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Capacity Media
01 June 2021 | Melanie Mingas - EdgeX is capitalising on the growth of edge, while giving a new lease of life to the corporate world’s divested assets. Melanie Mingas gets the details from John Parsons
The global market for edge data centres is expected to almost triple by 2024, from values of $4 billion in 2017 to $13.5 billion before mid-decade, according to PwC figures. However, the cost of building edge data centres is on the rise – of course – due to the pandemic. A survey by professional services company Turner & Townsend saw 79% report higher operating costs on data centre construction sites in 2020.
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The Oklahoman
May 16, 2021 - The owners of EdgeX, a new data center in Oklahoma City, believe their business (which is housed in an old Devon Energy facility) can help usher in this new era in Oklahoma. The EdgeX Data Center will house massive banks of computer servers for clients, which could include large tech companies that need to move computing power closer to their own customers.
Read the entire article here: https://www.oklahoman.com/story/business/2021/05/16/edgex-relaunches-former-devon-energy-data-center-oklahoma-city/5074286001/
John Parsons and Terry Morrison in front of the Oklahoma City facility
Marketwatch
April 13, 2021 - Data center veterans, John Parsons, Terry Morrison, and Octavio Morales have joined forces to launch EdgeX Data Centers in Oklahoma City, OK. EdgeX is focused on providing resilient facilities for companies requiring bullet proof uptime and edge compute. Target verticals include financial services, digital content distribution, insurance, enterprise applications, and others that share the requirements for uptime, scalable compute, storage, and content distribution.
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Yahoo Finance
April 13, 2021 - Data center veterans, John Parsons, Terry Morrison, and Octavio Morales have joined forces to launch EdgeX Data Centers in Oklahoma City, OK. EdgeX is focused on providing resilient facilities for companies requiring bullet proof uptime and edge compute. Target verticals include financial services, digital content distribution, insurance, enterprise applications, and others that share the requirements for uptime, scalable compute, storage, and content distribution.
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https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/data-center-veterans-launch-venture-222600740.html
DataCenterDynamics.com
April 14, 2021 - A new edge data center company has been founded and has bought a data center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
EdgeX Data Centers was founded by former Perimeter Technology Center and TierPoint executives and plans to offer Edge facilities to customers.
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Seeking Alpha
April 13, 2021 - Data center veterans, John Parsons, Terry Morrison, and Octavio Morales have joined forces to launch EdgeX Data Centers in Oklahoma City, OK. EdgeX is focused on providing resilient facilities for companies requiring bullet proof uptime and edge compute. Target verticals include financial services, digital content distribution, insurance, enterprise applications, and others that share the requirements for uptime, scalable compute, storage, and content distribution. .
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Journal Record
April 7, 2021 - OKLAHOMA CITY – John Parsons was looking at a state-of-the-art data center in southwest Oklahoma City and thinking the timing might be right to launch a new business serving organizations’ needs to house their critical applications and data.
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https://journalrecord.com/2021/04/06/opportunity-arises-amid-crisis/
Bezinga
April 13, 2021 - Data center veterans, John Parsons, Terry Morrison, and Octavio Morales have joined forces to launch EdgeX Data Centers in Oklahoma City, OK. EdgeX is focused on providing resilient facilities for companies requiring bullet proof uptime and edge compute. Target verticals include financial services, digital content distribution, insurance, enterprise applications, and others that share the requirements for uptime, scalable compute, storage, and content distribution.
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Morningstar
April 13, 2021 - Data center veterans, John Parsons, Terry Morrison, and Octavio Morales have joined forces to launch EdgeX Data Centers in Oklahoma City, OK. EdgeX is focused on providing resilient facilities for companies requiring bullet proof uptime and edge compute. Target verticals include financial services, digital content distribution, insurance, enterprise applications, and others that share the requirements for uptime, scalable compute, storage, and content distribution.
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Data Center Veterans Launch New Venture - Purchase Established Property in Oklahoma City
April 2, 2021 - Data center veterans, John Parsons, Terry Morrison, and Octavio Morales have joined forces to launch EdgeX Data Centers in Oklahoma City, OK. EdgeX is focused on providing resilient facilities for companies requiring bullet proof uptime and edge compute. Target verticals include financial services, digital content distribution, insurance, enterprise applications, and others that share the requirements for uptime, scalable compute, storage, and content distribution.
EdgeX Data Centers initial offering is a purpose built, state-of-the-art data center located at 4442 Newcastle Road in Oklahoma City. This facility was built by Devon Energy in 2010. The 65,000 SF building houses two 10,000 SF Data Halls. EdgeX purchased the facility on April 2, 2021 to create a new edge data center in the ideal geographical location – right in the center of the country. Edge data centers are smaller facilities that deliver resources and content as close to the end user as possible.
Parsons and Morrison co-founded Perimeter Technology Center (PTC) in 2002. PTC became the largest commercial data center provider in Oklahoma, until its sale in 2011. Morales co-founded TierPoint in Spokane, WA in 2003, establishing TierPoint as the premier data center and cloud services provider in the Pacific Northwest, until its sale in 2012. Both companies came together and served as the foundation for the TierPoint we know today – a leading national data center services providers. The EdgeX team has over 75 years of collective experience building, owning, maintaining, and operating a number of world class facilities across the U.S. These facilities continue to consistently deliver 100% uptime for the mission critical requirements of some of the best-known global brands.
“In the middle of a pandemic, we saw opportunity, said John Parsons. “The world of remote working and distance learning exploded - and data centers along with cloud companies and service apps were in high demand. And an amazing property was available to someone who knew just what to do with it. This facility will be the first of many, as we continue to look for opportunities to extend the edge.”
About EdgeX Data Centers
“EdgeX is focused on providing resilient facilities for companies looking to extend the edge - in a range of verticals, including financial services, digital content distribution, insurance, enterprise applications, and others that share the requirements for uptime, scalable compute, storage, and content distribution. EdgeX Data Centers is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. For additional information about EdgeX Data Centers, please visit www.edgexdc.com.