Telecity Group has reconfirmed that its 2010 performance will be in line with market expectations and that the firm will open a 3.5MW data center in Manchester, north of England. 

 

The company also said it has it has secured an additional 3MW of customer capacity at its key Harbour Exchange facility in the Docklands area of London, where its sites are currently full. 

 

This capacity will open in Q3 2011. Further to the recent acquisition of IFL in Manchester, the Group announces a new 3.5MW data centre in that market. Telecity paid £21.1m the IFL facility on August 2 this year adding 1,600 sqm (1.4 MW) of capacity to the existing Group estate. This facility is scheduled to open in Q3 2011 to fulfil the latent demand for capacity in the north of England, where the Group’s two existing sites are full. 

 

Michael Tobin, CEO of TelecityGroup, commented:"I am very pleased with TelecityGroup’s trading to date in 2010 and I remain excited about future growth prospects. We are continuing to invest in growth, in response to customer demand, using long-term planning and our leading industry position to provide new capacity in the highly connected European internet hubs, protected as they are by high barriers to entry. The Group’s announced expansion programme is on track and this additional capacity will allow for strong organic growth in our core European markets into the medium-term." 

 

In 2009 Michael Tobin won the Business Leader of the Year award at the DatacentreLeaders’ Awards and Telecity Group also won the Editor’s wild card award for its Paris data center.