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(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Colocation and data center operator Internap Network Services (www.internap.com) announced on Friday it will open a new data center in Los Angeles to serve increased demand for premium colocation.

The move comes a couple months after Internap announced plans to build a new 55,000 square foot data center in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

This facility will be Internap’s eleventh company-controlled facility in its eighth North American market.

The build-out is part of the company’s strategy to develop a “geographically diversified platform of premium data centers serving customers’ high-performance IT Infrastructure needs,” says Internap.

The new Los Angeles data center will feature Internap’s route-optimized performance IPTM service and will deliver best-in-class performance and availability across a portfolio of enterprise IP, CDN, colocation, managed hosting and cloud services.

Located in the South Bay, just 6 miles from Los Angeles International Airport, Internap’s new data center will include 55,000 square feet of premium net sellable data center footprint over time.

The facility will take on modular designs and the latest power and cooling technologies to deliver power densities of up to 12 KW per cabinet to economically support long-term customer growth.

It will reduce energy consumption and environmental impact through green data center practices such as a high-efficiency UPS system, a cooling system that maximizes outside air for free cooling, reclaimed building materials and sustainable operational best practices.

Other feature include a full range of customer amenities, including fully equipped office areas, technical workspaces, dedicated customer work environments and a full-service customer lounge.

The first phase of about 15,000 net sellable square feet is expected to open in the second quarter of 2012.

“According to Tier 1 Research, the utilization of colocation space available in the Los Angeles area exceeds 90 percent,” said Mike Higgins, senior vice president of data center services at Internap. “Explosive growth in demand from the city’s media and entertainment, aerospace, technology, petroleum and finance industries has outstripped limited data center supply. With the addition of Los Angeles to our portfolio, Internap is able to provide these growing enterprises with data center space that can be tailored to their specific IT Infrastructure needs – from colocation, managed hosting and cloud services to high-performance enterprise IP and content delivery network services – and can quickly scale to support their business growth requirements.”

Internap plans to submit the data center for Green Globes certification, LA County Green Building Standards compliance, LEED certification and an Energy Star rating.