{"id":990,"date":"2016-03-18T15:55:32","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T15:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/altoonanow.org\/?p=990"},"modified":"2018-04-19T20:30:18","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T20:30:18","slug":"lightedge-double-size-altoona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altoonanow.org\/lightedge-double-size-altoona\/","title":{"rendered":"LightEdge Solutions to double size of Altoona operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lightedge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">LightEdge Solutions Inc.<\/a>, an enterprise-grade cloud service provider, colocation and consulting company, will more than double the size of its operation in Altoona over the next year, CEO Jim Masterson said.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The 50,000-square-foot expansion next to the original 30,000-square-foot building will allow the company to keep expanding its cloud-based solutions and server services to clients, include offering companies their own section of the server farm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Construction will start May 1 and will take a year. Masterson declined to give a specific cost estimate but said similar building projects &#8212; not including the equipment &#8212; cost $25 million to $40 million typically.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The company expects to add 10 or 15 jobs to its 100-member staff \u00a0in Des Moines as the expansion unfolds. LightEdge, which employs 150 total, also has operations in Kansas City, Mo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>The Business Record originally published this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessrecord.com\/Content\/Default\/-All-Latest-News\/Article\/LightEdge-Solutions-to-double-size-of-Altoona-operation\/-3\/248\/72466\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a> on March 18, 2016.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LightEdge Solutions Inc., an enterprise-grade cloud service provider, colocation and consulting company, will more than double the size of its operation in Altoona over the next year, CEO Jim Masterson 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