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Primus opens new Internet Data Centre in Edmonton


EDMONTON -- Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc. is opening a new Internet Data Centre (IDC) in Edmonton to provide better IT support to local small and medium-sized businesses by housing and managing computer server hardware and software assets in Alberta. The data centre in its first phase will have 4,000 square feet of raised floor space with options for 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, full-sized and custom cages for collocation space. The expansion has resulted in Primus hiring 12 additional sales employees and five network staff in Edmonton , and seven sales employees in Calgary. “Our SMB customers have told us that in...