BitTorrent Inc expands server park

Written by Ernesto on September 02, 2006 

BitTorrent Inc upgraded their serverpark from 3 server racks to a 600-square- foot server cage, of roughly 28 racks. And it’s only the beginning.
The growth is a result of BitTorrent’s deals with companies like Warner, Chinese TV and Movie companies, and other movie companies. BitTorrent is also planning to open their very own video [...]

BitTorrent Inc upgraded their serverpark from 3 server racks to a 600-square- foot server cage, of roughly 28 racks. And it’s only the beginning.

The growth is a result of BitTorrent’s deals with companies like Warner, Chinese TV and Movie companies, and other movie companies. BitTorrent is also planning to open their very own video store later this year.

The serverpark is located at the Main 365 datacenter in San Francisco, BitTorrent’s hometown. Ashwin Navin, president and co-founder of BitTorrent states:

“BitTorrent is not a company that limits itself by convention. With our aggressive growth plans we need a data center that can grow with us and deliver reliable power, cooling and connectivity. 365 Main provides these features within a stone’s throw away from our engineering team in San Francisco,”.

And I always thought BitTorrent was supposed to save you bandwidth…

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3 Responses

1 Sep 02, 2006 at 19:28 by Roberto Sinclair

Wow, sounds like BitTorrent Inc. is getting serious about becoming a player in online media distribution. The deal with Warner pretty much guarantees their survival.

2 Sep 04, 2006 at 21:45 by bla

of course this new setup will save bandwidth for providers in the long run.

when these paid services launch, people will want their downstream saturated – hence the datacenter – even if the download is new. the BT load sharing will be realized as consumers upload as well (probably using proprietary Warner-branded clients set to start up with windows and share 1:1)

3 Sep 22, 2006 at 19:20 by winkydo

pics or shens

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