The latest PoP is Hurricane Electric’s seventh PoP with H5 Data Centers and is located in Chandler, Arizona.
The data centre company’s Phoenix facility totals up to 180,000 sqf and 26 MWs. This PoP is Hurricane Electric’s sixth in Arizona.
According to the Arizona Technology Council’s Quarterly Impact report, Arizona has been ranked a Top 10 tech market and has a 40% higher tech job growth rate than the U.S. overall.
“Phoenix has a robust technology presence and we’re thrilled to work once again with H5 Data Centers to provide their customers with cost-effective, high-speed connectivity and to continue our commitment to ensuring that users everywhere have the internet access they need,” said Mike Leber, President of Hurricane Electric.
H5 Data Centers' Phoenix facility spans across 180,000 sqf 30 MW of power at full build-out. It is a waterless data centre design, according to the company, and the facility has the ability to support power densities of 20+ KW per cabinet.
“H5 Data Centers values its long-standing partnership with Hurricane Electric, and we’re excited to welcome them to our Phoenix data centre,” said Josh Simms, CEO of H5 Data Centers.
“Together with our carrier partners, H5 Data Centers serves a growing community of enterprises, content delivery networks (CDNs) and cloud service providers.”
The data centre also has access to multiple metro fibre providers and communications carriers, and qualifies for Arizona-state sales tax abatement incentives.
The company said customers of H5 Data Centers in and near Phoenix have a range of new connectivity options and access to Hurricane Electric’s IPv4 and IPv6 network through 100GE (100 Gigabit Ethernet), 10GE (10 Gigabit Ethernet) and GigE (1 Gigabit Ethernet) ports.
