Midco has entered into an agreement to acquire Dataware LLC, which provides data center space and cloud and managed services. The deal includes two data centers located in Sioux Falls and Yankton, S.D.
“The combination of the data center environments on top of our Northern Plains Network is an advantage for Midco Business, but even more so for our customers,” Scott Smidt, VP of business engineering and operations at Midco, says. “Businesses already benefit from the reliability, redundancy and capacity of our wholly owned and operated fiber-optic network. Soon, they can use that network to access their secure data housed in a Midco facility.”
Midco suggests that wholesale providers, enterprise-level businesses and SMBs can benefit from the new services that will be provided.
“Wholesale providers can efficiently and cost-effectively extend their networks into the Upper Midwest by connecting to the region’s leading network through a connection in a Midco data center,” the company reports in a press release. “Enterprise-level businesses can rent a Midco data center suite or rack space for their own equipment – establishing an off-premise primary data location or a backup for disaster recovery purposes.”
Midco is aiming at small and medium businesses without a dedicated IT staff, as well. It says that SMBs can move their IT equipment from less secure locations, such as a backroom or office, to the Midco data center – “ensuring proper security, environmental controls, power supply and fire suppression.”
The operator further reports that it will continue to serve Dataware customers as it expands its service line near-term and long-term to include additional managed business IT services. The company also says it is assessing opportunities to expand the data center strategy into other cities.
“As we look to the future, we may examine opportunities in additional Midco markets presently underserved by large data centers, such as Fargo and Grand Forks, and then move our focus to other key Midco markets,” Steve Grosser, EVP for Midco, says.