HOUSTON, March 2, 2009 The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting,
today announced plans for its first international data center, located in
London. Based on significant customer demand for both international and globally
redundant hosted infrastructure, the company initially will offer its virtual
racks solution when its center opens in April. Preleasing begins immediately.
The data center features up to 20kW of power per rack, backed by N+1 redundancy
on generators, transformers and UPS systems. Customers gain access to a 10GB
private fiber interconnect to The Planets core network through its Ashburn,
Va., data center, as well as local connectivity to Tier-1 providers and the
major European peering exchanges.
For the past 18 months, weve evaluated international markets that are of
strategic importance to our planned global expansion, and Europe has been at the
forefront of those discussions, said The Planets Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer Douglas J. Erwin. Weve had serious customer interest, which
underscored that the time was right to move forward. Weve made substantial
investments in our data centers and our network over the past two years,
including the recent addition of new peering points on the East and West Coasts
of the United States. Our storage cloud and CDN products also provide global
access points. With 42 percent of our customers located in international
markets, we expect considerable interest in this new operation.
The Planet has forged a colocation agreement with London-headquartered
TelecityGroup, which operates 20 network-independent data centers across seven
European countries. Procedures in the new facility comply with ISO 9001:2000,
which benchmarks quality processes for data center operations and management.
TelecityGroup is highly regarded for both its premium data centers and
operational expertise. It is also taking the lead in driving energy efficiency
in the data center in Europe as the first data center operator to sign up to the
new EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres. It is also a member of the Green
Grid.
The Planet has established a strong reputation for delivering high quality,
reliable hosting and Web services, said Adriaan Oosthoek, Managing Director for
TelecityGroup UK and Ireland. Im delighted that TelecityGroup will play a
crucial role in supporting The Planets roll out into Europe, by hosting and
maintaining their infrastructure in our new highly resilient and secure
Powergate data centre. We continue to be the data centre of choice for leading
U.S. businesses expanding into Europe.
In December, The Planet announced plans for its seventh data center, a new
86,000 square foot colocation facility in Dallas. The first phase will open in
May 2009. For more information, visit
http://www.theplanet.com or contact the sales department at 1-866-325-0045
to learn more about pre-leasing opportunities in the new London data center.
About TelecityGroup
TelecityGroup is Europe's leading provider of premium network independent data
centres offering a range of flexible, scalable data centre and managed services.
TelecityGroup specialises in the design, build, and management of highly
connected and secure environments in which customers can house their technical,
web and internet infrastructure. Each of its data centres acts as a connectivity
and content hub facilitating the storage, sharing and distribution of data,
content and media. Headquartered in London, TelecityGroup operates 20
network-independent data centres across seven European countries. The data
centres are located in prime positions for commerce and connectivity, including
London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Paris, Stockholm, Milan and Dublin. TelecityGroup
is listed on the London Stock Exchange. For additional information, please visit
http: http://www.telecity.com.
About The Planet
The Planet is the leading provider of
On Demand IT
Infrastructure solutions, hosting more than 20,000 small- and medium-size
businesses and 15.2 million Web sites worldwide. Customers have the
power
to choose from the broadest range of
hosting solutions in the industry, from
dedicated servers,
Alpha Professional Managed Dedicated Servers,
Northstar Managed Hosting and
data center
colocation, all backed by 24x7x365 support. With the best choice of servers,
software tools and world-class service, backed by state-of-the-art
data
centers and an enterprise-class
network,
The Planet turns IT into a powerful competitive advantage that enables customers
to grow their businesses. For additional information, visit
www.theplanet.com.
For information contact:
Yvonne Donaldson, The Planet
Director, Public Relations
Phone: (281) 714-3602
ydonaldson@theplanet.com
Catherine Leahy
Global Fluency
Phone: (650) 433-4150
cleahy@globalfluency.com
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