A photo of Migration Solutions managing director, Alex Rabbetts (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — UK colocation firm Sentry42 ( www.sentry42.com ) announced on Wednesday that it plans to open its new Gatehouse data center to its customers on May 11, 2011.

A photo of Migration Solutions managing director, Alex Rabbetts (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — UK colocation firm Sentry42 ( www.sentry42.com ) announced on Wednesday that it plans to open its new Gatehouse data center to its customers on May 11, 2011. The 60,000 square foot facility is located close to Norwich, which is about two hours from London. Sentry42 is the colocation business of data center consultantcy firm Migration Solutions ( www.migrationsolutions.com )

A map illustrates Hurricane Electric’s connectivity (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Colocation provider and Internet backbone carrier Hurricane Electric ( www.he.net ) announced on Thursday that it has established a point-of-presence within the VegasNAP ( www.vegasnap.com ) data center.

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

An image of the Newater facility in Singapore (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Equinix ( www.equinix.com ) will use recycled Newater to cool its new data center in Singapore. Newater is used water that is treated and purified using advanced dual-membrane and ultraviolet technologies. Equinix announced in July 2010 that it is expanding its SG2 data center, making it the company’s third phase expansion within the facility.

A still from a video tour of PEER 1’s Toronto data center (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider PEER 1 Hosting ( www.peer1.net ) announced on Monday that it had begun building out a 50,000 square foot green data center in Portsmouth, UK.

HS Bedi, VSM, chairman and managing director at Tulip Telecom (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center provider Tulip ( www.tulip.net ) announced on Tuesday it has acquired a new data center in Bangalore, India from SADA IT Parks Private Limited for $46 million.

A video still from the WHIR tour of the Phoenix NAP facility (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center operator Phoenix NAP ( www.phoenixnap.com ) announced on Tuesday that global carrier Tinet ( www.tinet.net ) has deployed a Point of Presence within its Arizona facility.  First opened in June , Phoenix NAP now has a total of 19 network carriers operating out of its 160,000 square foot facility.  “As a network access point for Phoenix, the state of Arizona, and the greater southwestern US region, connectivity is an integral component of our operations,” Ian McClarty, president of Phoenix NAP said in a statement. “The emphasis we have placed on networks and peering thus far has yielded the high number of carriers we have in our facility, and we will continue to be adding more in the future to address varying market needs.” In October, the WHIR took a tour of the Phoenix NAP facility .  “The addition of Tinet to our datacenter is a significant component of our strategy to provide a multitude of high-quality global connectivity options to Phoenix NAP clients,” McClarty said. “As one of the top-ranked IPv6 and IPv4 networks worldwide, Tinet, with its extensive coverage around Europe, North America and Asia Pacific, will be a valuable partner to Phoenix NAP clients that are seeking worldwide reach.

Web Host News – TORONTO – Radiant Communications Corp. (“Radiant”) (TSX-V: RCN) today announced the opening of its cloud datacenter located at 151 Front Street in Toronto, expanding the company’s cloud computing infrastructure to two facilities. Radiant’s other facility is located in Vancouver.