Switch & Data Begins International Expansion

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By Rich Miller
CarrierHotels News Staff

June 6, 2000 -- Switch & Data Facilities Co. (S&DFC) today launched an aggressive international expansion with the announcement of three facility leases in major European metro areas.
The new sites in Milan, Vienna and Berlin add to the Atlanta-based company's network of 33 colocation sites in the U.S.
"`The demand for secure and reliable carrier-neutral co-location from US Internet and telecommunications providers around the country has been enormous,"' said Stephen B. Kelly, CEO, Switch and Data Facilities Co. "`It's this demand that made us look at, and want to satisfy, the need for carrier-neutral co-lo facilities in Europe."
S&DFC, a pioneer in the domestic colocation market, says it intends to have 40 domestic co-location facilities operational and an additional 50 leases signed by year-end.
"`With the continued and rapid expansion of our domestic facilities network, it is only appropriate that we look at Europe as a logical next step for our business and our customers,'' said Kelly.
"A European network of facilities will launch Switch and Data Facilities into the enviable position of being able to provide a solution to the inherent problem of sourcing consistently high quality, reliable and secure co-location facilities on both a Pan-American and a Pan-European scale."