TelNet Worldwide is opening a new data center in Southfield, transforming a several-year-old building that had never been occupied into a state-of-the-art tech hub.
The Troy-based business opened a Tier III data center, renovating an existing building that was built in a tech park. "It was a brand-new building that has been empty for five years," says Mark Iannuzzi, president of
TelNet Worldwide.
The 40,000-square-foot facility is designed, equipped, and operated to standards ensuring high availability of mission-critical data and applications in a secure environment for industries such as health care, finance, manufacturing, and government. That makes the facility a Tier III data center, one level below the top-of-the-line (Tier IV) data centers.
TelNet Worldwide choose to put the data center in Southfield because of its proximity to numerous businesses, among other reasons.
"There is a very rich vein of fiber going through that area for a number of reasons," Iannuzzi says.
TelNet Worldwide has hired 30 people over the last year, expanding the company’s workforce to 135 employees and an intern. It is also looking to hire six new people right now, including technicians, support, engineers, and sales. Two of those positions are for the new data center.
Source: Mark Iannuzzi, president of TelNet Worldwide
Writer: Jon Zemke
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