Black Box Awarded $10M+ Data Center Project for Global Social Media Giant
July 06 2018 - 8:00AM
Black Box, the trusted digital partner for enterprises
across the globe, today announced that it is partnering with one of
the world’s most renowned and prominent social media organizations
on its global data center expansion program. The potential data
center work could total $300 million or more for Black Box—making
it the largest customer and deal in the company’s history.
Black Box’s Commercial Services business unit was awarded this
U.S.-based data center infrastructure and connectivity project
following several years of successful data center work in Europe
for the most well-known social media company in the world.
This will be one of the largest projects ever for Black Box and
promises to be only the tip of the iceberg. This first award for
the almost million square foot data center is worth more than $10
million and marks the beginning of a five to ten year strategic
relationship with the social media giant, which is planning a very
aggressive global data center expansion program. Conversations are
already underway between Black Box and the social media company to
add additional site locations and data centers. The potential work
could total $300 million or more for Black Box.
In the data center, Black Box is responsible for the rack and
stack of network equipment, installation of the infrastructure
hardware, and all of the structured cabling, which includes more
than 100 miles of fiber optic cabling. Black Box will deploy a
dedicated project team ramping up to seventy plus team members for
the first project and could see that number grow to over five
hundred team members as the program reaches its potential.
In this highly competitive environment, Black Box won the data
center project by separating itself through its holistic governance
plan and approach, with an emphasis on efficiency and scalability.
The approach enables both parties to flex up and down to meet the
demands of the data center growth plans.
“This strategic partnership has the potential to be one of the
largest in Black Box history,” said Joel Trammell, Black Box
President and CEO. “The ability to deploy sophisticated data center
solutions leverages our intelligent digital edge strategy. Our
global scale, repeatable and predictable governance framework, deep
technical expertise, and core values alignment differentiated us
from our competition and were instrumental in our selection. We
look forward to a successful project delivery for this first U.S.
data center, and are excited to continue and expand our journey
together with our partner.”
About Black Box
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more than 40 years of experience connecting people and devices, we
are dedicated to helping clients embrace the intelligent edge and
enable their digital transformation. Our award-winning products and
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the world. Every day, our customers trust us to design, deploy, and
manage their digital needs including retail IoT solutions,
healthcare, and mission-critical control room infrastructures
across commercial enterprises and governmental organizations. With
a global presence and extensive team of technical experts, we make
digital transformation possible whether at one location or
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