Data center problems have reportedly been adding to the frustration of federal workers scrambling to improve the healthcare.gov website. The data center, run by Verizon Communication’s Terremark subsidiary, went down at least twice during October, according to Bloomberg. But even before the most recent problems, the government had decided to replace Terremark with Hewlett-Packard.
The Terremark contract runs through March, but Health and Human Services officials are already working to transition the website. Terremark has provided website hosting as well as data center services, and its contract awards related to the healthcare.gov website have totaled $55 million, according to The Wall Street Journal. Terremark continues to work with other federal agencies.
Verizon purchased Terremark for $1.4 billion in 2011, and at that time federal contracts represented roughly 20% of Terremark’s revenue. The group has provided data center services for the Federal Communications Commission and the Library of Congress.
