(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Bandwidth and telecom services provider Zayo Group (www.zayo.com) announced on Wednesday it has launched Zayo Colocation Services, an independent business unit focused on colocation and interconnection services.
The new division, zColo, absorbs Zayo Group’s recently acquired colocation and interconnection business from FiberNet Telecom Group, which it completed last week. This includes its extensive presence in the New York / New Jersey metro market.
With this launch, zColo is now the exclusive operator of the 60 Hudson Street Meet-Me-Room, and offers colocation in 60 Hudson, 111 8th Avenue in New York City, and 165 Halsey Street in New Jersey.
The new business unit also provides extensive fiber and copper interconnects in and between these facilities, while maintaining additional facilities in Chicago, Miami and Los Angeles.
zColo will later expand its offerings to new buildings and markets.
“Zayo Group’s focus is providing bandwidth infrastructure for carriers, Internet providers, media companies and bandwidth-intensive enterprises,” says Dan Caruso, co-founder, president and CEO of Zayo Group. “The colocation and interconnects acquired from FiberNet play an essential role in the networks of many of Zayo’s strategic customers.”
The FiberNet acquisition resulted in about half of FiberNet’s business joining Zayo Bandwidth, while most of the remaining business is now a part of Zayo Colocation Services.
Thew two businesses will function as separate entities, as Zayo Bandwidth manages the relationships of major carrier and Internet infrastructure accounts, and offers colocation and interconnection services to these customers as an agent for Zayo Colocation Services.
zColo provides product and operational support to Zayo Bandwidth, and directly manages relationships for its own customers.
