Dato: Thursday, 18. February, 2010

The need for speed on the Internet is increasing, and more and more companies are choosing to place their servers and other IT equipment in housing facilities provided by GlobalConnect. That's why we have begun construction of three new data centres near our headquarters Taastrup. With the new facilities we will reach a total floor area of 4,000 square meters distributed among 18 data centres across Denmark and Germany.

The three new data centers are expected to open in June this year, and they will be able to accommodate several thousand new servers, the vast majority of which will be connected to GlobalConnect's nationwide fibre network.

Demand for GlobalConnect's housing services - also called colocation services - is growing quickly. Many companies prefer to rent space in professional data centers because it provides the economies of scale reserved for large corporations even for companies that are not among the biggest. When you choose to outsource your housing to a data centre provider, your operational reliability will be extremely high. We take care of the power and cooling, while you manage your servers and applications.

- Developments in telecom and IT housing is primarily driven by large bandwidth network connections, such as GlobalConnect's high-speed fibre links. It means that it no longer makes any difference whether a server is located at home in your basement or in a professional data centre many miles away. And there is money to save on operations, because you no longer need to assume responsibility for monitoring of UPS's and generators. Instead you can focus your resources on doing business, says Tore Villund, GlobalConnect's Head of Housing Services.

All of GlobalConnect's datacentres are equipped with redundant power supplies, cooling, and access and climate control ensuring optimal operating conditions for servers and other equipment. Monitoring takes place 24/7 from GlobalConnect's OMC in Taastrup.

Read more about our housing services here.