TelecityRedbus, one of Europe's leading data centre service providers, is to add almost 12,000 square feet to its facility in Aubervilliers, Paris.
The multi-million Euro investment is a response to the increasing demand for secure and resilient colocation services in the French capital Paris, from both new and existing customers.
The initiative is part of a wider European investment programme to ensure that TelecityRedbus continues to deliver the optimum data centre environment to its customers and comes after the company's recent announcement that it is to acquire the European business of Globix, the managed hosting and security services provider.
"The prolonged upturn in market demand for data centre services, combined with an ongoing aim to support existing clients as they grow and expand, are both significant drivers for this move, says Mike Tobin, TelecityRedbus CEO. "This investment also demonstrates TelecityRedbus' firm commitment to the French marketplace.
Opened in 2001, the Aubervilliers facility offers a secure, resilient environment for hosting customer platforms through a combination of world-class utilities, multiple levels of connectivity, security, cooling/fire suppression and systems engineering services. It is also host to FreeIX, one of France's leading Internet Exchanges. On completion, the data centre, located in the EMGP business park of Aubervilliers, will be almost 30,000 ft┬▓ in size, with its sister site in Courbevoie offering an additional 30,000 ft┬▓of data centre space.
Following the acquisition of Globix UK, the company will have 19 carrier-diverse data centre facilities across seven countries throughout Europe that are designed to meet businesses' scalability, security and connectivity requirements. Six of these data centre locations host the main national Internet exchange points (IXPs); Amsterdam - AMS-IX, London - LINX, Frankfurt - DE-CIX, Paris - FreeIX, Dublin - INEX and MaNAP in Manchester.