Grand Canyon U Adopts Colocated Data Center Service
Grand Canyon University, a private
university located in Phoenix, AZ, has expanded its IT infrastructure with the
addition of a colocated data center solution.
The university has been experiencing increased enrollment and expects that
trend to continue over the coming years. To support this growth, the university
needed to expand its data center and wanted to do so in a way that minimized
its carbon footprint. Grand Canyon University selected ViaWest's Arizona data
center to support its IT environment, so the university now has two primary
data centers.
According to information from ViaWest, the Arizona data center has 42,500
square feet of raised floor capacity, independent backup components for
redundancy, 5,400 kilowatts of uninterruptible power supply (UPS) capacity,
more than 350 watts per square foot and Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA) and Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance.
The university plans to use the Arizona data center for its production
environment and as a backup for its other data center. The new data center will
support its online classes, student-facing portal, email, chat and constituent
relationship management (CRM) software.
In addition to the data center, the university has also partnered with
ViaWest to offer more curriculum options for computer science students. As part
of that expanded curriculum, students work on advanced degree programs in
computer science will have opportunities to complete internships through
ViaWest and tour the data center facility.
About the Author
Leila Meyer is a technology writer based in British Columbia. She can be reached at [email protected].