Switch and Data Announces Agreement with Interxion

January 23, 2008 in Portfolio News

TAMPA, Fla. - January 23, 2008 - Switch and Data (NASDAQ: SDXC), a leading provider of Internet exchange and co-location services, announced today that it has agreed with Interxion, a leading European operator of carrier-neutral data centers, to jointly market their portfolios of network-neutral data center and interconnection services across North America and Europe. Interxion operates the broadest footprint of carrier-neutral data centers in Europe and Switch and Data offers the broadest market coverage in North America. Together the two companies can help companies reach new customers and distribute content to end users at 56 sites across the world's two largest markets

The account management teams of Interxion and Switch and Data can now offer solutions across both footprints to their customers and prospects. Content companies, enterprises, and communications service providers have demonstrated strong demand for co-location and interconnection services to reach new customers in distant markets and place content near end-users to improve performance. Together Switch and Data and Interxion now provide the broadest solution in the North American and European markets.

"Switch and Data and Interxion can now offer customers the broadest and most diverse co-location, Internet exchange and interconnection solutions in both North America and Europe," explains Ernie Sampera, Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer, Switch and Data. "We are excited to be able to offer Interxion's extensive footprint across Europe and strong technical support to our customers and give them an integrated solution to expand their businesses into new global markets."

Established in 1998, Interxion has the broadest footprint of carrier-neutral data centers in Europe with 22 sites, in 13 cities across 11 countries.&; The company offers services from co-location in cabinets, cages, and private rooms to fully-outsourced data center solutions for disaster recovery that are designed to provide the highest level of operational resilience. Interxion also operates15 Internet exchanges and provides access to 460 Internet service provider and telecommunications carrier networks. The company offers customers ultra high power density solutions to support blade server environments up to 20 kW per rack.

"Our customers are increasingly interested in a global solution and this strategic alliance with Switch and Data allows us to offer them access to the broadest footprint in the North American market and access to PAIX,the world's first commercial Internet exchange," said Anthony Foy, Group Managing Director for Interxion."Our customers will welcome an easy way to interconnect, peer and distribute content to the North American market."

Switch and Data was founded in 1998, operates 34 sites in 23 markets, and provides one of the highest customer satisfaction scores for technical and engineering support in the industry. Leading content companies, enterprises, and communications service providers rely on Switch and Data for customer reach, security, and world-class service, delivered across the broadest colocation footprint and richest network of interconnections in North America. Switch and Data offers custom colocation solutions in racks, cabinets or cages, and offers power and cooling capacities at up to more than 200 watts of power per square foot.

About Switch and Data

Switch and Data is a leading provider of Internet exchange and co-location services. Based inTampa, Florida, Switch and Data operates one of the largest footprints of neutral Internet exchange and co-location facilities in North America serving more than 880 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 Interxion

Interxion is a leading European operator of carrier-neutral data centers, offering high power, highly flexible, scalable co-location, interconnection and related managed services to customers from a wide range of industries. With 22 data centers across Europe, Interxion operates the broadest footprint of carrier-neutral data centers in Europe and supports over 1,000 customers including enterprises, systems integrators, Internet Service Providers, hosting and telecommunications companies. In Interxion data centers customers have access to 15 major European Internet exchanges and 460 ISP/Carrier networks. Interxion data centres meet the most stringent industry requirements, offering a very high level of security, 2n availability of power, and a multiple and cost effective choice of connectivity solutions. Interxion has extensive experience in designing, delivering and operating the ultra high power density solutions supporting blade server environments with up to 20 kW per rack.