FirstLight, a provider of digital infrastructure services to enterprise and carrier customers throughout the Northeast and mid-Atlantic, announced that Wirebelt Company of America has selected itfor data center services, internet and dark fiber connectivity to its new, energy-efficient manufacturing facility in Bedford, N.H.
Headquartered in Bedford, Wirebelt manufactures and supplies metal conveyor belting systems for manufacturing plants in a variety of industries, including food and beverage, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, electronics, automotive and environmental services.
Earlier this year Wirebelt opened its new manufacturing facility, which was designed with energy efficiency in mind, including solar panels, high-efficiency insulation, lighting and HVAC systems. The company aims to maximize renewable energy for the facility with a goal to be as close to “net zero” as possible.
For a long time, Wirebelt has trusted FirstLight for data center services, first using its Brunswick, Maine, facility for colocation. Wirebelt’s satisfaction with the service led it to look immediately to FirstLight to provide the solutions needed to open the new manufacturing plant.
When planning the move to a new facility, one of Wirebelt’s biggest considerations was how its IT strategy would carry to the location, specifically whether to build its own server rooms with power cooling generators or leverage a provider.
After comparing cost effectiveness, quality and other factors, it selected FirstLight’s Bedford, N.H. data center.
“Redundancy, reliability and responsive support were strong determining factors,” said Robert Kraus, IT Supervisor at Wirebelt. “Paired with our previous positive experiences with FirstLight, it made the choice to partner with them again an easy one.”
Wirebelt now uses FirstLight’s full data center service in Bedford with power, cooling, internet and rack space. FirstLight also provides dark fiber connectivity between its main building and the data center and internet at the new site.
Kraus explained the company’s day-to-day operations have been improved by switching to a full data center solution with FirstLight.
“Now, we only have switches at our site, and we let FirstLight manage the rest. Not only has this lightened our workload dramatically, but knowing our data center needs are in FirstLight’s hands, and that we don’t have to worry about power, cooling or outages, has given us peace of mind. Overall, we are very impressed.”
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