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DataBank’s start-of-the-art facility in downtown Atlanta is already expanding with the opening of data hall #3 which brings the facility’s total usable space to 36,000 square feet.

Initiatives in Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Atlanta and Elsewhere Highlight DataBank’s Unique Approach to Environmental Responsibility

DataBank is now a full forty-five (45) days into the enactment of our Continuity of Operations Plan (CoOP) and response to COVID-19. As the country and the world plods through this new “normal,” DataBank remains fully operational, moving forward, and continues to serve our customers with no degradation of services.

The past week has seen unprecedented actions by federal, state, and local governments to control the COVID-19 outbreak. This situation has impacted each of us at all levels, families, communities, and our businesses.

DataBank personnel and facilities are intact and operational at this time, with no degradation of services. We have built our structures within code and designed to withstand such events, which are a part of our continual risk assessment process and business continuity plans.

As a DataBank Dallas 1 (DFW1 – 400 S Akard St) or Dallas 2 (DFW2 – Richardson) we need to make you aware of some changes that are occurring at these two facilities in response to COVID-19. Other DataBank facilities are operating without changes.

This past week has seen a significant rise in confirmed cases of the Coronavirus, or COVID-19, across our country. At DataBank, we take these situations very seriously and wanted to take a moment to address our stance and actions being taken to protect your people, our people, facilities, and critical mission workloads.

DataBank’s Chief Information Security Officer, Mark Houpt, Senior Account Executive, Tonya Phillips, and Vice President of Sales, John Solensky, joined a panel discussion in Washington, DC recently. It marked an important step in helping inform policy decisions on protecting critical data, as well as making sure that public infrastructure is in place.

Eventually, every business must decide whether to stick with their on-premises data center. Learn the pros and cons of turning to a colocation partner.