33-815: Interxion is a provider of carrier and cloud-neutral colocation data centre services in Europe . Founded in 1998 in the Netherlands, the firm was publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange from 28 January 2011 until its acquisition by Digital Realty in March 2020. Interxion is headquartered in Schiphol-Rijk in the Netherlands, and operates 53 data centres in 11 European countries located in major metropolitan areas, including Dublin , London , Frankfurt , Paris , Amsterdam , and Madrid ,
66-559: A " meet-me-room " where the different carriers housed in the centre can efficiently exchange data. Most peering points sit in colocation centres and because of the high concentration of servers inside larger colocation centres, most carriers will be interested in bringing direct connections to such buildings. In many cases, there will be a larger Internet exchange point hosted inside a colocation centre, where customers can connect for peering. TelecityGroup Telecity Group plc (formerly TelecityRedbus and before that Telecity ),
99-401: A $ 2.2 billion deal, thus creating a joint data-center operator, with a combined value of $ 4.5 billion. According to the two CEOs, a deal promised to deliver around $ 600 million in synergy savings. In May 2015, US data company Equinix announced it would be acquiring TelecityGroup for £2.35 billion ($ 3.6 billion), which would terminate Telecity’s deal with Interxion. Reuters reported that
132-664: A 21 MW expansion at the company's London Powergate facility. In August 2012, TelecityGroup acquired Tenue Oy, a provider of carrier-neutral data centres in Helsinki , Finland . In November 2012 TelecityGroup acquired Academica, a data centre and IT services operator, also active in Finland since 1996, giving the enlarged TelecityGroup Finland a total of three data centres and 2MW of operational capacity; 7MW of additional capacity will be opened in two new facilities in due course. In May 2013, TelecityGroup acquired SadeceHosting,
165-567: A broad range of telecommunications carriers, ISPs and other customers. The data centres act as content and connectivity hubs that facilitate the processing, storage, sharing and distribution of data, content, applications and media among carriers and customers. Interxion's customer base is in high-growth market segments, including financial services, cloud and managed services providers, digital media and carriers. Customers in these target markets enable expansion of existing communities of interest and build new, high-value communities of interest within
198-541: A large digital media community, helping to optimise distribution and minimize costs. Interxion has created financial hubs across key European financial markets, including London, Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Dublin and Stockholm. The hubs consist of highly interactive and extensive communities of capital market participants, including a range of algorithmic and high-frequency traders, brokers, hedge funds , exchanges, multilateral trading facilities , market data providers and clearing houses. The financial hubs are accessible via
231-981: A new contract deployment from global Infrastructure-as-a-Service provider Voxility for its campus in Madrid , reaching more than 90 carriers in this hub alone. In Q1 2020, Interxion acquired 70% of icolo.io, a Kenyan data centre company and in 2021 acquired controlling stakes of Medallion, a leading data centre operator in Nigeria. Interxion is certified with BS 25999 , the British Standards Institution ( BSI ) standard for business continuity management . This has been integrated with Interxion's existing Information Security Management System (ISMS) certification ISO 27001:2005 standard for all of its European country operations. The company's European Customer Service Centre (ECSC) team has been trained in ITIL v3,
264-571: A provider of data centre and hosted services in Istanbul , Turkey and in November 2013, TelecityGroup acquired 3DC, an independent data centre provider in Sofia , Bulgaria . In August 2014, Telecity’s founder Michael Tobin left the company following reported tensions with the board of directors. In February 2015, it was announced that Telecity would merge with Interxion , purchasing it in
297-600: A rival business, resulting in the two business, TeleCity and Redbus, trading under the name of TelecityRedbus. Later in 2006 Telecity Group plc bought the European assets of the US-based Globix Corporation . Following a rebranding exercise implemented in August 2007, TeleCity, Redbus and Globix (UK) began to trade under the name TelecityGroup. In October Telecity Group plc listed on the main market of
330-556: A simple cross connect using the Ethernet platform within Interxion data centres. European Telecom Exchange BV was incorporated on 6 April 1998, and (after being renamed Interxion Holding B.V. on 12 June 1998) was converted into Interxion Holding N.V. on 11 January 2000. Interxion completed its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on 28 January 2011. Interxion was founded by Bart van den Dries. The first round of venture capital
363-711: A wide range of carriers and high bandwidth fibre connectivity providers. Interxion has created cloud hubs across its European footprint, creating an optimum environment for cost-effective development, launch and management of cloud-based services for enterprises, systems integrators and cloud service providers. The hubs also enable fast, easy interconnection with one of Europe's largest and fastest-growing community of cloud operators. Interxion works with many carriers, network providers and Internet Service Providers as well as 20 Internet exchanges, neutral Ethernet exchanges, CDN ’s and over 500 carriers. Existing Interxion customers can interconnect data centres to any of these parties via
