Nicole Aguillard is marketing director for CyrusOne, a global enterprise colocation provider operating 23 highly secure data centers across the United States, London and Singapore. Learn more about a Data Center Move by visiting http://www.cyrusone.com/.

1. TEXAS DATA CENTER
THE PREMIER LOCATION FOR IT PERFORMANCE

2. TEXAS DATA CENTER
THE PREMIER LOCATION FOR IT PERFORMANCE
 Why do providers favor Texas data centers?
For a number of reasons.
Texas offers a number of factors with a positive impact on overall IT performance.
Over the past few years, Texas has become the premier data center market. As electricity is one
of the most attractive attributes and a large reason for the initial industry growth, several
additional reasons exist for why this market continues to boom.

3. TEXAS DATA CENTER
THE PREMIER LOCATION FOR IT PERFORMANCE
 Some of these include:
 Very low probability of natural disaster
 Central geographic location
 Statewide green initiatives
 Stable, inexpensive and abundant power (multiple grids)
 Extensive talent pool
 One of the lowest cost of living indexes in the U.S.
 Low carrier latency
 CNBC Ranked the overall market #1 for business in 2010
A Texas data center can leverage all of these benefits and more.

4. TEXAS DATA CENTER
THE PREMIER LOCATION FOR IT PERFORMANCE
The following tactics can help all data center providers, but especially those located in the Lone Star
state.
 Conserve Power.
 Consolidate.
 Disaster Recovery.
 Connectivity.
 Human Resources.

5. TEXAS DATA CENTER
THE PREMIER LOCATION FOR IT PERFORMANCE
 In the past several years, Texas has become the hot spot for stand-alone and colocated enterprise
data centers. The state has its own power grid and cheaper electricity than other major Internet
markets.
 CyrusOne operates 10 Texas data centers -- four data center facilities in Dallas, three in Houston,
two in Austin and one in San Antonio.
 Opening its doors in 2000, CyrusOne was a large part of the Texas boom and has become the
largest enterprise colocation provider in Texas.

6. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
NICOLE AGUILLARD IS MARKETING DIRECTOR FOR
CYRUSONE, A GLOBAL ENTERPRISE COLOCATION
PROVIDER OPERATING 23 HIGHLY SECURE DATA CENTERS
ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, LONDON AND SINGAPORE.
LEARN MORE ABOUT A DATA CENTER MOVE BY VISITING
HTTP://WWW.CYRUSONE.COM/.