LONDON, February 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
UK-based cloud hosting provider, Xtraordinary Hosting, today
announced an expansion of its services into Interxion's newly
built, ultra-modern, high specification LON2 datacentre, in the
heart of the City of London.
http://www.xtrahost.co.uk
Interxion is the leading European provider of carrier-neutral
colocation data centre services, and LON2 is an expansion of its
existing City of London campus.
The facility offers 2N UPS power and N+1 cooling, a wide range of
connectivity choices and advanced security and monitoring systems.
LON2 has dual fibre access to all the major carriers and direct
access to the London Internet Exchange (LINX).
LON2 is designed to the highest energy efficiency standards,
with an optimised Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) rating and
utilising 100% renewable energy. LON2 uses free air cooling
technology to reduce emissions and minimise the data centre's
carbon footprint. In choosing LON2, Xtraordinary is ensuring it
meets its own commitments to providing the most eco-friendly
hosting service possible.
LON2's IT infrastructure includes:
- 1,713m2 of equipped space in the heart of London
- 8MVA redundant grid supply
- Access to 50 carriers
- Advanced fire detection and suppression systems
- ASHRAE-standard temperature and humidity
- 100% renewable energy power backed by SLAs
- ISO 27001-certified information security management
systems
Andrew Ogilvie, Managing Director
of Xtraordinary Hosting, said: "It was clear to us that to meet
growing demand from financial services organisations, digital
agencies, retailers and other enterprise clients we needed to
expand our offering in London.
LON2 is an excellent location for a number of reasons. It offers
access to a wide range of carriers; it is a POP site for the London
Internet Exchange (LINX); it offers financial services clients low
latency connections to trading exchanges located nearby and is
within walking distance of the Tech City site at Old Street, home
to a thriving community of high-tech start-ups.
"LON2 is a Green Tech, state of the art facility and will
provide us with the premium data centre infrastructure we require
to provide the latest in VMware-powered cloud services to our
growing customer base, across the UK and around the world. Our
customers trust us with mission critical systems and by expanding
into LON2 we can continue to offer the same high-level of security,
flexibility and consistency, supported by our well regarded
customer-led service.
Xtraordinary currently operates from Interxion's LON1 facility
and will retain a presence there. LON1 is currently home to 200
financial services institutions, more than 15 liquidity venues and
the major market data vendors.
Notes to Editors
Xtraordinary Hosting http://www.xtrahost.co.uk
Successful dotcom entrepreneur Andrew
Ogilvie founded Xtraordinary Hosting in 2001. It is a cloud
hosting company, operating out of data centres in London and Edinburgh, which employs highly qualified,
on-site technical teams, providing 24/7 support on critical issues.
Xtraordinary is a VMware Professional Service Provider and can
provide the full range of next generation of cloud services,
including: VMware virtual servers and private clouds; Complex
Managed Hosting; Magento eCommerce Optimised Hosting and
hosting for Atlassian software products.
Interxion http://www.interxion.com
Interxion (NYSE: INXN) is a leading provider of carrier-neutral
colocation data centre services in Europe, serving a wide range of customers
through 28 data centres in 11 European countries. Interxion's
uniformly designed, energy-efficient data centres offer customers
extensive security and uptime for their mission-critical
applications. With connectivity provided by 350 carriers and ISPs
and 19 European Internet exchanges across its footprint, Interxion
has created content and connectivity hubs that foster growing
customer communities of interest.
Interxion LON2 http://www.interxionlon2.co.uk
Situated at the heart of the City of
London, Interxion's LON2 is a carrier neutral data centre
powered by 100% renewable energy. The site provides the very latest
in secure, scalable infrastructure for mission critical IT systems.
It offers over 50 carriers and direct access to LINX and LONAP
Internet Exchanges.