Greenpeace Report Concludes Switch Scored Among The Highest In The World For Sustainability Among All Internet Companies
Greenpeace Recognizes Switch As One Of the Definitive Industry Leaders For Its Use Of 100% Locally Sourced Renewable Energy Switch is the first multi-tenant data center provider in the world to receive all A’s in the six-year history of Greenpeace’s Clicking Clean report. The grades published in the 2017 report...
Why Switch Created the Energy Choice Initiative: A New Energy Future for a New Nevada Economy
Switch Founder and CEO Rob Roy shares the importance of the passage of Question 3 and what energy choice means to Nevadans. One truth in today’s world is that technology and innovation wait for no one. We are all witnesses to technological advances that touch every single aspect of our...
Switch Launches STEAM Village To Promote Education
Switch’s interactive learning lab makes its debut at 8th Annual ArtPrize in Grand Rapids, Michigan. An interactive, new ArtPrize Eight attraction aimed at helping kids start thinking about their future careers opens Saturday. Many people have heard of STEM education which focuses on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). But,...
Switch’s Jason Mendenhall Shares Insight On How Cloud Growth Drives Wholesale Demand
Data Center Frontier’s quarterly Roundtable column showcases thought leadership on the state of the data center industry and where it is headed. Welcome to our fourth Data Center Executive Roundtable, a quarterly feature showcasing the insights of thought leaders on the state of the data center industry, and where it...
Switch Is Building The Best Workforce By Investing In Its Employees
Switch’s Tracy Brown discusses the unique education partnerships and workforce training initiatives that help build elite teams. Building the best colocation data centers on the planet requires more than an agile technology ecosystems. It is important to develop a talented team to operate and maintain them. Just like Switch Founder...
Switch Awarded The President’s Medal From DRI For Its Outstanding Dedication
The DRI President’s Medal recognized Switch for its outstanding and significant dedication to furthering the Institute’s mission and goals through time, support and expertise. On Thursday, June 2 more than 200 people gathered at the Reno and Las Vegas campuses of Nevada’s Desert Research Institute to celebrate the scientific and...
Switch Partners With Radware To Provide Attack Mitigation To Its SUPERNAP Data Centers
World’s Largest Colocation Data Centers Utilizing Radware’s DDoS Mitigation System and Scrubbing Center Capabilities to Protect Its Customers Against Cyber Attacks Radware® (NASDAQ: RDWR), a leading provider of cyber security and application delivery solutions ensuring optimal service level for applications in virtual, cloud and software defined data centers, announced that...
Switch Executive Vice President Lesley McVay Honored As “Top Five Influential Women In The Data Center Industry”
Switch’s Entire Industry-Leading Female Executive Team Lauded Switch Executive Vice President of Data Center Services Lesley McVay has been selected as one of the top five most influential women in the data center industry by Colocation America. Colocation America’s 5th annual Top 5 list honors women in the technology industry...
Barrick’s switch to Switch brings cost savings, new possibilities in data management
Barrick Beyond Borders “If our ambition is to be world class at an operational level, it’s not enough to have great mining assets. We must also develop our data management capabilities.” Five years ago, Barrick’s data and storage servers were housed at five data centers around the world. Soon they...
Switch Becomes The Only Carrier-Neutral Data Center Company In History To Receive A Tier IV Gold Rating On Two Separate Data Center Facilities
Switch’s Globally Recognized SUPERNAP Data Centers Are Being Replicated Into Northern Nevada, Michigan, Italy & Thailand Switch has become the first carrier-neutral data center provider in the world to receive two Uptime Institute Tier IV Gold Certifications for its SUPERNAP data centers. SUPERNAP 9, a 471,248-square-foot data facility that opened...