Switch and Data (NASDAQ: SDXC), a leading provider of Internet
exchange and co-location services, announced today that it has agreed
with Interxion, a leading European operator of carrier-neutral data
centers, to jointly market their portfolios of network-neutral data
center and interconnection services across North America and Europe.
Interxion operates the broadest footprint of carrier-neutral data
centers in Europe and Switch and Data offers the broadest market
coverage in North America. Together the two companies can help
companies reach new customers and distribute content to end users at
56 sites across the world´s two largest markets.
The account management teams of Interxion and Switch and Data can
now offer solutions across both footprints to their customers and
prospects. Content companies, enterprises, and communications service
providers have demonstrated strong demand for co-location and
interconnection services to reach new customers in distant markets and
place content near end-users to improve performance. Together Switch
and Data and Interxion now provide the broadest solution in the North
American and European markets.
"Switch and Data and Interxion can now offer customers the
broadest and most diverse co-location, Internet exchange and
interconnection solutions in both North America and Europe," explains
Ernie Sampera, Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer, Switch
and Data. "We are excited to be able to offer Interxion´s extensive
footprint across Europe and strong technical support to our customers
and give them an integrated solution to expand their businesses into
new global markets."
Established in 1998, Interxion has the broadest footprint of
carrier-neutral data centers in Europe with 22 sites, in 13 cities
across 11 countries. The company offers services from co-location in
cabinets, cages, and private rooms to fully-outsourced data center
solutions for disaster recovery that are designed to provide the
highest level of operational resilience. Interxion also is home to 15
European Internet exchanges and provides access to 460 Internet
service provider and telecommunications carrier networks. The company
offers customers ultra high power density solutions to support blade
server environments up to 20 kW per rack.
"Our customers are increasingly interested in a global solution
and this strategic alliance with Switch and Data allows us to offer
them access to the broadest footprint in the North American market and
access to PAIX, the world´s first commercial Internet exchange," said
Anthony Foy, Group Managing Director for Interxion. "Our customers
will welcome an easy way to interconnect, peer and distribute content
to the North American market."
Switch and Data was founded in 1998, operates 34 sites in 23
markets, and provides one of the highest customer satisfaction scores
for technical and engineering support in the industry. Leading content
companies, enterprises, and communications service providers rely on
Switch and Data for customer reach, security, and world-class service,
delivered across the broadest colocation footprint and richest network
of interconnections in North America. Switch and Data offers custom
colocation solutions in racks, cabinets or cages, and offers power and
cooling capacities at up to more than 200 watts of power per square
foot.
About Switch and Data
Switch and Data is a leading provider of Internet exchange and
co-location services. Based in Tampa, Florida, Switch and Data
operates one of the largest footprints of neutral Internet exchange
and co-location facilities in North America serving more than 880
customers. Switch and Data´s PAIX is recognized worldwide as the
premier name in peering and Internet exchange services and is home to
one of the largest commercial exchange points in North America.
For more information, please visit www.switchanddata.com.
About Interxion
Interxion is a leading European operator of carrier-neutral data
centers, offering high power, highly flexible, scalable co-location,
interconnection and related managed services to customers from a wide
range of industries. With 22 data centers across Europe, Interxion
operates the broadest footprint of carrier-neutral data centers in
Europe and supports over 1,000 customers including enterprises,
systems integrators, Internet Service Providers, hosting and
telecommunications companies. In Interxion data centers customers have
access to 15 major European Internet exchanges and 460 ISP/Carrier
networks. Interxion data centres meet the most stringent industry
requirements, offering a very high level of security, 2n availability
of power, and a multiple and cost effective choice of connectivity
solutions. Interxion has extensive experience in designing, delivering
and operating the ultra high power density solutions supporting blade
server environments with up to 20 kW per rack.
For more information see www.interxion.com
