Economic development officials have been working with prospects interesting in locating data center operations in Oregon. Local media say one of the companies is Rackspace Hosting.
Rackspace Hosting (RAX) continues to gobble up data center space to house its fast-growing cloud computing operation. Rackspace will expand its Chicago-area data center, adding 22,500 square feet of raised-floor space to house its servers.
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Rackspace Hosting (RAX) is making more and more money from each square foot of data center space with each successive quarter. And now it's beginning to add capacity to further scale up its revenue.
Rackspace (RAX) provided some buzz by announcing it will offer a hosted virtual desktop platform, while Citrix (CTXS) announced that it has acquired Kaviza.
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Rackspace Hosting (RAX) said today that it has expanded its cloud computing infrastructure to its UK data centers, opening the company's fast-growing cloud service to British customers bound by data protection regulations that require local hosting.
It looks like industry executive Emil Sayegh has moved to HP to help it sell to the cloud computing sector. Sayegh was previously general manager of the Rackspace Cloud.