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Involta acquires data center and land in Green Bay provides mission-critical data center space coupled with industryleading power , security and connectivity services directly embedded into its facilities .
Located just 40 minutes from Green Bay , the campus project will support services needed for enterprise workloads and AI applications .
The location ’ s proximity is pitched as ‘ highly desirable ’ for edge deployments , in which Involta is considered a tier-two market pioneer .
Involta has acquired a 24.5-acre site housing an existing data center in the Green Bay region .
Through this acquisition , Involta will implement a multi-phased approach to extend the current data center footprint to an expandable campus with up to 20 MW of capacity .
The future campus is poised to meet rising enterprise colocation demands with the Involta SecurePower colocation model , which
“ As this market continues to grow , our evolving footprint in this vibrant region will deliver the capacity , fiber infrastructure and hybrid IT services required to support high-performance compute for the most demanding and complex regulated industries ,” said Bruce Lehrman , Founder and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors , Involta .
At the epicenter of Involta ’ s expansive data center network , the 20-MW campus will bolster the company ’ s future development of energy-efficient data centers and bring robust , redundant fiber infrastructure to the Wisconsin market , driving more connectivity both locally and nationally while delivering unmatched access to its Midwest data centers from Iowa to Minnesota to Ohio .
This acquisition marks Involta ’ s 13th data center location .
Vanta names Jadee Hanson as CISO
Vanta has appointed Jadee Hanson as its CISO . Hanson is the latest executive to join Vanta ’ s leadership team over the past year following the additions of David Eckstein , CFO as Jeremy Epling , CPO .
“ Finding an exemplary CISO with strong commercial sense , depth of experience in growing and developing exceptional teams , and a proven leader in security whose own philosophy aligned to ours was of paramount importance ,” said Vanta CEO Christina Cacioppo .
“ Jadee brings these attributes and much more to Vanta over her past 20 years of building businesses for growing security companies .
“ I ’ m looking forward to Jadee ’ s leadership as we continue accelerating our enterprise momentum and pioneering the future of trust for global companies of all sizes .”
Hanson has spent the past seven years at Code42 , serving as both CISO and CIO
– playing a significant role in enhancing Code42 ’ s security program .
Prior to Code42 , Hanson held senior leadership roles in the security department of Target Corporation
She was also with Deloitte as a security consultant for companies across diverse industries such as healthcare , technology , manufacturing , energy , retail and more .
Jadee Hanson – Vanta CISO
Hanson made the Forbes ’ 2023 CIO Next List , a Top 25 Women in Cybersecurity by The Software Report , and a Top 100 Women in Cybersecurity by Cyber Defense Magazine .
“ Vanta is the prime example of a company putting customers first to solve the cybersecurity challenges of today , with cutting-edge automation , AI and a trust management platform that ’ s unmatched in the industry ,” she said .
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