Switch and Data
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Switch and Data Facilities Company, Inc. was a U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 public corporation that provided network-neutral data center
Network-neutral data center
Network-neutral data centers are data centerss which allow interconnection between multiple telecommunication carriers and or Colocation providers...

s and Internet exchange
Peering
In computer networking, peering is a voluntary interconnection of administratively separate Internet networks for the purpose of exchanging traffic between the customers of each network. The pure definition of peering is settlement-free or "sender keeps all," meaning that neither party pays the...

 services to network-centric businesses.. Switch and Data was acquired by Equinix
Equinix
Equinix, Inc. is an American public corporation that provides carrier-neutral data centers and internet exchanges. Equinix provides network-neutral data centers and interconnection services...

 in 2010.

Switch and Data’s solutions leverage services including colocation, interconnection
Interconnection
In telecommunications, interconnection is the physical linking of a carrier's network with equipment or facilities not belonging to that network...

, network connectivity and peering
Peering
In computer networking, peering is a voluntary interconnection of administratively separate Internet networks for the purpose of exchanging traffic between the customers of each network. The pure definition of peering is settlement-free or "sender keeps all," meaning that neither party pays the...

 from 34 data center locations. Typically, customers look to Switch and Data to add scale and interconnectivity to their networks to support increases in IP and network traffic volumes. In addition, customers use Switch and Data’s data center facilities to house and power their network infrastructure.

In 2008 Switch and Data expanded by adding over a quarter million square feet of data center capacity, an increase of 34% of their total capacity.. Today, Switch and Data’s footprint includes 23 markets throughout U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 and Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 and provides power and cooling densities of up to 200 watts per square foot to more than 900 customers. Additionally, the company has announced a $75 million capex
CAPEX
CAPEX, also known as the Kerala State Cashew Workers Apex Industrial Co-operative Society, is an organization managed by the government of Kerala to promote the cashew industry and especially the export market for cashews.-Organization:...

 budget for further expansion in 2009. Switch and Data recently launched their Content and Entertainment and Financial Services Practices to help these industries with low-latency data aggregation and distribution.

Company history

Switch and Data was founded in 1998. In March 2003, Switch and Data acquired PAIX
PAIX
PAIX, the Peering And Internet eXchange, is a neutral Internet exchange point operated by Switch and Data.PAIX began operations in 1996 as Palo Alto Internet Exchange in Palo Alto, California, and was owned and operated by Digital Equipment Corporation, or DEC...

, the world’s first commercial Internet peering
Peering
In computer networking, peering is a voluntary interconnection of administratively separate Internet networks for the purpose of exchanging traffic between the customers of each network. The pure definition of peering is settlement-free or "sender keeps all," meaning that neither party pays the...

 exchange. The PAIX
PAIX
PAIX, the Peering And Internet eXchange, is a neutral Internet exchange point operated by Switch and Data.PAIX began operations in 1996 as Palo Alto Internet Exchange in Palo Alto, California, and was owned and operated by Digital Equipment Corporation, or DEC...

 acquisition gave Switch and Data and strong presence in global Internet peering
Peering
In computer networking, peering is a voluntary interconnection of administratively separate Internet networks for the purpose of exchanging traffic between the customers of each network. The pure definition of peering is settlement-free or "sender keeps all," meaning that neither party pays the...

 and added some of the world’s leading Internet content and service providers as customers.. Between 2004 and 2005, Switch and Data purchased RACO, Meridian Telesis and LayerOne
LayerOne
LayerOne, Inc. acquired by Switch & Data , in 2005, was a U.S. private corporation that provides carrier-neutral datacenters and interconnection.-Services:...

.. The company completed an initial public offering of its stock on February 8, 2007, and is currently traded on the NASDAQ
NASDAQ
The NASDAQ Stock Market, also known as the NASDAQ, is an American stock exchange. "NASDAQ" originally stood for "National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations". It is the second-largest stock exchange by market capitalization in the world, after the New York Stock Exchange. As of...

 exchange under ticker symbol SDXC. Switch and Data is headquartered in Tampa, Florida
Tampa, Florida
Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709....

.

Switch and Data was acquired by Equinix
Equinix
Equinix, Inc. is an American public corporation that provides carrier-neutral data centers and internet exchanges. Equinix provides network-neutral data centers and interconnection services...

 on May 4, 2010 for 683.4 Million.

Products and services

Switch and Data is a North American provider of network-neutral data center
Network-neutral data center
Network-neutral data centers are data centerss which allow interconnection between multiple telecommunication carriers and or Colocation providers...

s and Internet exchanges. In addition, the company offers services such as colocation, interconnection
Interconnection
In telecommunications, interconnection is the physical linking of a carrier's network with equipment or facilities not belonging to that network...

 and remote technical support. The companies’ data centers provide the power, interconnectivity
Interconnectivity
Interconnectivity is a concept that is used in numerous fields such as cybernetics, biology, ecology, network theory, and non-linear dynamics. The concept can be summarized as that all parts of a system interact with and rely on one another simply by the fact that they occupy the same system, and...

