Thomson Reuters Unveils New Facility

Thomson Reuters Unveils New Facility
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Thomson Reuters (thomsonreuters.com), the media and information giant that goes by the rather complex description "the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals," unveiled a new $50 million data center in Eagan, Minnesota late last week.
Referred to as the H building, this 80,000 square foot facility is Thomson Reuter's third data center on the campus and supports online services for more than 15 Thomson Reuters businesses. The facility has been online since March.

Although reports of the new data center have just arrived, Thomson Reuters may be just months away from constructing a fourth data center on the 273-acre campus, said Richard King, the company's chief operations officer during a press tour of the new facility. A final decision on that project can be expected by the end of the year.

King says long-term plans call for as many as six data centers on the campus, which according to reports on local news source TwinCities.com, is promising news for Dakota County and Minnesota, especially since in recent years Thomson Reuters has suggested the possibility of moving out of state.

This week's data center opening has been of great interest to analysts tracking managed hosting provider SAVVIS because prior to the recent merger between Thomson West and Reuters Group, the latter had a hosting and network services agreement with SAVVIS worth around $50 million, according to reports on Data Center Knowledge. However there doesn't seem to be any information from either party that suggests the new data center opening in Eagan will have any bearing on Reuters' previous agreement with SAVVIS.

Thomson Reuters says it delivers information to "leading decision makers in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, scientific, healthcare and media markets, powered by the world's most trusted news organization," and currently employs more than 50,000 people in 93 countries.

In a week flush with data center news, IBM reported it has opened a facility in Guadalajara, Mexico while Online Technologies unveiled its newest data center in Ann Arbor, Michigan
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