Level 3 Beefs Up NYC Presence

Opens fifth data center serving city

CarrierHotels News Staff

June 8, 2000 -- Level 3 Communications, Inc. has opened its fifth Internet and communications facility in the New York metropolitan area, the company said today.
. The new building in Garden City, Long Island, is designed to meet "the continuing growing demand for business and residential Internet and communications services in the region," the company said.
. Level 3 also announced that its 500,000 square foot colocation facility in Manhattan is now serving customers.
"We are witnessing an explosion in demand for advanced technical space where our customers can physically locate their equipment and connect directly to Level 3's broadband fiber-optic network,"' said Kevin J. O'Hara, executive vice president and chief operating officer for Level 3, which has 35 major data centers around the world.
. "The new facility we're announcing today in Garden City is aimed squarely at meeting the growing needs of our Web-centric customers in the region,'' said O'Hara. "`Additionally, Long Island is important to Level 3's overall network strategy because the area serves as a hub for many of the local access providers, and this new facility offers them direct access to the Level 3 network.''
. Level 3 enables Web-centric companies to grow quickly by providing infrastructure and network services to meet increasing demands for e-commerce, streaming audio and video, and many other Web based and communications services.