TELEHOUSE America Timeline:
For Over 20 Years, The Leading Provider of Business Continuity Solutions
For Over 20 Years, The Leading Provider of Business Continuity Solutions
TELEHOUSE America has a history of driving change and innovation in the world of business continuity and disaster recovery. The Company has regularly advanced its hardware, expanded its facility space, upgraded its connectivity options and leveraged the strength of its business partnerships to create a worldwide community of TELEHOUSE associates. Here you will find some of the changes that the Company has undergone in its evolution towards becoming the leading provider of business continuity and disaster recovery solutions:
1983
Construction begins for "The Teleport," the largest teleport project to date and eventual home to the Telehouse Center. Project aims to develop 100 acres for office space and 17 satellite earth stations for domestic communications and regional hook-up to regional fiber optic systems.
1987
Telehouse America Established with Dr. Yasuo Fukata Appointed as Company's First President and CEO
1989
Telehouse Center (Staten Island, NY) Becomes Operational. It is custom designed to operate as a data center, the facility ensures continuous operation of client mission critical IT systems
1990
Noburi Fuji Becomes President and CEO of Telehouse America
1992
Akio Yamamoto is Named President and CEO of the Company
1995
Toshio Kojima is Named President and CEO of the Company
1996
NYIIX Operational at Manhattan Center (now in Broadway Center)
1997
Broadway Center (25 Broadway, NYC) Operational
1997
Yasuhiro Shintani Becomes President and CEO of the Company
1998
Los Angeles Center (626 Wilshire Blvd, CA) Operational
2000
LAIIX Operational in L.A. Center Broadway Center Expansion
2001
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) Peering Offered at Broadway and L.A. Centers
2002
Hideki Akazawa Named President and CEO of Telehouse America
2003
Telehouse America Launches Additional NYIIX Point at 60 Hudson St
2003
Telehouse Maintains Uninterrupted Power to Customers Throughout the Duration Aug. 14th Northeast Blackout.
2004
Masahiro Furuya Appointed President and CEO of Telehouse America
2004
Telehouse and Tiscali Partner with RIS Project to support Global Internet Community
2004
Telehouse America is nominated for the "Intelligent Building of the Year Award" by the ICF (Intelligent Community Forum).
2005
Telehouse Launches Additional Internet Exchange Point at 111 Eighth Ave. Becomes First Company to Offer a Seamless Peering Fabric in New York City.
2005
First Breakfast on Broadway Seminar Held at Broadway Center Location
2005
Telehouse Debuts Managed IT Services Offering
2006
Telehouse Successfully Completes SAS 70, Type II Audit
2006
Toshiaki Miki Named President and CEO of Telehouse
2006-07
Major Power Infrastructure Upgrade (2N+1) at Telehouse Center - Three Additional UPS's (Liebert 610 - 500kva) & One Additional Generator (Cummins 1500kva)
2007
Broadway Center Expands Power Management Capabilities, Resulting in a Redundant, N+1 Configuration
2008
Joe Panettieri Hosts First Virtual Breakfast on Broadway. Event is Remotely Accessible via Streaming Internet Video
2008
Yasushi Kubota Becomes First Concurrent President and CEO of both KDDI America and Telehouse America.
2008
KDDI announces plans to expand its global data center business, which bears the Telehouse name, to 14 regions worldwide. This will give Telehouse a presence in the following countries:
- United States
- United Kingdom
- France
- Poland
- Belgium
- Philippines
- Hong Kong
- Japan
- China
- Singapore
- Vietnam
- Malaysia
- South Korea
- India
2008
Additional NYIIX Connection Points Added to the Telehouse Center in Staten Island, 32 Ave of Americas in Manhattan, and 165 Halsey St. in Newark, NJ.