Nov. 6, 2001 -- Sprint Corp. has opened its new 150,000 square foot E|Solutions Center in the Denver area, giving the company eight operational data center facilities.
The Colorado facility joins operational Sprint E|Solutions Internet Centers in Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Kansas City, New York City, Reston, Va. and Sacramento, Calif. Openings are planned later this year for centers in Los Angeles and Silicon Valley.
In addition to offering managed hosting and collocation services, Sprint said the facility in Adams County offers customers a central "point-of-business" for obtaining complete solutions to their unique business needs.
The Sprint facility joins an already crowded market for data centers in the Denver metro area, which serves as home base to Level 3, Qwest, Inflow, Relera and Verado. In September, newcomer @Lightspeed opened a 225,000 square foot data center outside Denver.
In announcing the new facility, Sprint sought to differentiate itself from its competitors.
"There is a misconception that all data centers are created alike," said Keith Paglusch, president of Sprint E|Solutions. "Our Internet Centers - Sprint's unique next-generation data centers - give customers a new level of value beyond colocation and hosting."
Sprint is a global communications company serving 23 million business and residential customers in more than 70 countries. The company has more than 80,000 employees worldwide and $23 billion in annual revenues.