Wisconsin-based data centre Data Holdings has acquired a Data Centre as a Service (DCaaS) company Stack41.

Founded in 2014, Stack41 previously operated as a services partner from within Data Holdings’ Milwaukee facility, as well as operating hosting and data backup services out of a 100% uptime facility in Minneapolis. Stack41 will continue to service customers in both locations as Data Holdings.

Data Holdings said in a statement that the merger will allow the company to provide a comprehensive combined services portfolio to customers, leveraging Stack41’s experience in IoT sensor, network, and software.

The Stack41 team will be appointed into several new positions at Data Holdings including General Manager, Vice President Of Business Development, Network Engineer and Network Operations CentreTechnician.

“As a long-time partner of Data Holdings, we couldn’t be more pleased about the acquisition of Stack41 as their expertise, knowledge and exceptional customer service will further enhance our operations in Milwaukee,” said Kip Ritchie, President of Data Holdings. “By partnering with Stack41, we now offer a suite of fully outsourced data centre services, in addition to our premier colocation. Customers can also choose from a hybrid mix of services to fit their need at our facility, at their home location, or both.”

“The partnership of our two companies delivers exactly what companies want and need – services that are easy to consume, highly scalable and flexible with dynamic tools to order, manage and maintain,” addd Ryan Brooks, co-founder of Stack41, and Data Holding’s new General Manager. “As data services and security providers, we look forward to delivering those services to Data Holding’s customers. By joining the Data Holdings team, we will have the facility and bandwidth to deliver some exciting new capabilities and we look forward to rolling those out in the coming months.”

Built in 2013, Data Holdings is a subsidiary of the Potawatomi Business Development Corporation.