TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwired) — 04/16/13 — , a wholly owned subsidiary of , (NYSE: PTGI), announced today their Toronto DC3 data centre has been awarded ® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver certification by the (CaGBC).
LEED® is a third-party certification program and an internationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings. As an internationally recognized mark of excellence, LEED® provides building owners and operators the tools they need to have an immediate and measurable impact on their buildings- performance.
“One of our top objectives in building this facility was to make it eco-friendly,” said Ron Ethier, Vice President Data Centres and Operations, BLACKIRON Data. “Throughout the design and construction process, the BLACKIRON team considered how to make every facet of the data centre as environmentally responsible as we could. We are incredibly proud to have our Toronto DC3 data centre achieve LEED® Silver certification; the result of our team-s hard work and innovation.”
From concept to construction, BLACKIRON considered how to make the facility environmentally responsible. Highlights of the green features at the site include:
“I would like to congratulate BLACKIRON Data on their LEED Silver certification,” said Thomas Mueller, President and CEO of the Canada Green Building Council. “It is great to see a data centre services provider taking this important step in recognizing that green building practices are important in all aspects of their operations. As one of the first data centres in Canada to achieve LEED certification, we hope it will set an example for other companies to follow.”
Over the past 15 years, BLACKIRON has worked diligently to construct, maintain and upgrade some of the best data centres in the country. Toronto DC3 is Canada-s first Uptime Institute Tier III design and construction certified facility and one of eight BLACKIRON data centres located in five cities across Canada.
ABOUT BLACKIRON DATA
BLACKIRON Data ULC is an innovator in data centre, cloud and managed services technology, providing a singular focus to ensuring the most robust and bullet-proof IT infrastructure to meet the needs of business. With eight owned and managed state-of-the-art, and highly reliable data centres, including Canada-s first Tier III design and construction certified facility, and the vast array of fully audited operational, facility, and environmental certifications, BLACKIRON Data is the most certified data centre services company in Canada. BLACKIRON Data is a subsidiary of Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc., a subsidiary of PTGi. Visit blackirondata.com for more information.
ABOUT PTGi
PTGi (Primus Telecommunications Group, Incorporated) is a leading provider of advanced communication solutions, including, traditional and IP voice, data, mobile services, broadband Internet, collocation, hosting, and outsourced managed services to business and residential customers in the United States and Canada. PTGi is also one of the leading international wholesale service providers to fixed and mobile network operators worldwide. PTGi owns and operates its own global network of next-generation IP soft switches, media gateways, hosted IP/SIP platforms, broadband infrastructure, fiber capacity, and data centers located in Canada. Founded in 1994, PTGi is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.
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