Beacon Enterprise Solutions Group, Inc., a major player in the design, implementation and management of high performance Information Transport Systems infrastructure solutions, reportedly has signed a $24.8 million project management services agreement with one of Europe's providers of premium carrier-neutral data centers and managed services, for the design and construction of a data center in Zurich.

 

According to company officials, the two phase project involves the planning, design, construction management and commissioning of the data center, including climatization, power and telecommunications.  Officials said that Phase 1, which has already commenced, is expected to be completed no later than March 31, 2010. Phase 2 of the agreement involves the completion of the full data center and is expected to be finished by Sept. 30, 2010.

 

“We are pleased that this client selected Beacon Enterprise Solutions to be the construction manager and provide the design, integration and implementation of their communications needs for their new carrier-neutral datacenter,” said Bruce Widener, CEO of Beacon Enterprise Solutions, in a statement.

 

Widener said that at $24.8 million, this contract represents a significant engagement, and sets the pace for expected record growth in 2010.

 

“Earlier this month we expanded our relationship with a Fortune 100 pharmaceutical client to provide them infrastructure, design and support in the EMEA region. With work for this client already underway, we are becoming more well-known for our international expertise, as evidenced by this new agreement,” Widener said..

 

 

As a provider of carrier-neutral data centers, this client owns and operates 50,000 square meters of colocation space within 25 data centers in 11 countries across Europe. It delivers a full set of services that allow more than 1,100 companies to securely house, connect, monitor and maintain mission-critical IT equipment.

 

Rick Mills, president of Beacon Enterprise Solutions, said that this engagement marks the second major international assignment that the company announced within a three-week period.

 

“We were selected based upon our company’s expertise and our ability to plan and execute mission-critical technology system projects according to the highest level of industry standards,” said Mills.

 

Mills said that the company looks forward to working with the client to create this new data center that will dramatically increase the bandwidth available in the Zurich region.