International Data Centre Group (IDC-G) Expands to Latin America, Signs Telconet in Ecuador

International Data Centre Group (IDC-G) Expands to Latin America, Signs Telconet in Ecuador

LONDON, July 10, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

    The International Data Centre Group (IDC-G), the first global data centre alliance,
expands to Latin America with Telconet, the biggest and most advanced data centre operator
in Ecuador.

    Based in Quito and Guayaquil, with 1,900 square metres (20,450 square feet) of
technical space, the carrier-neutral Telconet data centres are linked by a completely
redundant and exclusive fibre optic network, completely redundant and exclusive, which
allows for disaster recovery and backup services between diverse sites when required. The
data centres are certified by the Uptime Institute as Tier III, and boast extensive
connectivity within Ecuador and to the rest of the world via high bandwidth international
connections.

    "The data centre industry is growing rapidly in emerging markets. We have been seeing
significant demand from our clients in South America and, in a region where demand clearly
exceeds supply, we are delighted to now be able to service clients through a leading
provider such as Telconet," said Guy Willner, Executive Chairman of International Data
Centre Group.

    "We have focused on providing network infrastructure services via our robust dark
fibre backbone inside Ecuador, and we are now committed to supporting new growth via data
centre services with the development of world class infrastructure, providing customers a
high level of redundancy with our two data centres. We hope to strengthen IT services in
the region of Ecuador, and we believe that by being part of an international data centre
alliance as prestigious as IDC-G, we achieve the necessary synergies that our market
demands. We hope to strengthen our long-term relationship with IDC-G as we share the
vision of contributing to the positive development of the growing market for modern data
centers in Latin America," said Francisco Villacreses, Commercial Director at Telconet.

    About IDC-G

    Headquartered in London, IDC-G is a data centre service provider representing an
alliance of high quality, carrier neutral data centres across 5 continents, with a focus
on emerging and high-growth markets. From initial investigation to deployment with a
single interface for premium data centre services, IDC-G has the service for their clients
no matter where they are in their data centre cycle. IDC-G's clients can leverage
world-class industry experience combined with the local expertise of its Alliance Members,
as well as the reassurance that comes with the IDC-G stamp of data centre excellence.
IDC-G was launched in 2010 by Guy Willner, the co-founder of Europe's leading carrier
neutral data centre provider IXEurope, which was acquired by Equinix Inc. in 2007 for
USD555m.

    As of today, IDC-G has 31 data centres in 17 countries, including Belgium, Channel
Islands, Croatia, Ecuador, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Poland,
Romania, Russia, Ukraine, South Africa, Mauritius, Oman, and the United States (Hawaii).
For more details on IDC-G, visit http://www.idc-g.com

    About Telconet data centres:

    Telconet provides international network capacity from Ecuador to the United States,
through its participation in various submarine cable systems landing in Ecuador. Telconet
also has the largest private dark fibre network in Ecuador with more than 16,000 kms,
serving the corporate market with data solutions and internet services, and now with data
centers for mission critical purposes. Its colocation offering has low, medium or
high-density options, and also offers server virtualization, physical servers, processing,
networking and virtual storage with a view of catering to clients looking to put
applications in the public or private cloud. Telconet's data centres are also connected to
the Latin American Peering group, which connects Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru,
Chile, Argentina and Brazil.

    For more details on Telconet's data centers, visit
http://www.telconet.net/datacenter

   
    For further details, please contact Yidan Wang:
    Email: yidan.wang@idc-g.com
    Tel: +44-207-117-6300
    Address: Fulham Palace, Bishop's Avenue, SW6 6EA London, United Kingdom

Source: International Data Centre Group (IDC-G) and  Signs Telconet