Level 3 Communications has added high-density space to its San Francisco facility.

This additional data center space is targeted at the enterprise market.

The new facility enables customers to design their own scalable space and access to the Level 3 network.

"Enterprises can face challenges with the reliability and growth of critical applications that are not closely situated to the network core," said Mike Benjamin, vice president of data center product management. "Customers benefit from using Level 3's data centers because we offer direct connectivity to our infrastructure, which can enhance reliability of business applications and, in turn, enable businesses to expand more quickly."

Site attributes include high-density power cabinets and suites, multi-layer security with 24 x 7 closed-circuit video and alarm monitoring; dual authentication security; fully redundant uninterruptible power supply and industry-standard heating, ventilation, and air conditioning; support for 200 watts per square foot power density; and customer work stations and conference room facilities.

"Based on our estimates ranking Level 3 as a top 10 multi-tenant data center provider in the U.S. in terms of 2011 revenues and 2012 projected revenues, Level 3 is competitively positioned to attract a broader set of customers with its enterprise-ready data center services," stated Sean Hackett, research director at 451 Research, a global analyst research firm.
 

451 Research estimates, the overall multi-tenant data center market in the U.S., valued in 2011 at $15.8 billion, is projected to grow at 19.2 percent CAGR through 2013.

Level 3 operates 350 data center and colocation facilities globally with 165,000 intercity, metro, and subsea fiber route miles. 

Two weeks ago Level 3 announced that its German data center portfolio was powered by green energy.