HostGator will lease 1,700 additional servers in The Planet's Houston and Dallas data centers, essentially doubling its server portfolio.

The Planet, a dedicated hosting company, and HostGator, a hosting provider, today announced that it has extended their business relationship with the signing of customer transaction of the two companies.

Through the terms of the agreement, HostGator will lease 1,700 additional servers in The Planet's Houston and Dallas data centers, essentially doubling its server portfolio. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed, says the company.

"For the past five years, HostGator has continued a steady growth trajectory with The Planet as our hosting provider," said HostGator President and Founder Brent Oxley. "Starting with three servers – and now with many more – we have relied on The Planet for its reliability, scalability, bandwidth and service, which we believe is the best in the business.  We have built our business based on service and one-on-one relationships with our customers, which is the hallmark of our success."

"Brent Oxley has built a business that clearly mirrors the American dream," said The Planet's Chairman and CEO Douglas J. Erwin.  "Through a consultative review, our team evaluated the HostGator product portfolio to augment his server offerings and to scale his business for growth.  Great companies are measured by the success of their customers, and we are proud that HostGator chooses The Planet as its on demand IT infrastructure provider."