Interxion provides expansion site for the London Internet Exchange (LINX)
London, 24 February 2000 - Interxion announced today that its Internet Exchange Center™ in central London has been chosen to provide the third expansion site for LINX, the London Internet Exchange and Europe's largest Internet Exchange Point. The Interxion centre has gigabit connectivity to the LINX primary sites in London Docklands, and gives the UK Internet industry the potential to expand its inter-provider traffic exchange beyond the existing LINX sites and help manage and co-ordinate the major growth in the Internet co-location industry. Interxion helps the development and growth of Internet exchange communities.
The Internet Exchange Centers™ of Interxion in Europe enable ISPs, web hosting companies, content providers and ASPs to efficiently exchange voice and Internet traffic and connect to a diversity of Europe's leading fiber optic backbones. In these neutral and secure facilities, Interxion experts partner with customers in the installation, operation and maintenance of their systems, allowing for faster roll out and response times, all on a pan-European scale.
We are proud to welcome LINX to our Internet Exchange Center™ which is the largest neutral facility in central London. Interxion Frankfurt already has a successful partnership with De-CIX, the leading German European Internet Exchange through which 85 percent of all German Internet traffic is routed. I am convinced that our leading edge facilities and services will contribute to LINX's world class reputation for quality and performance said Bart van den Dries, CEO of Interxion.
Keith Mitchell, chief executive of LINX, commented: Interxion's neutrality and facilities make them an ideal LINX expansion site and gives yet more choice of location to new members. Interxion's proven track record of working with Internet providers and Exchange points across Europe brings additional value to LINX members and Interxion's customers alike.
Interxion now operates Internet Exchange Centers™ in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London and Paris. The company recently secured Euro 100 million financing to expand its existing facilities and to open seven new Internet Exchange Centers™ in major European metropolitan areas including Brussels, Dusseldorf, Lyon, Madrid, Milan, Stockholm and Vienna. By the second quarter of 2000 Interxion will own and operate a total of 11 facilities throughout Europe. Interxion's continued investment in the 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.