--- title: Data Foundry Connects With Opportunity Austin & Together Attract Job-Creating Investments to Central Texas description: Data Foundry Connects With Opportunity Austin & Together Attract Job-Creating Investments to Central Texas --- - [Contact JSA](https://www.jsa.net/contact/) - [Tech & Telecom News Now](https://www.jsa.net/blog/) [Twitter](https://twitter.com/telecompr) [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/JaymieScottoTV) [Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/company/jaymie-scotto-%26-associates) [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/JaymieScottoandAssociates) [![JSA – Jaymie Scotto & Associates Logo](https://blog.jsa.net/hubfs/JSA_March2019%20Theme/images/jsa-logo-120h.png) ![JSA – Jaymie Scotto & Associates Logo](https://blog.jsa.net/hubfs/JSA_March2019%20Theme/images/jsa-logo-60h.png) ![JSA – Jaymie Scotto & Associates Logo](https://blog.jsa.net/hubfs/JSA_March2019%20Theme/images/jsa-logo-60h.png)](https://www.jsa.net/) - [Company](https://www.jsa.net/#) - [Our Core Values](https://www.jsa.net/core-values/) - 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The program fosters long term growth through the creation of new jobs and increased payroll in the Central Texas region. In December, Data Foundry will participate in Opportunity Austin’s “Mission Trip” to New York to meet with business leaders to further discuss the benefits of bringing their local businesses to Austin. Additionally, Data Foundry’s President and Chief Financial Officer Shane Menking will become a new Board Member of the Austin Chamber of Commerce effective January 1, 2011. With Austin recently ranked #10 on the Forbes list for ['Best Places for Business and Careers',](http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/1/business-places-10_Austin-TX_2384.html) it is clearly a city marked by successful business growth and expansion. In addition, its located off the hurricane zone and away from natural disaster zones, making Austin a viable choice for Enterprises and technology companies to call home, as well as for disaster recovery and back-up sites.  Data Foundry is currently constructing a 250,000 sq foot next-generation data center which will further support big business in the area. For more information on Opportunity Austin, visit [http://www.austinchamber.com/index.html](http://www.austinchamber.com/index.html). For more information on Data Foundry, visit [www.datafoundry.com](http://www.datafoundry.com). Read the full announcement below. For more information, please email: [pr@datafoundry.com](mailto:pr@datafoundry.com). **DATA FOUNDRY JOINS AUSTIN CHAMBER INITIATIVE - OPPORTUNITY AUSTIN** **ASSITS WITH EFFORTS IN ATTRACTING NEW COMPANIES TO CENTRAL TEXAS AND** **FOSTERING JOB-CREATING INVESTMENTS** **Austin, TX – OCTOBER 19, 2010** - [Data Foundry](http://www.datafoundry.com/), a leading provider of wholesale and retail data center outsourcing, colocation, and disaster recovery services, announces its new partnership with [Opportunity Austin](http://www.austinchamber.com/DoBusiness/AboutOpportunityAustin/index.html)*,* the economic development initiative of the Austin Chamber of Commerce.  Opportunity Austin aims to foster sustainable growth through the creation of new jobs and increased payroll in the Central Texas region. As part of the new partnership, Data Foundry will participate in Opportunity Austin’s upcoming “Mission Trip” to New York this December to meet with local business leaders to further discuss with them the benefits of doing business in Austin.  “Data Foundry is extremely honored and pleased to be a part of the Opportunity Austin program,” remarks Shane Menking, President and Chief Financial Officer of Data Foundry. “Austin is a more than ideal location to do business.  Due to its low risk of natural disasters and the high number of technology resources available, Austin is a great city to support our company and data center facilities.  It also serves as a prime location for a wide variety of companies who wish to center themselves in a diversified and rapidly growing economy.” Job and wage increases projected early in the five-year implementation cycle of Opportunity Austin showed a net gain of over 117,000 jobs and a $10.8 billion increase in greater Austin’s total payroll. “Through its partners, the Austin Chamber has made a substantial investment in the region’s ongoing prosperity and quality of life,” states Tim Crowley, 2010 Chair, Opportunity Austin. “We are happy that Data Foundry has joined us and over 330 other investors in our efforts towards recruiting new businesses, supporting the retention and expansion of existing employers and tackling key regional challenges including infrastructure and workforce development.” In addition to the new partnership with Opportunity Austin, Data Foundry’s President and Chief Financial Officer Shane Menking will become a new Board Member of the Austin Chamber of Commerce effective January 1, 2011.  For more information about Data Foundry, please visit [www.datafoundry.com](http://www.datafoundry.com/), or email [sales@datafoundry.com](mailto:sales@datafoundry.com). For more information about *Opportunity Austin* and the Austin Chamber of Commerce, visit [http://www.austinchamber.com/DoBusiness/AboutOpportunityAustin/index.html](http://www.austinchamber.com/DoBusiness/AboutOpportunityAustin/index.html). **# # #** **About Opportunity Austin** Opportunity Austin is the Austin Chamber of Commerce’s five-year economic development initiative to foster sustainable growth through the creation of new jobs and increased payroll in the Central Texas region. The Austin Chamber partners with chambers of commerce and economic development corporations in the five-county area to diversify the economy of Central Texas. For more information visit [www.austinchamber.com](http://www.austinchamber.com/). **For Austin Chamber of Commerce media enquiries, please contact Donya Dahmann at** [ddahmann@austinchamber.com](mailto:ddahmann@austinchamber.com) or 512.322.5637. **About Data Foundry** Data Foundry, founded in 1994, was the first Internet Service Provider in San Antonio and one of the first 50 Internet Service Providers in the United States. Today, Data Foundry provides comprehensive wholesale and retail data center outsourcing, [colocation](http://www.datafoundry.com/data_centers.html), and [disaster recovery services](http://www.datafoundry.com/products_services/internet_data_center.html).  The company provides secure premium facilities for servers and equipment, emergency workspace and carrier-neutral network accessibility, supported by experienced onsite technicians and customer support 24/7/365.  The company supports more than 1,000 enterprise customers across a variety of industries including food/beverage, energy, healthcare and financial services. The company operates data centers in Austin and Houston and owns private networks in Austin, Houston, San Antonio and Dallas. For more information, visit [www.datafoundry.com](http://www.datafoundry.com/) or call 1.800.839.2794. *Data Foundry is a trademark of Data Foundry, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.* **For Data Foundry media enquiries, please contact** [pr@datafoundry.com](mailto:pr@datafoundry.com)  or call 512.684.9050. 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