The Planet


Overview


Headquarters: Houston, TX
Initial Investment Date: May 2006
GI Role: Lead Investor
Website: www.theplanet.com

Business Description

  • Provider of internet infrastructure services including managed and unmanaged dedicated hosting of web pages, email and databases, as well as collocation
  • Created by combining EV1 Servers (acquired in April 2006) and The Planet (acquired in May 2006)
  • Differentiated by size, sophistication, data center quality and breadth of services
  • 525 full time employees
  • Six data centers, all located in Dallas and Houston
    Comprised of 250,000+ square feet of total space and 150,000+ square feet of conditioned data center space
  • Over 40,000 servers, firewalls and load balancers
  • Serve over 20,000 SMB customers