IRVINE, Calif.
Pacific Bell, a subsidiary of Texas-based SBC, has opened a new $50 million, 135,000-sf data center in Irvine. The facility is designed to provide data services, such as Web hosting, collocation, IT infrastructure protection, and improved systems reliability to businesses who want to outsource those functions. SBC established a data center in Dallas recently, and is considering sites in northern California for a similar facility.