(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center operator TelecityGroup (www.telecitygroup.com) announced on Tuesday its Frankfurt, Germany data center expansion plans, which will add 13,123 square feet of space with 6MW of customer power.
This is already the company’s second expansion to the facility in less than a year. Last autumn, the company 1.5MW of power capacity to the data center to meet increasing demand from both service providers and enterprises.
TelecityGroup also recently opened a 11,155 square foot data center in Paris. In addition to these data centers, Telecity has 21 other data centers across Amsterdam, Dublin, London, Manchester, Milan, and Stockholm.
The additional data center space will meet growing customer demand in the area. Over the years, Frankfurt has become a major European and German hub for Internet and network intensive business requirements.
“Germany is a major Internet market, with extremely high broadband penetration and bandwidth usage,” says Martin Essig, managing director at TelecityGroup Germany. “The Internet has expanded into every facet of our business and personal lives – from hosting virtual meetings to watching a favorite TV show – and this increase in online services is driving demand for high-quality carrier neutral data center capacity. Companies are selecting TelecityGroup Frankfurt to establish an initial base in Europe as we offer a unique blend of turnkey data center solutions including bundled 24/7 on-site service, high performance network access, and flexible contracts which facilitate on-demand scaling of customer capacity.”
TelecityGroup’s existing Frankfurt data centers have been built to high standards. Both facilities are set to conform to international standards ISO 27001:2005 for information security management and ISO 9001:2008 for quality management.
