Nebraska Data Center

Take a Peek at Our Expansion Progress!

2020-10-06T17:06:53-05:00

We have been hard at work on our big expansion project! We’re increasing our footprint, increasing capacity and updating some of our tech to ensure we are bringing our customers the absolute best. With our new and improved cooling methods and increased power capacity, we’ll be able to host larger workloads. This will allow us to better serve larger enterprises while maintaining the quality our customers have grown accustomed to. This project is extremely important to us, as we know that our prime location at the nexus of the country’s North/South and East/West fiber routes is a strategic advantage for our customers. We want to enable them to take advantage [...]

Take a Peek at Our Expansion Progress!2020-10-06T17:06:53-05:00

The Case for Colocation at 1623 Farnam

2020-09-18T12:06:28-05:00

IT infrastructure has become even more critical than ever.  Whether you are a mid-size company or large enterprise, you need to be able to connect to a reliable network that has a low risk of downtime and do so cost effectively. So, how can you achieve all of this? Consider colocation. Why Colocation?  Technology is evolving every day, and so is the amount of data that we create. Your business’ workloads are increasing constantly, which can put a strain on your on-site infrastructure -including elements such as power, network connectivity, and even ensuring you have ample cooling. So, what do you do when you’ve exhausted or nearing the capacity of [...]

The Case for Colocation at 1623 Farnam2020-09-18T12:06:28-05:00

President Todd Cushing on the Future of Interconnection in Omaha

2021-06-16T15:50:57-05:00

According to 1623 Farnam president Todd Cushing, Interconnection facilities – particularly in Omaha – are just getting started. He explains all this and more in his latest interview with DatacenterHawk’s Hawk Talk series in episode 49. Interconnection  Facilities Are Just Getting Started “We are finding that the growth is going to continue. I don’t see any stop in fiber. I don’t see any stop in content. I think you’re going to see more and more data aggregate in places that are on the edge,” Cushing explains to HawkTalk’s David Liggit. As the digital economy bloomed in the 1990s carrier hotels became practically vital and financially valuable infrastructure, with meet-me rooms [...]

President Todd Cushing on the Future of Interconnection in Omaha2021-06-16T15:50:57-05:00

1623 Farnam Expands Team – Poised for Significant Growth

2020-07-07T15:35:55-05:00

Not only are we at 1623 Farnam expanding our facility, but we are expanding our team as well. Our newest addition, Greg Elliott, will serve as a Vice President of Business Development for 1623 Farnam - an excellent addition to the team. The combination of his sales knowledge and experience working in business development make him a valuable asset to the team during a time of unprecedented expansion for our edge data center. Greg has an extensive history of work experience in the telecom and tech industries, both in sales and business development and management. For twenty-plus years he has been in the industry, beginning as a District Manager at [...]

1623 Farnam Expands Team – Poised for Significant Growth2020-07-07T15:35:55-05:00

VP Business Development Talks Megaport, Dual-Servers, and New Connections

2021-06-16T15:25:11-05:00

1623 Farnam made a huge announcement last week, with the deployment of a two-server Megaport node at our edge data center. Our new Vice President of Business Development, Greg Elliott, chatted with JSA TV about the exciting new development. “It’s a really next-gen carrier”, says Elliott. Besides access to private VXC and many different internet peering exchanges, Megaport provides access to a host of popular global cloud providers. For a business thinking about digital transformation, the addition of Megaport gives that organization the scalability and flexibility to connect to any of those services as needed.   “Immediately when Megaport turned up in our facility, our customers, our carriers, our content providers [...]

VP Business Development Talks Megaport, Dual-Servers, and New Connections2021-06-16T15:25:11-05:00

1623 Farnam Announces On-Demand Global Network Connectivity with Megaport

2021-06-16T15:21:06-05:00

1623 Farnam Announces On-Demand Global Network Connectivity with Megaport Partnership Fuels Scalable Access to Public Cloud Environments Omaha, NE – June 24, 2020 – 1623 Farnam, a regional leader in network-neutral, edge interconnection and data center services, is now offering access to the Megaport Software Defined Network (SDN) from its Interconnected Edge Data Center located in Omaha, Nebraska. As a leading Network-as-a-Service Provider, Megaport offers 1623 Farnam customers direct access to its global cloud ecosystem, which includes Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud, IBM Cloud, Alibaba Cloud, Salesforce, SAP and others. With Megaport, 1623 Farnam can further address customers’ growing need for scalable cloud resources to [...]

1623 Farnam Announces On-Demand Global Network Connectivity with Megaport2021-06-16T15:21:06-05:00

President Todd Cushing Discusses Ongoing Facility Expansion

2020-06-22T14:12:19-05:00

There are lots of new things going on at 1623 Farnam this year with growth designed to better serve our customers and partners. 1623 Farnam president Todd Cushing had a chance for a virtual sit down recently with JSA TV at ITW 2020 to discuss some of these exciting developments. One of the major developments is regarding the considerable expansion taking place this summer in our edge data center. “We’ve always been N+1 but now we’re going to have all new electrical, all new mechanical, new security and building management to the facility. The 7th floor is going to be available for leasing at the 12th of August and we’re [...]

President Todd Cushing Discusses Ongoing Facility Expansion2020-06-22T14:12:19-05:00

1623 Farnam President Talks Cloud Solutions With JSA TV

2020-06-22T14:07:53-05:00

Here at 1623 Farnam we’re big on cloud solutions. As new cloud data centers abound, shortcuts to the cloud are becoming more important than ever, and 1623 Farnam’s numerous cloud on-ramps can provide customers with the cloud solution they are looking for. Todd Cushing, president of 1623 Farnam, had the chance to sit down with JSA TV to discuss how our prime location enmeshes so well with our cloud solution offerings. For him, it’s about the prevalence of hyperscale in the area. Take Google, for instance. “There’s a lot of hyperscale in Omaha. Google had two facilities in Council Bluffs, about three miles away from us. They’re building another facility [...]

1623 Farnam President Talks Cloud Solutions With JSA TV2020-06-22T14:07:53-05:00

VP Linn Gowen Talks Location, Colocation, and 1623 Farnam

2020-06-22T14:13:28-05:00

  Location, location, location. At 1623 Farnam we think and talk about location a lot. We’re all about it. The reason has a lot to do with our position in the middle of the country. 1623 Farnam Vice President of Sales, Linn Gowen, sat down with JSA TV to discuss why our facility’s central location is such a big deal. “When the fiber networks were first being built across the country years ago, they passed right through Omaha east-west, as well as north-south,” says Gowen, “So we are right in the nexus, if you will, of the fiber backbone. And as more and more fiber facilities have been built they [...]

VP Linn Gowen Talks Location, Colocation, and 1623 Farnam2020-06-22T14:13:28-05:00

1623 Farnam Announces Expansion of Omaha Edge Data Center

2021-06-17T09:10:01-05:00

1623 Farnam Announces Expansion of Omaha Edge Data CenterThe $40 Million Expansion Focuses on Increased Power and Capacity Omaha, NE - June 16, 2020 – 1623 Farnam, a regional leader in network-neutral, edge interconnection and data center services, announces today the details of its $40 million edge data center expansion. The expansion includes significant upgrades to the facility’s electrical power infrastructure and increases colocation capacity by converting floors six-through-nine into usable data center space.This expansion further supports the increase in demand for interconnected edge data centers, and comes after 1623 Farnam’s initial $10 million expansion last year to build out the facility’s fifth-floor space, which they are currently filling. The new [...]

1623 Farnam Announces Expansion of Omaha Edge Data Center2021-06-17T09:10:01-05:00
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