Global Crossing, a leading IP solutions provider, has revealed plans to open a hosting datacenter in London to serve customers in Europe, and has relocated its datacenter operations in the Miami area to accommodate the housing and hosting needs of US customers interested in connectivity to Latin America.
"When we completed our acquisition of Impsat roughly a year ago, we emphasized the close alignment of our two businesses, and in particular, the opportunity to introduce existing Impsat services to a wider, global customer base," said John Legere, Global Crossing's chief executive officer. "Our existing hosting infrastructure is world class. This expansion aims to capitalize on the rising demand for datacenter services, where supply has become increasingly scarce across Europe, and to accommodate the needs of U.S. businesses seeking connectivity to the Latin American region. It's imperative to Global Crossing's customers that we enhance and expand this valuable capability."
"Delivering this capability to enterprise customers in Europe beginning with our London facility is a cornerstone of our strategy to support their critical business needs," echoed Anthony Christie, managing director, EMEA. "As we hone our focus on this crucial market segment, we'll continue to refine this strategic growth area and to firmly plant Global Crossing in the minds of existing and prospective customers."
According to Gartner, the world's leading information technology research and advisory company, if significant new datacenter space is not brought on-stream in high-demand areas like London, there will be no free space left by the end of the decade.
"The general improvement in business conditions is causing organizations to come back to the datacenter market with greater overall demand than has been seen in recent years," said Scott Morrison, research director at Gartner. "The increase in demand for datacenter services is being driven primarily by internal enterprise requirements, including the growth in content-rich applications, data storage needs and virtualization. These are more robust indicators for positive mid-term growth in the industry than the supply-led expansion of Web-facing solutions in the dot-com era."
Consolidating our datacenter services with our Miami operations offers expanded physical facilities and enhances services provided to customers previously served out of a former Impsat facility in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The 650-square meter upgraded datacenter boasts a world-class infrastructure and quality standards, including state-of-the-art secure client support, such as a redundant power system for generators, rectifiers, UPS and air conditioning.