Rackspace expands cloud over Austin

AUSTIN – Rackspace Hosting Inc. has leased 87,000 sf next to a Chevrolet dealership on I-35 in North Austin. The site is enough space for 500 workers, with the opportunity to expand at the same site. Rackspace plans to hire 50 employees this year.

The company opened its first operation in Austin in a small office with eight sales people in 2006.

It looks for tech workers experienced in both Linux and Microsoft Windows operating systems and those who can program in such software languages as Python, Ruby and Java.

Read more at the Austin American-Statesman and Silicon Hills News.