Case Study: First Financial Bank achieves scalable, compliant growth with Flexential colocation

First Financial Bank turns legacy challenges into scalable growth with colocation

First Financial Bank, a long-established regional bank headquartered in Terre Haute, Indiana, needed to modernize aging IT infrastructure that could no longer support its expansion across five states. The bank’s legacy disaster recovery setup was housed in a branch closet and sat too close to its primary data center, creating risk from weather, outages, and limited physical space. It turned to Flexential for colocation and data protection to build a more scalable, resilient foundation.

Flexential implemented a secure, enterprise-grade colocation solution at its Franklin Data Center, providing redundant power and cooling, low-latency connectivity, and strong physical security controls. The transition was supported by Flexential’s team through circuit coordination, rack placement, and a smooth migration process, while Remote Hands assistance helped the bank manage the site from afar. The result was improved compliance, 24/7 availability for critical banking services, and enterprise resilience at a lower monthly cost, with flexible capacity to support future growth across Flexential’s nationwide footprint.

First Financial Bank

Andy Garrett

Senior Systems Engineer