CentriLogic Data Center Upgrade to Enable IaaS Expansion

CentriLogic expects to give a boost to its infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offerings following the completion of an upgrade project at its Lenoir, North Carolina-based data center facility. The data center hosting and cloud services provider, which has locations in Canada, the United States and Europe, spent the last six months updating the data center to accommodate demand from its customer base in the southeastern United States.

The expansion of the data center facilities is mostly related to physical infrastructure, including updates to its power and cooling systems, but Robert Offley, president and CEO of CentriLogic, told Talkin’ Cloud that the update enables the organization to build out the data center’s IaaS capabilities.

“The physical space, power, and cooling upgrades made to our Lenoir data center will enable us to expand the infrastructure that powers both our enterprise-class infrastructure-as-a-service cloud offering, along with our Mothership1 cloud platform offering,” Offley said. “We have seen increasing demand from enterprises, VARs, and SMEs requiring a flexible range of cloud services, and this expansion will enable us to satisfy this demand.”

CentriLogic provides cloud computing, managed hosting and colocation solutions within its data centers. The cloud element has been a newer addition to its repertoire, and the company’s biggest launch into the space came earlier this year when it launched its Mothership1 IaaS offering to compete with the likes of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure (MSFT) and Google Cloud (GOOG).

CentriLogic takes a unique approach in how it positions in cloud offerings, though. Mothership1 was specifically targeted at software developers when it launched in May. And through the North Carolina data center expansion, Mothership1 is likely to get an expansion for the southeastern U.S. market.

The expansion of the data center included a conversion to concurrently-maintainable 2N redundancy by doubling the facility’s critical power capacity, as well as the addition of 100 tons of cooling capacity. The physical space available for servers and other equipment was also expanded, as was the physical security.

“These facility upgrades are necessary for us to scale with our evolving customer base of companies in industries including SaaS, healthcare, ecommerce, and insurance,” Offley said.