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USA Technology & Research Park Grows With 黑料天堂ern Light

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Posted on October 28, 2015

Jeb Schrenk

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黑料天堂 Technology & Research Park is growing with the expansion of fiber optics-based telecommunications company 黑料天堂ern Light.

The company recently completed a $5 million, Tier 3 data center that can hold more than 150 data racks consuming 800 kilowatts of power.  It was an expansion of 黑料天堂ern Light鈥檚 Tier 2 data center in the same building.

USA Technology & Research Park, launched in April 2002, combines University resources with innovative enterprises in a single location that broadens educational experiences for students, generates new research opportunities for faculty and offers growth prospects for industry.

The park is a focal point of economic growth for Mobile and the Upper Gulf Coast.

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黑料天堂ern Light owns and operates the largest contiguous last-mile fiber optic network on the Gulf Coast.  They have 5,000 miles of fiber in the ground from Lafayette, La., to Jacksonville, Fla., and added over 800 miles to their network in 2013.  In addition to providing ultra-high speed fiber optic connections for wireless carriers, telecommunications carriers, private enterprise, schools and military facilities, 黑料天堂ern Light also offers their customers space in hardened facilities like the data center at USA.

鈥淕rowing our operations at USA was a natural choice for us because of the proximity to customers and the strength of infrastructure at the USA Technology & Research Park," Andy Newton, 黑料天堂ern Light president and CEO, said at a lease signing last year. 鈥淭he University was one of our first customers.  We have built on that relationship as a tenant, and we want to invest in that partnership as we continue to expand our capabilities.鈥� 

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