(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — International Internet exchange DE-CIX (www.de-cix.net) has extended its Internet exchange infrastructure into Interxion’s (www.interxion.com) latest Frankfurt data center, Frankfurt5, which will be its fifth infrastructure location in Frankfurt.
According to European carrier-neutral data center operator Interxion, its new data center gives DE-CIX and its customers more space to grow as well as access to some of the most advanced IT infrastructure currently available in Germany, strengthening its position in the market as one of the most important Internet exchanges for Central and Eastern Europe and the largest Internet exchange worldwide for data throughput.
“While many other exchanges are hitting their capacity limits, data traffic in Frankfurt is still growing significantly, driven by our international reach and the quality of the infrastructure we can offer,” DE-CIX business development and marketing director Frank P. Orlowski said in a statement. “DE-CIX does not just offer fast, high-quality Internet connectivity in Germany; we work with Internet companies from over 40 countries for whom Frankfurt and Germany clearly have a location advantage.
Designed as a one-stop-shop for international ISPs and telcos for peering and colocation, DE-CIX offers plentiful and secure data center space in Frankfurt, an increasingly important German communication hub. Orlowski said Frankfurt5 offers the most efficient and fail-safe infrastructure available today. “Among other things, 2N emergency power supply, an energy-efficient cooling system, biometric access controls, multiple layers of physical security and a 24/7 security team ensure that the German Internet exchange in Frankfurt has the infrastructure it needs.”
Interxion Germany managing director Peter Knapp said more data is exchanged at the Interxion Frankfurt data center campus than anywhere else in Germany. “An exceptionally varied community of telecommunications companies has settled in our data centers and around DE-CIX,” Knapp said in a statement. “This means that even customers who are not connected to DE-CIX can easily benefit from improved connectivity. As this interconnected community continues to grow, the international significance of Frankfurt as a communication hub will also continue to rise.”
Beyond Germany, Netherlands-based Interxion has been active elsewhere in Europe recently, having reached an agreement with Scandinavian equity trading platform Burgundy last month to provide proximity hosting services from its Stockholm data center to provide market participants highly reliable, low-latency access. It also recently completed its latest London data center expansion, adding more than 4,300 square feet (400 square meters) as part of the company’s build-out of its data center footprint across the 11 countries in which it operates. With an existing revolving credit facility of €135 million (almost $190 million), Interxion was given an additional €45 million ($63 million) subordinated credit facility last month, bringing its financing for expansion to €150 million (about $250 million).
