AT&T Adds Two New Data Centers

AT&T has announced the addition of two new data centers to its' international data center footprint, which is now being reported as 1.8 MILLION square feet of office space. To say that's a big newtork would be quite an understatement. The newest locations to open will be in Shanghai, China and Oak Brook, Illinois.

The new Shanghai facility, located in the city's Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, is the second AT&T Internet data center in that city. AT&T's first Shanghai data center, also in Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, opened its doors to customers this summer. AT&T will operate the Shanghai facilities in alliance with local service providers and will coordinate service delivery with those providers. AT&T, however, will be customers' single point of contact for Enterprise Hosting Services being delivered in China.

The Illinois expansion also represents addition to an area where AT&T already has a large presence. AT&T has a large part of its' web hosting business located in the Chicago, Illinois area. AT&T's hugely impressive network is now comprised of locations in:

The new facilities bring the total number of AT&T Internet data centers to 32.

• 17 data centers within the U.S.
• 6 in Europe
• 9 in the Asia/Pacific region