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Primus Canada Sets up Internet Data Center in Vancouver

8:00 am on September 29, 2006 | Category: Business, Internet

Primus Telecommunications Canada officially opened a new internet data center this week in Vancouver, in hopes of grabbing a piece of Western Canadaâ€™s strong economy.

The new data center will provide off-site digital storage services, as well as archives for companies whose websites are managed by Primus. The data center is equipped with numerous safety precautions, so as to guard against crime and natural disasters. It has been built to include biometric access control, gas fire suppression, earthquake-proof cabinets, advanced environmental controls, and a redundant power system with a diesel generator.

“The facility’s earthquake-sensitive features ensure the needs of the lower mainland market are met by providing critical up time to Vancouver businesses, even in the event of a natural disaster,” commented Primus Canadaâ€™s senior vice president of business services, A.J. Byers, Primus Canada’s senior vice-president of business services.

“As far as the feature set, it is very similar, but it is now in the proximity of the Vancouver business market and there’s more of willingness to put server infrastructure in a facility that’s closer to them,” Byers went on to say.

Primus currently has about 55,000 enterprise-level customers located throughout Canada, including 6,000 in Greater Vancouver, a number that it evidently wishes to expand in the months to come.

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