LeaseWeb Accelerates Expansion in Asia With New Hong Kong Data Center

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LeaseWeb Accelerates Expansion in Asia With New Hong Kong Data Center

HONG KONG, December 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

    LeaseWeb [https://www.leaseweb.com ], a global Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
hosting brand, has opened a new data center in Hong Kong as part of a drive to accelerate
its global footprint. Operated by LeaseWeb Asia Pacific, the new Hong Kong data center
follows the openingof a Singapore data center
[https://www.leaseweb.com/press/releases/leaseweb-opens-data-center-in-singapore ]in July
this year.

    Customers moving to LeaseWeb Asia Pacific's Hong Kong data center will have access to
a comprehensive portfolio of infrastructure solutions that includes bare metal servers,
cloud services and the ability to mix and match hybrid environments for enterprises' most
demanding applications and workloads.

    (Photo:
http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20141103/719986 )

    "The opening of the Hong Kong data center is in response to strong demand from
customers across the Asia-Pacific region," said Bas Winkel, Managing Director, LeaseWeb
Asia Pacific. "This new location strengthens our offering, providing seamless
infrastructure solutions on a global basis, giving our customers a solid platform for
growth in Asia. Ultimately, it's about providing more choice in the marketplace, which is
good news for customers, especially those who want a global partner that is responsive to
their needs."

    The announcement highlights LeaseWeb's aggressive expansion plans, with Hong Kong
being the third new data center presence this year - others being Singapore and San Jose,
California - increasing LeaseWeb's global data center footprint to nine locations.

    LeaseWeb Asia Pacific has deployed its Hong Kong data center operations in CloudSpace2
(HKCS2), Pacnet's newest, Tier III data center in Hong Kong. The two-story facility is
located at Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate.

    "Our data center operating agreement with Pacnet enables us to quickly expand our data
center presence across Asia Pacific," added Winkel. "Working with Pacnet provides LeaseWeb
with the agility to respond to customer demand across the region - with Sydney and Tokyo
examples of cities we're looking at next as part of our expansion plans. Coupled with our
own state-of-the-art technology and global network, it provides customers with an easy,
reliable and cost-effective way of expanding online services globally."

    About LeaseWeb

    LeaseWeb is one of the world's largest hosting brands, providing Infrastructure as a
Service (IaaS) hosting solutions to over 17,500 customers worldwide, ranging from SMBs to
enterprises. Services include Public Cloud [http://www.leaseweb.com/en/cloud-hosting ],
Private Cloud [http://www.leaseweb.com/en/cloud-hosting/private-cloud ], Bare Metal
Servers [https://www.leaseweb.com/bare-metal-server ], CDN (Content Delivery Network)
[http://www.leaseweb.com/en/cdn ], Colocation [http://www.leaseweb.com/en/colocation ],
Managed Hosting [http://www.leaseweb.com/en/managed-hosting ], and Hybrid Solutions
[http://www.leaseweb.com/en/hybrid-hosting ], with 24/7 support.

    With more than 65,000 physical servers under management, LeaseWeb provides
infrastructure for mission-critical websites, internet applications, email servers,
security, and storage services since 1997. LeaseWeb operates 9 data centers in Europe,
Asia Pacific, and the U.S., all of which are backed by an extensive worldwide network with
a large total capacity of 4.5 Tbps. LeaseWeb ("LeaseWeb") is a group of independent
companies that operate under the brand name LeaseWeb. LeaseWeb consists of LeaseWeb USA,
Inc. ("LeaseWeb USA"), LeaseWeb Netherlands B.V. ("LeaseWeb Netherlands"), LeaseWeb
Deutschland GmbH ("LeaseWeb Germany"), LeaseWeb Asia Pacific PTE. LTD. ("LeaseWeb Asia
Pacific"), and LeaseWeb CDN B.V. ("LeaseWeb CDN").

    For more information, visit http://www.leaseweb.com/apac.

    Photo:
    http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20141103/719986

Photo:http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20141103/719986
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LeaseWeb

CONTACT: Contact: Bas Winkel, Managing Director LeaseWeb Asia Pacific, E-mail: b.winkel@sg.leaseweb.com, Tel: +65-9337-6318

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