VIA EDGAR

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Attention:	Patrick Gilmore, Accounting Branch Chief
	Barbara C. Jacobs, Assistant Director
	Jan Woo, Esq., Staff Attorney
	Joyce Sweeney, Staff Accountant

Re:	Rackspace Hosting, Inc.
	Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2011
	Filed February 17, 2012
	File No. 001-34143

Ladies and Gentlemen:

As discussed during my telephone conversation with Ms. Woo on April 17, 2012, Rackspace Hosting, Inc. intends to respond to the comments from the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission received by letter dated April 4, 2012 by May 1, 2012.

Sincerely,

/s/ William Alberts

William Alberts, VP and Associate General Counsel