Switch and Data Expands to Meet Demand in Fast Growing Dallas Market

October 08, 2007 in Portfolio News

New Customer XC Networks Leverages Switch and Data's Dallas Network Density to Extend its Reach in Key Regional Hub

TAMPA. Florida - Oct. 8, 2007--Switch and Data (Nasdaq: SDXC), a leading provider of Internet exchange and colocation services, has secured new space adjacent to its existing Dallas INFOMART location, expanding capacity to satisfy demand in the market. New Dallas customer XC Networks has chosen Switch and Data's Dallas facility as a central place to interconnect with many networks and bandwidth providers and expand its "Linking your World" value proposition.

XC Networks is the leading provider of cross-border communications in Mexico, providing last mile solutions and wireless backhaul to link major metro markets in the U.S., Mexico and Dallas is a strategic location for XC Networks to access customers and suppliers because it is the regional hub for communications traffic between the United States and Mexico. Switch and Data supports the interconnection requirements of regional specialists by providing the broadest footprint of facilities in North American communications hub markets such as Dallas, Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago, Miami, New York, Buffalo and Toronto.

"Cost effective access to a diverse universe of communications networks is essential to the growth of XC Networks," said Neal R. Heikkinen, Executive Vice President, XC Networks. "Switch and Data's Dallas facility is one of the most interconnected in the market and provides a secure environment for our business-critical applications."

This is Switch and Data's third expansion in the Dallas metro area and will take the company past 65,000 gross square feet of space in the market. Switch and Data's three Dallas locations offer connectivity to 120 networks, from leading national and international providers to regional experts like XC Networks.

"Switch and Data facilities give our customers access to a critical mass of network and bandwidth providers in key regional hubs for communications traffic," said Ernie Sampera, Sr. VP of Marketing, Switch and Data. "We are investing in expansion in markets like Dallas to support our customers' increasing need for collocation space, interconnection, power and cooling to deliver rich Internet content."

XC is also using Switch and Data's PAIX Internet exchange, available in the INFOMART and 2323 Bryan St. Dallas locations. PAIX pioneered commercial Internet exchange and provides a simple and cost effective way for Internet service providers (ISPs), telecommunications companies, and enterprises to peer their IP traffic to reduce cost and enhance performance. Switch and Data offers distributed peering between its Dallas metro area locations to maximize its customers' opportunities to reach important networks, partners and customers.

About Switch and Data

Switch and Data is a leading provider of Internet exchange and colocation services. Based in Tampa, Florida, Switch and Data operates one of the largest footprints of neutral Internet exchange and colocation facilities in North America serving more than 870 customers. Switch and Data's PAIX is recognized worldwide as the premier name in peering and Internet exchange services and is home to one of the largest commercial exchange points in North America.

About XC Networks

XC Networks, formerly known as Bordercomm, provides fixed line connectivity throughout North America. Its core business started in 1986 as a last mile provider in Mexico and has now expanded in last mile provisioning throughout North America. XC Networks owns and operates multiple tower locations including 34 outfitted as fully equipped terminals. Utilizing this infrastructure throughout North America, XC Networks can provide last mile solutions and wireless backhaul in geographically strategic markets.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" which are not historical facts but instead reflect management's current expectations or beliefs concerning future events and results of operations, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside of the Company's control. Actual results may differ materially from expectations discussed in such forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to, business conditions and growth in the Company's industry, and its customers' industries and the general economy; variability of operating results; variation in utility expenses resulting in seasonality; the availability and cost of sufficient electrical power and cooling capacity; the non-renewal of any of the Company's facilities leases; the variability of its customer requirements; other economic, business, and competitive factors affecting its customers, its industry and business generally; other factors that may not have currently been identified or quantified; and other risks described from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, see the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, and subsequent Reports on Form 10-Q and 8-K, copies of which are available upon request from Switch and Data. The Company does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this press release.