GNG News Guy
05-25-2008, 11:11 AM
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There is a technology superpower operating in the heart of Las Vegas that almost nobody had heard about until now (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/24/switch_switchnap_rob_roy/). Switch Communications is about to launch a massive data center (SuperNAP) which it got eight years ago after winning a bid for the major broadband infrastructure that had been set up by Enron. They got the broadband center for hardly any cost at all in a city where power and real estate are cheap and few locals draw on the bandwidth there (in comparison to larger cities where these data centers normally operate). This has allowed Switch (http://www.switchnap.com/pages/about-us.php) to offer a low price to major businesses and as a result they have attracted business from all of the telecommunications providers in North America. "Our biggest customers are saying we are selling space to them at 44 per cent less than all of their connections. And my agreements are not just about Vegas. I can order a link in Germany cheaper than anyone else can. "I can do this because we have some of the world's biggest companies looking to get into the SuperNAP. And the carriers are hearing about this and seeing the volume of bandwidth these customers want. And I can go and price out that bandwidth with a bunch of different carriers. So, carrier X comes and says, 'Okay, we'll play ball.' "You know, you can take wholesale, and we're 30 per cent below that. We are just alone in a very unique spot in the world because of the Enron building. We have clients that come in and save more on connectivity than they pay for the entire data center in a month. So, it almost makes their data center free."
The hope for the company is that a diverse group of businesses will come together in this one data center to move technology partnerships forward. For example, they hope to link casinos, carriers and content providers together for advances in IPTV. Some say that low prices aren t enough for Las Vegas to be able to compete with major data centers such as those by Google and Microsoft but others are keeping a close eye on what s to happen with Switch.
There is a technology superpower operating in the heart of Las Vegas that almost nobody had heard about until now (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/24/switch_switchnap_rob_roy/). Switch Communications is about to launch a massive data center (SuperNAP) which it got eight years ago after winning a bid for the major broadband infrastructure that had been set up by Enron. They got the broadband center for hardly any cost at all in a city where power and real estate are cheap and few locals draw on the bandwidth there (in comparison to larger cities where these data centers normally operate). This has allowed Switch (http://www.switchnap.com/pages/about-us.php) to offer a low price to major businesses and as a result they have attracted business from all of the telecommunications providers in North America. "Our biggest customers are saying we are selling space to them at 44 per cent less than all of their connections. And my agreements are not just about Vegas. I can order a link in Germany cheaper than anyone else can. "I can do this because we have some of the world's biggest companies looking to get into the SuperNAP. And the carriers are hearing about this and seeing the volume of bandwidth these customers want. And I can go and price out that bandwidth with a bunch of different carriers. So, carrier X comes and says, 'Okay, we'll play ball.' "You know, you can take wholesale, and we're 30 per cent below that. We are just alone in a very unique spot in the world because of the Enron building. We have clients that come in and save more on connectivity than they pay for the entire data center in a month. So, it almost makes their data center free."
The hope for the company is that a diverse group of businesses will come together in this one data center to move technology partnerships forward. For example, they hope to link casinos, carriers and content providers together for advances in IPTV. Some say that low prices aren t enough for Las Vegas to be able to compete with major data centers such as those by Google and Microsoft but others are keeping a close eye on what s to happen with Switch.