Nov. 28, 2001 -- Sprint Corp. said this week that it had opened its ninth E|Solutions web hosting and colocation center, a 160,000 square foot facility in Santa Clara, Calif.
The Silicon Valley Internet Center will offer Sprint's customers managed services including business continuity planning, security, and mobile computing solutions.
Sprint, which now manages more than 1.5 million square feet of hosting space, has expanded rapidly in the web hosting arena in the past year, leasing large chunks of space in major carrier hotel facilities around the country.
"Meeting the demand for Tier-1 hosting services in the Silicon Valley area is key to the successful execution of our strategy," said Keith Paglusch, president of Sprint E|Solutions. "Sprint E|Solutions is witnessing a dramatic upswing in customers who demand quality, security, scalability and a Tier-1 brand that stands for long-term survivability."
The new center sits directly on Sprint's high-speed, fiber-optic Tier 1 IP backbone. The Silicon Valley facility joins other operational Sprint E|Solutions Internet Centers in New York City, Boston, Atlanta, Dallas, Kansas City, Denver, Reston, Va., and Sacramento, Calif. An additional center will open soon in Los Angeles.
With its recent growth, Sprint is seeking to capitalize on the "flight to quality" in the managed hosting and colocation space, which has been rocked by financial problems affecting numerous service providers that overexpanded during the dot-com gold rush.
Sprint has more than $23 billion in annual revenues, has 80,000 employees and serves 23 million business and residential customers in more than 70 countries. With more than 80,000 employees worldwide and $23 billion in annual revenues,