Hans Wencke, MD of Hetzner, says that the company's latest data center was designed according to comprehensive engineering standards, and connects directly to Verizon Business' national and international network backbone.

"We have reached capacity in our first Cape Town data center. The opening of our second data center in Cape Town reflects Hetzner's commitment to invest in our customers' growth, and further extends our market leadership position well into the future," he adds.

As with Hetzner's two previous data centers, this latest facility was developed according to strict standards, and includes the following features, Wencke says:

* Full, 100Mb fiber connection, with a second redundant fiber connection to cater for the unlikely event that a cable is compromised;

* Air conditioning banks to sufficiently cool the internal environment with additional redundancy should a unit fail;