Appia Communicationsannounced the completion of upgrades to its St. Louis data center. The company also released new and aggressive pricing.

“Our data center is open for business,” said Victor von Schlegell, president of Appia Communications. “It has dual generator back-up, security with badged access and 24×7 guards, carrier-neutral network access, and direct connections to our all of our managed services. And with our new pricing, it pays to move in.”

A single rack unit with power, Internet and space is $99 per month. Entire cabinets, including power, Internet access, and space can be purchased for $599 per month.

“If you are running out of space or power for critical servers and applications, we can help,” said Matt Siemens, vice president of marketing for Appia. “With our 24-hour hands-on support and available backup data center in Dallas, our data center services provide more security, scalability, and redundancy than most customers can build for themselves, at a fraction of the cost.”

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