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#1732801550071396-424: Is a supporter of the public Internet exchanges and was an active participant in the creation of Euro-IX. Colocation centre A colocation centre (also spelled co-location , or shortened to colo ) or " carrier hotel ", is a type of data centre where equipment, space, and bandwidth are available for rental to retail customers. Colocation facilities provide space, power, cooling, and physical security for
429-465: Is expanding its data centre capacity across Europe. At the end of 2011 the company had 68 MW of available customer power and this will be increased to 124 MW by 2016. As part of this expansion the first phase of a new 9 MW data centre was opened in Amsterdam (Southeast AMS 5) in early 2012, and on 2 July 2012 Ed Vaizey , UK Minister for Communications, officially opened the first phase of
462-631: The backbone infrastructure and PoP ’s for over 400 carriers across its European footprint. These carriers are present at Interxion’s data centres both to interconnect to other carriers and to use the customer communities within the data centres. Internet exchanges are the major points on the Internet where networks interconnect. They serve as an exchange point for the traffic of the Internet via bi-lateral, settlement-free peering agreements . Interxion houses 18 such Internet exchanges in Europe. Interxion
495-656: The London Stock Exchange . In August 2010, TelecityGroup acquired Internet Facilitators Limited (IFL), a provider of-carrier neutral data centres in Manchester. In August 2011 TelecityGroup acquired Data Electronics, which operates two carrier-neutral data centres in Dublin , and in September 2011 UK Grid, a carrier-neutral data centre operator in Manchester was acquired. TelecityGroup has announced it
528-586: The Montreuil Tribunal administratif ( administrative tribunal ) ordered Interxion to stop using the La Courneuve data centre because of noise pollution concerns raised by the inhabitants . In October 2019, Digital Realty and Interxion announced the acquisition of Interxion by Digital Realty for $ 8.4 billion to "create a leading global provider of data centre, colocation and interconnection solutions". In November 2019, Interxion announced
561-459: The server , storage , and networking equipment of other firms and also connect them to a variety of telecommunications and network service providers with a minimum of cost and complexity. Many colocation providers sell to a wide range of customers, ranging from large enterprises to small companies. Typically, the customer owns the information technology (IT) equipment and the facility provides power and cooling. Customers retain control over
594-654: The acquisition of Telecity by Equinix would create the largest data center company in Europe. On 13 November 2015, the European Commission granted clearance for the Equinix offer to acquire Telecity. As part of this acquisition, the European Commission required divestment of eight of the datacentre sites on competition grounds, and these sites were sold to Digital Realty for $ 874 million. In January 2016, Equinix announced that it had completed
627-559: The already established Information Security Management System, ISO 27001, an internationally recognised certification designed to assess levels of risk across an entire company's data centre network. In 2010 Interxion's Technology and Engineering Group was recognised for its "Outstanding Contribution to the Data Centre Sector" at the sixth annual Data Centre Europe awards ceremony held at Espaces Antipolis in Nice, France. Interxion
660-734: The data centre. Communities of interest are particularly important to customers in each of these market segments. For example, customers in the digital media segment benefit from the close proximity to content delivery network providers and Internet exchanges in order to rapidly deliver content to consumers. Interxion expects the high-value and reduced-cost benefits of communities of interest to continue to attract new customers. Interxion focuses its efforts on attracting customers in well-defined sectors of industry: Interxion has created content hubs across its European data centre footprint. The hubs allow organisations to aggregate, exchange, store, manage, and distribute content in addition to interconnecting with
693-466: The design and usage of their equipment, but daily management of the data centre and facility are overseen by the multi-tenant colocation provider. Buildings with data centres inside them are often easy to recognize by the amount of cooling equipment located outside or on the roof. Colocation facilities have many other special characteristics: Colocation data centres are often audited to prove that they attain certain standards and levels of reliability;
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#1732801550071726-418: The environments and enables identification of opportunities to improve efficiency. The flexible design provides a scalable infrastructure model. Interxion connects to more than 400 individual carriers and ISPs as well as 18 European Internet exchanges. This is part of the carrier-neutral data centre concept. Interxion hosts global Tier 1 , regional Tier 2 and national Tier 3 networks with direct access to
