Inside one of CoreLink’s data centers (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Colocation provider Telx ( www.telx.com ) announced on Tuesday that it has entered into a strategic partnership with data center operator CoreLink Data Centers ( www.corelink.com ) to enable colocation customers of both companies to “seamlessly expand presence in key U.S. cities.” This partnership comes less than a month after CoreLink named Rick Crutchley its vice president of global sales. “Telx is actively looking to enhance our data center footprint around the world by teaming with best-of-breed partners like CoreLink,” Eric Shepcaro, chief executive officer of Telx said in a statement.

A video still from Greenpeace’s new TV ad asking Facebook to “unfriend coal” (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Environmental organization Greenpeace ( www.greenpeace.org ) released an ad urging social media firm Facebook ( www.facebook.com ) to “unfriend coal” power in its data centers by Earth Day on April 22. The ad will be broadcast in California Wednesday, where Greenpeace hopes to reach many of the company’s 2,000 employees in Silicon Valley, according to a blog post by the Guardian . Realistically, would be highly unlikely for Facebook to change its power source, let alone by the tight deadline set out by Greenpeace.

A video still from Greenpeace’s new TV ad asking Facebook to “unfriend coal” (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Environmental organization Greenpeace ( www.greenpeace.org ) released an ad urging social media firm Facebook ( www.facebook.com ) to “unfriend coal” power in its data centers by Earth Day on April 22.

An image shows the inside of Latisys’ Chicago data center (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting and colocation provider Latisys ( www.latisys.com ) announced on Thursday that it has expanded its Ashburn, Virginia data center campus to include 14MW of additional power and 26,000 square feet of new raised floor space. This expansion comes two weeks after Latisys introduced its new data center as a service offering for large enterprises and service providers that have requirements for high-density data center power, cooling and capacity

A screenshot of Media Temple’s website shows the ProCDN activation (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Content delivery network EdgeCast Networks ( www.edgecast.com ) and web hosting provider Media Temple ( www.mediatemple.net ) announced on Tuesday the launch of Media Temple’s ProCDN. According to the press release, the service is a no-commitment, pay-as-you-go format to accelerate website performance and availability. Media Temple says its ProCDN is part of its ProDev product line, a group of services to provide existing customers with “the most advanced hosting services in the industry.” “In a global marketplace where every millisecond counts, a single fast web server is no longer enough,” Demian Sellfors, CEO of Media Temple said in a statement

Web Hosting News – SANTA CLARA, CA – Extreme Networks, Inc., (Nasdaq: EXTR) today announced that it has partnered with cloud performance management leader Nimsoft to better address managed hosting and cloud service providers who need to monitor and optimize their hosting connections and environments.

ProCDN service delivers sites faster while easing server load and supercharging performance LOS ANGELES–( BUSINESS WIRE )–EdgeCast Networks, the world’s fastest, most reliable content delivery network ( CDN ), and Media Temple, a web hosting and virtualization provider, today announced the launch of Media Temple’s ProCDN .

An image of Quality Tech’s Jersey City data center (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center operator Quality Technology Services ( www.qualitytech.com ) announced on Thursday it plans to expand its Jersey City data center. The move comes a few months after QTS announced it is expanding its Santa Clara , California data center by 55,000 square feet

Website Hosting News – Redwood City, CA – Racktivity, a pioneer in the development of next-generation data center power distribution and energy management solutions, today announced the availability of its new next generation EnergySwitchTM ES1008 Power Distribution Unit (PDU) solution for energy and environmental management within data centers. Racktivity’s ES1008 gives data center professionals real-time, true RMS measurement capability, predictive analysis and individual power-port level switching capability, all at the industry’s lowest energy consumption available in a PDU device.

A screen shot of Hosting 4 Less’ HonshuQuake.com website (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Hosting 4 Less ( www.hosting4less.com ) announced on Thursday it has launched a new website, www.HonshuQuake.com, dedicated to providing relief to the victims of the recent Japanese earthquake and Tsunami. Last Friday, Japan experienced a 9.0 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Honshu, which immediately triggered a major tsunami.