, security, redundancy, cooling
Air conditioning
An air conditioner is a home appliance, system, or mechanism designed to dehumidify and extract heat from an area. The cooling is done using a simple refrigeration cycle...

 and site technical support to house and safeguard its customers’ network and computing equipment.

Interconnection services

Switch and Data is a network-neutral provider which means that customers can choose to interconnect with multiple competing carriers across its national footprint of densely interconnected data centers. Customers can exchange traffic and IP
Intellectual property
Intellectual property is a term referring to a number of distinct types of creations of the mind for which a set of exclusive rights are recognized—and the corresponding fields of law...

 content through direct connections with each other, or through many-to-many peering
Peering
In computer networking, peering is a voluntary interconnection of administratively separate Internet networks for the purpose of exchanging traffic between the customers of each network. The pure definition of peering is settlement-free or "sender keeps all," meaning that neither party pays the...

 connections on Switch and Data's PAIX
PAIX
PAIX, the Peering And Internet eXchange, is a neutral Internet exchange point operated by Switch and Data.PAIX began operations in 1996 as Palo Alto Internet Exchange in Palo Alto, California, and was owned and operated by Digital Equipment Corporation, or DEC...

 Internet exchange. Switch and Data’s customers have provisioned approximately 21,100 cross-connects between each other in the company’s 34 sites.

Data center locations

34 data centers located in 23 markets across North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

. Switch and Data's data center
Data center
A data center is a facility used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems...

s typically have lower power density and are medium sized suites in Carrier hotels. The majority suites were built between 1999 and 2002. The exception being the North Bergen, NJ and Sunnyvale, CA sites that were purchased and remodeled in 2008.

Recent Openings
  • In December 2008, Switch and Data opened 9000 square feet (836.1 m²) of space in Seattle
  • In October 2008, Switch and Data opened Phase One of their 163000 square feet (15,143.2 m²) data center in the New York Metro area
  • In May 2008, Switch and Data opened an additional 20000 square feet (1,858.1 m²) of space in their Dallas data center
  • In April 2008, Switch and Data opened an additional 25900 square feet (2,406.2 m²) of space in their Toronto data center

List of Switch and Data sites


Customers

Switch and Data’s current customer base includes businesses and network-centric companies such as international carriers, ISPs, global telecommunications carriers, content and content delivery networks, enterprises and system integrator
System integrator
A systems integrator is a person or company that specializes in bringing together component subsystems into a whole and ensuring that those subsystems function together, a practice known as System Integration...

s.

  • AboveNet
    AboveNet
    AboveNet, Inc. , provides high bandwidth connectivity primarily for large corporate enterprises and communications carriers. AboveNet operates private metro area and long haul optical networks, and offers services including high bandwidth metro access to WDM, Metro Ethernet, VPN and IP networks,...

  • Adobe
    Adobe Systems
    Adobe Systems Incorporated is an American computer software company founded in 1982 and headquartered in San Jose, California, United States...

  • Agile Communications
  • Akamai
    Akamai Technologies
    Akamai Technologies, Inc. is an Internet content delivery network headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US.The company was founded in 1998 by then-MIT graduate student Daniel M. Lewin, and MIT Applied Mathematics professor Tom Leighton...

  • Amazon.com
    Amazon.com
    Amazon.com, Inc. is a multinational electronic commerce company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the world's largest online retailer. Amazon has separate websites for the following countries: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, and...

  • AOL
    AOL
    AOL Inc. is an American global Internet services and media company. AOL is headquartered at 770 Broadway in New York. Founded in 1983 as Control Video Corporation, it has franchised its services to companies in several nations around the world or set up international versions of its services...

  • Apple
  • AT&T
    AT&T
    AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...

  • CBS Broadcasting
  • Chunghwa Telecom
    Chunghwa Telecom
    Chunghwa Telecom is the largest telecommunications company in Taiwan. It has its headquarters in Zhongzheng District, Taipei on the remains of the old Taipei Prison.- History :...

  • Cogent Big Pipe
    Cogent Communications
    Cogent Communications is a multinational internet service provider whose network spans more than 53,300 intercity fiber route miles and 15,800 metro fiber miles. Cogent provides service in over 165 markets across 31 countries in North America and Europe...

  • Comcast
    Comcast
    Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...

  • Cox Communications
    Cox Communications
    Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television, telecommunications and wireless services in the United States...

  • DirecTV
    DirecTV
    DirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...

  • EdgeCast
    Edge computing
    Edge computing provides application processing load balancing capacity to corporate and other large-scale web servers. It is like an application cache, where the cache is in the Internet itself. Static web-sites being cached on mirror sites is not a new concept...

  • Electronic Arts
    Electronic Arts
    Electronic Arts, Inc. is a major American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers...

  • Facebook
    Facebook
    Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...

  • Forbes.com

  • Google
    Google
    Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...

  • IBM
  • Japan Telecom
    Japan Telecom
    SOFTBANK TELECOM Corp. Japanese: , previously as , is a Japanese telephone company of the SoftBank group. It is a load in JNR in the origin. It provides services to businesses and consumers in Japan. It provides long-distance telephone service, international call service, and direct connection...