759-473: The facility is built. Generators do not start instantaneously, so colocation facilities usually have battery backup systems. In many facilities, the operator of the facility provides large inverters to provide AC power from the batteries. In other cases, customers may install smaller UPSes in their racks. Some customers choose to use equipment that is powered directly by 48 VDC (nominal) battery banks. This may provide better energy efficiency, and may reduce
792-419: The latest ITIL standard. BS 25999 is the world's first business continuity management (BCM) standard, developed to minimise the risks of disruptions, which can impact a business. The standard is designed to keep businesses operational during challenging times by protecting staff, preserving reputations and providing the ability to keep trading. Interxion's development of a BCM system involved integrating with
825-564: The main market of the London Stock Exchange and in June 2000, TeleCity Limited’s parent company, TeleCity plc floated on the London Stock Exchange . In September 2005, TeleCity plc was taken private by 3i and Oak Hill and by October of that year Telecity Group plc was incorporated and became the holding company of Telecity plc and its group companies in November 2005. In January 2006 Telecity Group acquired Redbus Interhouse plc ,
858-743: The most commonly seen systems are SSAE 16 SOC 1 Type I and Type II (formerly SAS 70 Type I and Type II) and the tier system by the Uptime Institute or TIA. For service organizations today, SSAE 16 calls for a description of its "system". This is far more detailed and comprehensive than SAS 70's description of "controls". Other data center compliance standards include Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) audit and PCI DSS Standards. Colocation facilities generally have generators that start automatically when utility power fails, usually running on diesel fuel . These generators may have varying levels of redundancy, depending on how
891-515: The number of parts that can fail, though the reduced voltage greatly increases necessary current, and thus the size (and cost) of power delivery wiring. An alternative to batteries is a motor–generator connected to a flywheel and diesel engine. Many colocation facilities can provide redundant, A and B power feeds to customer equipment, and high end servers and telecommunications equipment often can have two power supplies installed. Colocation facilities are sometimes connected to multiple sections of
924-587: The six main data centre markets in Europe , as well as Marseille , Interxion’s Internet Gateway. The company's core offering is carrier-neutral co-location, which includes provision of space, power and a secure environment in which to house customers’ computing, network, storage and IT infrastructure. Interxion also provides a number of additional services, including systems monitoring, systems management, engineering support services, data back-up and storage. Within its data centres, Interxion enables approximately 1,500 customers to house their equipment and connect to
957-436: The utility power grid for additional reliability. Colocation facility owners have differing rules regarding cross-connects between their customers, some of whom may be carriers. These rules may allow customers to run such connections at no charge, or allow customers to order such connections for a monthly fee. They may allow customers to order cross-connects to carriers, but not to other customers. Some colocation centres feature
990-481: Was a European carrier-neutral datacentre and colocation centre provider. It specialised in the design, build and management of datacentre space. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange until it was acquired by Equinix in January 2016. Telecity Group plc was the result of the uniting of three separate companies – TeleCity Limited, Redbus Interhouse Limited and Globix Holdings (UK) Limited. TeleCity Limited
1023-630: Was founded by Mike Kelly and Anish Kapoor from Manchester University in April 1998 and opened its first data centre in Manchester. At that time 3i Group made an investment of £24 million in the Company. In July 1998, Redbus Interhouse Limited was incorporated, and commenced operations in its first data centre in London Docklands in July 1999. By March 2000, Redbus Interhouse Limited floated on
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1056-711: Was nominated in the Green I.T. Awards 2011 as a finalist for "IT Operator of the Year". Interxion is a member of the following organisations: After joining the Green Grid association in 2008 and becoming a Contributor Member and part of the Advisory Council, Interxion has committed to continuously investigate efficiency opportunities such as free cooling as standard, ground water cooling, and waste heat re-use. Continuous monitoring and measuring provides information about
1089-582: Was provided by Residex together with some informal investors. In February 2015, it was announced that UK-based data center operator Telecity would merge with Interxion, purchasing it in a $ 2.2 billion deal, thus creating a joint data-center operator, with a combined value of $ 4.5 billion. According to the two CEOs, a deal promised to deliver around $ 600 million in synergy savings. In May 2015, US data company Equinix announced it would be acquiring TelecityGroup for £2.35 billion ($ 3.6 billion), which would terminate Telecity's deal with Interxion. On 15 October 2015
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