HALIFAX – Bell Aliant has invested $10.5 million to increase the capacity of its St. John's data centre by 10 times, with built-in flexibility to more than double the facility's 400kW capacity to meet future demand.
As part of Bell's national network of data centres, the St. John's centre delivers value-added enterprise and professional services, including capacity management, disaster recovery planning, security, monitoring, managing and networking services to customers across public and private sectors and regional, national and international markets.
"We have invested heavily in data centre infrastructure to answer exploding demand in Newfoundland and Labrador and around the world," said Dan McKeen, Bell Aliant’s vice-chair and senior vice-president residential services, in the news release. "Customers want to host data efficiently and close by, stored and managed in safe secure facilities and attended by the best ICT experts in the business. Our data centre network is built to meet this need, delivering peace of mind for customers, while keeping and growing business here in Atlantic Canada."
Photo caption: The electrical distribution system in Bell Aliant data centre is strategically designed to more than double capacity as demand grows.
