December 14, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center operator Peak 10 announced on Friday that it is planning to open a new 22,000 square-foot data center in the Greater Cincinnati region, in West Chester, Ohio.

December 14, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — According to a data center report released this week by computer manufacturer AMD, if data center energy use trends continue for three years, the IT industry could necessitate the creation of 10 new 1000-megawatt power plants.

December 14, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Malaysia-based Web hosting provider Exabytes Network announced on Thursday that it has launched a new plan targeting students.

December 14, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — UK managed hosting provider DediPower announced on Tuesday that it has increased capacity and secured a second data center to cope with the growing demand for its managed services.

December 14, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Domain asset management services provider Moniker announced on Tuesday that it has sold more than $325,000 in premium domain names at PubCon Las Vegas 2007 last week.

December 14, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Domain registrar and Web hosting provider Go Daddy announced on Friday that for the fourth year in a row The Business Journal has ranked Go Daddy as “One of the Valley’s Best Places to Work.”

December 14, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Managed hosting provider and data center operator Quality Technology Services announced on Friday that it has purchased 120,000 square feet of data center and office technology space in Silicon Valley.

December 14, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Managed dedicated server provider SingleHop announced on Thursday that shoppers should be prepared to deal with high traffic volume this holiday season as online retailers may be hit with higher than average website traffic this year.

December 14, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider NEXCESS.NET announced on Friday that it has launched a new division called EliteRAX, which will be offering dedicated servers, high performance clusters and colocation services.

December 14, 2007 — ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosts continued announcing holiday specials, but this week’s news saw some more significant and surprising reports, in particular the complex roberry at a London Verizon data center.