A new client is coming to the North Carolina Research Campus – but its focus is not health and life science technology. It’s data.
DataChambers, a privately held company based in Winston-Salem, says it will build a 50,000 square foot data center at the NCRC in Kannapolis.
In other news, DataChambers is teaming up with Extreme Networks to use that firm’s technology in running its data centers. Extreme Networks has a major research and development center in Research Triangle Park.
DataChambers acquired a data center in Raleigh last September.
“With its prime location just minutes from Charlotte Douglas International Airport and the city center, the North Carolina Research Campus offers us the perfect spot for an expansion into the Charlotte market,” said Nicholas Kottyan, CEO of DataChambers, in a statement. “We hope to serve fellow tenants at the campus, businesses in the greater Charlotte region and those located elsewhere who want geographical separation of their systems for business continuity.”
The NCRC camus covers 350 acres and is operated by Castle & Cooke, the development arm of billionaire David Murdock’s corporate conglomerate. Murdock is the NCRC founder.
The center is expected to create 20 jobs.
Time frame for construction of the center has not been finalized.
“Working with our regional partners like Charlotte Regional Partnership, Cabarrus Economic Development and Duke Energy, we are proud to bring such a strong corporate partner to the Charlotte region that will help boost our presence and our local economy by providing additional technological capabilities,” said NCRC’s Vice President of Business Development Clyde Higgs.
DataChambers Picks Extreme
In other news Wednesday, Extreme said dataChambers had selected to deploy its “Open Fabric” data center technology.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
Blue Door Networks is working with both firms to implement the switch technology, which is designed to support thousands of servers.
“Total availability is the essential feature we required from our new network as we need an infrastructure that scales for hundreds of different customers and thousands of different devices,” Kottyan explained. “Our experience with Extreme Networks and Blue Door Networks has been exceptional as the design, delivery and installation of the solution have been as promised.”
