Center Specifications

  • 40,000 square feet (3,700 m2)
  • Dual dedicated make-up water feeds
  • 400 Megawatt substation
  • 10,000 square feet (930 m2)dedicated customer offices
  • HVAC cooling system
  • Carrier neutral with 17+fiber carriers
  • FM-200 fire suppression system
  • SSAE 16 Type II Compliance

    • Houston 1 Data Center Specifications

  • 20,000 square feet (1,900 m2)
  • Two redundant power feeds from separate power grids
  • HVAC cooling system
  • Carrier neutral with 15 fiber carriers
  • FE-227 fire suppression system

    • Houston 2 Data Center Specifications

  • 350,000 square feet (33,000 m2)
  • Chilled water system uses air cooled chillers
  • 60 megawatt power capacity with fault and concurrently maintainable design across entire infrastructure
  • Dual 34.5 kV underground utility feeds
  • 60,000 square feet (5,600 m2) dedicated customer offices and conference rooms
  • Carrier neutral with 11+ On-Net carriers
  • 185 mph wind rated roof and building
  • Dual Interlock Dry Pipe Pre-action fire protection system
  • SSAE 16 SOC Type II Compliance

    • References

    Data Foundry Wikipedia
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