Digital Realty Trust pre-builds and inventories multiple configuration options for a customized data center (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center operator Digital Realty Trust ( www.digitalrealtytrust.com ) announced last week it has unveiled an updated version its POD Architecture, which offers a new methodology to designing and building raised-floor data center space using a modular approach. The new design and construction approach speeds up delivery, advances energy efficiency, maximizes reliability and lowers costs for Digital Realty’s customers.

A screen shot of KnownHost’s VPS plans (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider KnownHost ( www.knownhost.com ) announced on Monday it has reached a significant milestone in building its 11,111th virtual private server. The announcement closely follows a major upgrade to all of its VPS and hybrid servers, including increased memory, more disk space and higher bandwidth.  All of KnownHost’s VPS and hybrid servers are powered by Parallels and include full root access, managed cPanel, Plesk or DirectAdmin, are housed out of KnownHost’s Texas or California data centers, and feature RAID-10 failover systems.

A screen shot of KnownHost’s VPS plans (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider KnownHost ( www.knownhost.com ) announced on Monday it has reached a significant milestone in building its 11,111th virtual private server. The announcement closely follows a major upgrade to all of its VPS and hybrid servers, including increased memory, more disk space and higher bandwidth.  All of KnownHost’s VPS and hybrid servers are powered by Parallels and include full root access, managed cPanel, Plesk or DirectAdmin, are housed out of KnownHost’s Texas or California data centers, and feature RAID-10 failover systems. The Web hosting provider says that most of its customers are “enjoying the increased resources for the same investment, providing better performance and the ability to grow.” The firm also doubled the bandwidth on all existing dedicated servers

An image from FIBERTOWN’s website, showing a power room in its existing Houston facility (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Houston-based colocation provider FIBERTOWN ( www.fibertown.com ) announced this week that it is breaking ground on a 50,000 square foot data center in North Houston, in collaboration with wholesale data center operator Digital Realty Trust ( www.digitalrealtytrust.com ).

An image from FIBERTOWN’s website, showing a power room in its existing Houston facility (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Houston-based colocation provider FIBERTOWN ( www.fibertown.com ) announced this week that it is breaking ground on a 50,000 square foot data center in North Houston, in collaboration with wholesale data center operator Digital Realty Trust ( www.digitalrealtytrust.com ). The new facility is located at the intersection of 145 and Beltway 8 North, says FIBERTOWN, which has two existing data centers, in the Houston area and in central Texas, and has attracted Houston companies looking to secure IT systems and disaster recovery operations outside of hurricane zones. “Demand for quality data center space in Houston is growing as more companies look to colocation to ensure high availability of resources and reduce IT costs,” says John Clanton, CEO of FIBERTOWN, quoted in the company’s press release

Digital Realty Trust’s Phoenix data center (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Data center operator Digital Realty Trust ( www.digitalrealtytrust.com ) announced on Monday its leasing results for the fourth quarter and year-end 2010.

Digital Realty Trust’s Phoenix data center (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Data center operator Digital Realty Trust ( www.digitalrealtytrust.com ) announced on Monday its leasing results for the fourth quarter and year-end 2010. This release comes less than a week after the company announced plans to expand its Phoenix-area data center by adding 226,000 square feet of rentable data center space