Officially opened last week, it employs 170 people, cost $100 million to build and can hold up to 9,000 computer servers, providing Web-host services for potentially thousands of Brazilian companies.
The Government Procurement Service (GPS) has issued a tender for a framework agreement contract to provide hosting services for IT applications worth between £100m and £1bn.
Network Solutions, one of the largest services, for example, will register a Web address for one year for $35 a year and will also provide Web hosting services for an additional charge.
"We've run image-hosting services for years.
Web hosting services, for small sites, can run as low as a few dollars a month.
Their decision highlights the extent to which entry-level hosting services for small businesses may be imposing too great a burden on the website owner.
Given the popularity of WordPress, a number of services like WP Engine and Pantheon have sprung up around it that offer specialized hosting services for the platform.
The fear is that if Parse goes down temporarily, devs can't quickly port their apps elsewhere, unlike with more general hosting services for the web like Amazon.
Back in 2006, cloud computing company Joyent offered a lifetime subscription to bundle of hosting services for a one time fee of $500.
Santa Clara, Calif.-based Conxion, which leases its fiber from Williams Communications wcg owns a nationwide Internet protocol network and sells secure Internet access and hosting services for major web sites such as Microsoft's msft.
