Phone provider CenturyLink to plug into Switch’s data fortress

Courtesy of Switch

Switch SUPERNAP.

The region’s dominant telephone provider is setting up shop at Switch’s 1.7 million-square-foot SUPERNAP data center.

As part of a business agreement announced Monday, customers of CenturyLink will now have access to the SUPERNAP’s hosting and colocation offerings.

On the flip side of the deal, Switch customers will also be able to tap into CenturyLink’s Cloud services and access the company’s services at any of CenturyLink’s 57 data centers around the world.

Switch officials say CenturyLink’s move to the SUPERNAP saved the company the trouble of building a new data center in Southern Nevada.

In the past five years, CenturyLink has invested billions of dollars into computing space to power its server-based cloud storage system. CenturyLink has opened more than 50 data centers throughout North America, Europe and Asia.

Switch operates two data center campuses in Las Vegas, where it provides security, power and cooling for thousands of server-stuffed racks owned by clients such as eBay, Zappos, Amazon and the U.S. government.

“The relationship with CenturyLink represents another industry-leading addition to our super-scale technology ecosystem,” Switch founder Rob Roy said. “CenturyLink’s hosting options and its consistent global approach to building and operating data centers will provide enhanced offerings for our customers looking to extend to other areas of the globe.”

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