Carbonite Online Backup Expands to New Data Center

Carbonite Inc announced the expansion of its capacity and the opening of a new data center to support the company’s rapid growth. The new data center is in a collocation facility operated by Internap Network Services Corporation, provider of end-to-end Internet business solutions. As the anchor tenant of Internap’s newest Boston-area data center, Carbonite’s storage capacity will more than triple.

“We chose to locate our new data center with Internap because of their brand new facility with state-of-the-art security, power and connectivity,” said Keith Cooper, president of Carbonite. “Internap is one of the few companies with the ability to accommodate our rapid growth.”

The expansion is a timely investment aimed at positioning Carbonite for continued growth in the consumer and small business online computer backup industry. The company tripled in both revenue and subscribers last year. Since its inception, Carbonite has backed up more than 25 billion files and restored more than 2 billion files that otherwise would have been lost forever.

“Our plans call for continued growth in both the consumer and the small business segments,” notes Cooper. “Consumers finally have a way to backup their photos, tax files, etc without having to do anything except sign up for the Carbonite service. Small businesses can actually slash their backup costs by using Carbonite which is a very compelling proposition in these trying economic times.”

Key executives from both Carbonite and Internap, along with local dignitaries celebrated the opening of the new data center on February 5, 2009 at 50 Inner Belt Road in Somerville with a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house from 3 – 7 p.m. Gathering to mark the ceremonies was Carbonite President Keith Cooper, VP/GM of Internap’s Data Center Services Business Unit Mike Higgins, the Honorable Joseph A. Curtatone, Mayor of the City of Somerville, and many of the contractors who worked to build the new data center.