Editing Switch and Data

{{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" />

==Company history==
[[Image:nj site.jpg|thumb|Switch and Data's North Bergen, New Jersey Data Center site location]]
Switch and Data was founded in 1998 by James F. Lavin and Stephen Kelly.<ref name="aboutus" />  In March 2003, Switch and Data acquired [[PAIX]], the world's first commercial Internet [[peering]] exchange. The PAIX acquisition gave Switch and Data and strong presence in global Internet [[peering]] and added some of the world's leading Internet content and service providers as customers.<ref name="aboutus" /> Between 2004 and 2005, Switch and Data purchased RACO, Meridian Telesis and [[LayerOne]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.phoneplusmag.com |title=Switch and Data Buys RACO. |accessdate= 2003-03-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.colo-x.com/content/by-kwd/uscolo |title=Switch and Data continue US colo consolidation |publisher=The Colocation Exchange}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.phoneplusmag.com/articles/521carrier03.html |title=Switch and Data Adds Another Layer. |accessdate=2005-02-01 |publisher= Phone Plus}}</ref> The company completed an initial public offering of its stock on February 8, 2007, and is currently traded on the [[NASDAQ]] exchange under ticker symbol SDXC. Switch and Data is headquartered in [[Tampa, Florida]].

Switch and Data was acquired by [[Equinix]] on May 4, 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.equinix.com/news/press/na/2010/Equinix-Completes-Acquisition-of-Switch-and-Data-Strengthening-Its-Leadership-in-Data-Center-Services/|title=Equinix Completes Acquisition of Switch and Data Strengthening Its Leadership in Data Center Services |accessdate=2010-11-06}}</ref> for 683.4 Million.

==Products and services==
Switch and Data is a North American provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchanges. In addition, the company offers services such as colocation, interconnection and remote technical support. The companies’ data centers provide the power, [[interconnectivity]], security, redundancy, [[Air conditioning|cooling]] and site technical support to house and safeguard its customers’ network and computing equipment.

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 [[Intellectual property|IP]] content through direct connections with each other, or through many-to-many [[peering]] connections on Switch and Data's PAIX Internet exchange. Switch and Data's customers have provisioned approximately 21,100 cross-connects between each other in the company's 34 sites.<ref name="annualreport" />

==Data center locations==

Switch and Data has 34 data centers located in 23 markets across [[North America]].  Switch and Data's [[data center]]s typically have lower power density and are medium-sized suites in [[Carrier hotel]]s.  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. [[Image:inside site.jpg|thumb|Inside one of Switch and Data's Facilities]]

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