Rackspace® Hosting, the world’s leader in the hosting and cloud computing industry, today announced plans to expand in its current data center facility in the Chicago area.

Rackspace will lease approximately 28,200 additional square feet of raised floor space, consisting of 4.33 megawatts of available critical load, from a subsidiary of DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc., a leading owner, developer, operator and manager of wholesale data centers. This expansion will bring Rackspace to a total of approximately 65,000 square feet and 9.9 megawatts of power in the current Elk Grove Village, IL data center.

Driving the Rackspace data center expansion is its continued growth across both its Cloud and Managed hosting businesses. DuPont Fabros’ Chicago facility maximizes operating efficiency through an enhanced power capacity and flexible design with N+ 2 redundancies on all major systems including heat rejection systems, generators and UPS systems.

“DuPont Fabros Technology continues to be one of Rackspace’s most trusted and valued partners,” said Randy Smith, director of real estate, Rackspace Hosting. “We have been extremely pleased with the Chicago facility as well as DuPont Fabros’ willingness to work with Rackers, providing a rock-solid infrastructure foundation with an emphasis on efficiency. This allows us to focus on delivering Fanatical Support to our more than 99,000 customers.”

“Rackspace’s data center expansion in the Chicago-area is confirmation of the trusted partnership we share,” said Hossein Fateh, President and Chief Executive Officer, DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. “As Rackspace grows, we will continue to provide highly efficient data center design coupled with operational excellence so that Rackspace can continue serving their customers with an unmatched service experience.”

Rackspace also leases data center space from a DuPont Fabros subsidiary facility located in Ashburn, VA.