November 28, 2017 | By Greg Dougherty
Acceptance Into New York’s Empire State Development Program and Hydropower Allocation Drive Critical Infrastructure Upgrades at Opti9’s NY1 Facility
NEW YORK, November 28, 2017 – Opti9, a high-touch, agile Cloud and fully managed infrastructure service provider, today announces plans to create new jobs and invest $20 million in cloud and critical infrastructure upgrades at its NY1 data center on Long Island over the next four years. The investments are driven by the Company’s recent acceptance into the New York Empire State Development (ESD) program and an allocation of 1 MW of low-cost hydropower from New York Power Authority’s (NYPA’s) ReCharge NY program, as well growing customer demand for low latency compliance cloud and managed hybrid infrastructure.
“As an owner-operated New York-based company, Opti9 has made considerable investments in personnel and infrastructure at our NY1 facility to continue supporting our customers for the next 20 years and beyond,” says Michael Christopher Orza, CEO of Opti9. “Our services are relied upon by many New York State-owned organizations. As a result, the State has provided Opti9 with tax rebates and other incentives to ensure low energy costs and the additional resources we need to grow our ecosystem of private, air-gapped Cloud services and address mounting customer demand for managed infrastructure.”
Leveraging job creation and investment incentives provided by ReCharge New York and the Empire State Development Program, Opti9 is making substantial Cloud, Disaster Recovery, and data center upgrades at its NY1 facility, spurring demand for additional high-caliber staff. These include recently completed and in-progress upgrades, such as the:
- – installation of a third generator, additional UPS and HVAC capacity to support an additional 1 MW of critical IT load;
- – installation of an additional 200 high-density cabinets and corresponding containment and DCIM systems;
- – expansion of Opti9’s carrier-neutral Meet-Me Room, including the physical presence of next-generation interconnection fabrics such as PacketFabric and MegaPort, as well as additional Tier 1 networks; and
- – availability of its Disaster and Ransomware Recovery, as well as Off-site Backup platform delivered privately within the facility, securely replicating customer data to Opti9’s global facilities or hyperscale clouds in real time.
Built to Tier III standards and meeting the most stringent compliance requirements, Opti9’s NY1 is the most redundant data center east of Manhattan. The facility houses an ecosystem of managed infrastructure, including Private Cloud, Hybrid Cloud, Storage, Colocation, and more.
For more information about Opti9’s NY1 facility, visit opti9tech.com.
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About Opti9
Headquartered in New York for over 20 years, Opti9 delivers agile and reliable Cloud and Managed Infrastructure solutions leveraging its highly secure and enterprise-grade network of data centers in New York, Los Angeles, Montreal, Amsterdam, and Asia-Pacific. Opti9’s key services include fully managed Public, Private and Hybrid Cloud; Customized Networking; Disaster Recovery-as- a-Service; Ransomware Recovery-as-a-Service; Off-Site Backups; DDoS Mitigation; Web and application stacks; and Colocation.
Opti9 services can be delivered securely via direct network tie-ins to customers’ existing infrastructure, enabling them to consume SLA-backed solutions with ease, efficiency and agility — as if they were on-premise. With an emphasis on reliability and high-touch customer service, Opti9 is a true technology partner to enterprises and SMBs including healthcare, IT, eCommerce, SaaS and VoIP providers. Because Opti9 focuses on its core value of owning managed infrastructure within its own facilities, it is also an ideal cloud solution provider and business partner for VARs, MSPs, and IT consultants. For more information, visitopti9tech.com, or follow Opti9 on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.