Editing Switch and Data (section)

{{Short description|American data center provider}}

{{Infobox company
| name   = Switch and Data Facilities Company, Inc. 
| logo   = <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Switch & Data logo_png.png]]  -->
| type   = Public
| foundation     = 1998
| defunct        = 2010
| parent         = Equinix
| fate           = Acquired by Equinix and completely integrated into it
| location       = [[Tampa, FL]], United States
| key_people     = Keith Olsen, CEO
| num_employees  = 339 (est 2008)
| products       = [[Datacenter|Data Centers]]
| homepage       =
| industry       = [[Internet]]
| revenue        = $171,525 million [[U.S. Dollar|USD]] (2008)
}}
'''Switch and Data Facilities Company, Inc.''' was a [[United States|U.S.]] public corporation that provided [[network-neutral data center]]s and [[Peering|Internet exchange]] services to network-centric businesses.<ref name="aboutus">{{cite web |url=http://www.switchanddata.com/Content/AboutUs.aspx |title=About Us, Switch and Data Official Site |accessdate=2009-07-01 |publisher=switchanddata.com}}</ref> Switch and Data was acquired by [[Equinix]] in 2010.

Switch and Data provided services including [[Colocation (business)|colocation]], [[interconnection]], network connectivity and [[peering]] from 34 data center locations. Typically, customers looked to Switch and Data to add scale and interconnectivity to their networks to support increases in IP and network traffic volumes. In addition, customers used 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.<ref name="annualreport">{{cite web |url=http://ir.switchanddata.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=203659&p=irol-SECText&TEXT=aHR0cDovL2NjYm4uMTBrd2l6YXJkLmNvbS94bWwvZmlsaW5nLnhtbD9yZXBvPXRlbmsmaXBhZ2U9NjE4MDA4NiZhdHRhY2g9T04mc1hCUkw9MQ%3d%3d |title=Switch and Data Form 10-K}}</ref>  Before their purchase by Equinix, Switch and Data's footprint included 23 markets throughout [[United States|U.S.]] and Canada and provides power and cooling densities of up to 200 watts per square foot to more than 900 customers. In 2009, the company had announced a $75 million [[capex]] budget for further expansion.  Switch and Data previously launched their Content and Entertainment and Financial Services Practices to help these industries with low-latency data aggregation and distribution.<ref name="annualreport" />