RackForce Hosting (www.rackforce.com), a web hosting provider, announced on August 6, 2004 that it has added a second, completely redundant hydroelectric power supply line and a 500KW diesel generator to its data center in Kelowna, British Columbia. According to RackForce, the new power supply would complement its already existing redundant diesel and UPS power backup systems. The company said that ongoing concern about serious power outages made it add more redundancy to its power systems.
Tim Dufour, president and CEO of RackForce, said that one of the reasons RackForce initially located its hosting facility in that area was the abundance of clean reliable power sources. He added that access to dual hydro-utility grids was a rare occurrence and it made sense that RackForce took advantage of this access to ensure the reliability of its hosting services.