  • Level 3 Communications
    Level 3 Communications
    Level 3 Communications is a telecommunications and Internet service provider headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado.It operates a Tier 1 network. The company provides core transport, IP, voice, video and content delivery for most of the medium to large Internet carriers in North America and Europe...

  • Limelight Networks
    Limelight Networks
    Limelight Networks is a content delivery network service provider. The company is based in Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A., with offices in San Francisco, Seattle, New York, London, Paris, Frankfurt, and Tokyo. The company operates a global fiber-optic network that helps content publishers avoid sending...

  • Microsoft
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...

  • Netflix
    Netflix
    Netflix, Inc., is an American provider of on-demand internet streaming media in the United States, Canada, and Latin America and flat rate DVD-by-mail in the United States. The company was established in 1997 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California...

  • NTT America
    NTT Communications Corp
    or NTT Com, is a subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation - one of the world's largest telecommunications companies. NTT Com provides network management, security and solution services to consumers, corporations and governments....

  • Singapore Telecommunications
    Singapore Telecommunications
    Singapore Telecommunications Limited , commonly abbreviated as SingTel, is a Singaporean telecommunications company, with a combined mobile subscriber base of 416 million customers from its own operations and regional associates in 25 countries at end of June 2011 increased by 19 percent from a...


  • Sony
    Sony
    , commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....

  • Sprint
    Sprint Nextel
    Sprint Nextel Corporation is an American telecommunications company based in Overland Park, Kansas. The company owns and operates Sprint, the third largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States, with 53.4 million customers, behind Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility...

  • Syniverse
    Syniverse Technologies
    Syniverse is a global company that provides technology and business services for the telecommunications industry. The company’s solutions make it possible for disparate technologies and standards to interoperate, so operators in the mobile industry can provide their subscribers with access to voice...

  • Tata Communications
    Tata Communications
    Tata Communications Limited ) is a telecommunications company located in Mumbai. They own a submarine cable network, a Tier-1 IP network, and also rent data center and colocation space. They operate India's largest data center in Pune...

  • Telecom Italia
    Telecom Italia
    Telecom Italia is the largest Italian telecommunications company, also active in the media and manufacturing industries. Now a private concern listed on the Borsa Italiana, it was founded in 1994 by the merger of several state-owned telecommunications companies, the most important of which was...

  • Telmex
    Telmex
    Telmex is a telecommunications company headquartered in Mexico City that provides telecommunication products and services in Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Brazil and other countries in Latin America. In addition to traditional fixed-line telephone service, Telmex also offers Internet access, data,...

  • Time Warner Cable
    Time Warner Cable
    Time Warner Cable is an American cable television company that operates in 28 states and has 31 operating divisions...

  • VeriSign
    VeriSign
    Verisign, Inc. is an American company based in Dulles, Virginia that operates a diverse array of network infrastructure, including two of the Internet's thirteen root nameservers, the authoritative registry for the .com, .net, and .name generic top-level domains and the .cc and .tv country-code...

  • Vonage
    Vonage
    Vonage is a publicly held commercial voice over IP network and SIP company that provides telephone service via a broadband connection. The company's name is a play on their motto "Voice-Over-Net-AGE"....

  • Yahoo!
    Yahoo!
    Yahoo! Inc. is an American multinational internet corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, United States. The company is perhaps best known for its web portal, search engine , Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! Answers, advertising, online mapping ,...

  • YouTube
    YouTube
    YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....



Management team

Current members of the Switch and Data executive team are:
  • George A. Pollock Jr., Senior Vice President, CFO and Treasurer
  • Charles D. Browning, Senior Vice President of Operations
  • Ali Marashi, Chief Information Officer
  • Clayton Mynard, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
  • Bill Roach, Senior Vice President of Sales
  • Ernie Sampera, Senior Vice President and CMO
  • David Reitman, Vice President, Content & Entertainment Practice

See also

  • Data centers
  • Network-neutral data center
    Network-neutral data center
    Network-neutral data centers are data centerss which allow interconnection between multiple telecommunication carriers and or Colocation providers...

  • Internet Exchange
  • IXP
    Internet Exchange Point
    An Internet exchange point is a physical infrastructure through which Internet service providers exchange Internet traffic between their networks . IXPs reduce the portion of an ISP's traffic which must be delivered via their upstream transit providers, thereby reducing the average per-bit...

    s
  • Colocation
  • Carrier hotels
  • Peering
    Peering
    In computer networking, peering is a voluntary interconnection of administratively separate Internet networks for the purpose of exchanging traffic between the customers of each network. The pure definition of peering is settlement-free or "sender keeps all," meaning that neither party pays the...

  • PAIX
    PAIX
    PAIX, the Peering And Internet eXchange, is a neutral Internet exchange point operated by Switch and Data.PAIX began operations in 1996 as Palo Alto Internet Exchange in Palo Alto, California, and was owned and operated by Digital Equipment Corporation, or DEC...

  • Infomart
    Infomart
    The Infomart is one of the largest buildings in Dallas, Texas . It was the world’s first and only information processing marketing center.- History :...


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