DataBank announces the Pittsburgh Internet Exchange (PIT-IX) is now available at its Pittsburgh data center (PIT1). Located in NOVA Place, in the newly updated Allegheny Technology Center Mall, DataBank PIT1 offers high quality data center options and robust connectivity. With the addition of PIT-IX, DataBank customers now have access to direct local connectivity to content providers, universities, and companies located around the Western Pennsylvania region.

DataBank announces the closing of the sale of its LightBound fiber/telecom assets to Everstream, a business-only fiber network provider. The divestment follows DataBank’s October acquisition of LightBound, a colocation, Internet, voice, network and cloud services provider, which expanded DataBank’s portfolio of edge data centers with the addition of two enterprise-class facilities in the downtown Indy Telcom Center, the most densely interconnected location in the Indianapolis metro area.