Interxion provides expansion site for SFINX, the French Internet Exchange Paris
Paris June 19 2000 - Interxion Holding N.V. ("Interxion") announced today that its Internet exchange center ("IEC”) in Paris has been chosen to provide the new expansion site for SFINX, the French Global Internet exchange.
The new SFINX site at Interxion's Paris Internet exchange center is connected with a gigabit network connection to the old SFINX housing facility. This gives France's Internet industry the potential to expand its inter-provider traffic exchange beyond the existing SFINX sites, helping manage and co-ordinate the major growth in the Internet colocation industry.
The new agreement strengthens the pan-European position of Interxion as a leading operator of carrier-neutral Internet exchange centers. DE-CIX, the leading German Internet exchange, colocates its equipment at Interxion's Frankfurt IEC. According to DE-CIX, approximately 85 per cent of German Internet traffic is routed through DE-CIX. In March 2000, Interxion became the third expansion site for LINX, the London Internet exchange which is Europe's largest Internet exchange point.
We are proud to welcome SFINX to our Parisian IEC. This arrangement comes only six months after the opening of our first French Internet exchange center and helps strengthen our position as a leading operator of Internet exchange centers in France said Bart van den Dries, CEO of Interxion.
Interxion's IECs in Europe enable telecom carriers, Internet service providers (ISPs), application service providers (ASPs), web hosting companies, content providers, content distributors and mobile telecommunications operators to efficiently exchange voice and Internet traffic and connect to a diverse range of Europe's leading fiber optic backbones. In these carrier-neutral and secure facilities, Interxion experts work with customers on the installation, operation and maintenance of their systems, allowing for faster roll out and response times.
Interxion currently operates Internet exchange centers in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London, Paris and Vienna. Interxion is in the business of building, managing and constantly improving the European Internet structure, providing its customers with connectivity solutions that help them run their core business more effectively and efficiently. Interxion plans to open five new IECs in Brussels, Copenhagen, Düsseldorf, Madrid and Stockholm by 30 June, 2000.
Interxion's continued investment in Internet infrastructure will accelerate its strategy of delivering value-added services in leading edge facilities at the crossroads of the European internet and solving the growing congestion and reliability concerns of providers and users alike.