Interxion Opens MRS2, Its Second Data Centre in Marseille
16 Mai 2018 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
INTERXION HOLDING NV (NYSE: INXN),
a leading European provider of carrier and cloud-neutral colocation
data centre services, today announced that it has officially opened
the first phase of MRS2, Interxion’s second data centre in
Marseille.
Less than four years after acquiring its first data centre in
Marseille, Interxion is continuing to expand its presence in the
southern French city. Located at the Port of Marseille Fos, MRS2
will meet the growing demand from international connectivity and
content providers, and cloud platforms wanting to use Marseille as
a hub to deliver their services and applications to Europe and
further afield to Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
MRS2 is being built in three phases, which will offer customers
4,400 sqm of equipable space with over 7MW of available power. The
new phase, which is now completed, consists of 700 sqm of equipable
space, while the second will offer 1,900 sqm from the second
quarter of 2019. The capital expenditure associated with the
construction of MRS2 as a whole is expected to be approximately €76
million.
Together with MRS1, the new data centre allows a campus
configuration, giving customers diversity of routes to ensure the
resilience of their networks, as well as capacity for further
expansion.
MRS2 also means the refurbishment of some installations at
Marseille Fos Port, which were historically linked to port
activity. The data centre is based in former naval workshops,
Freyssinet-style buildings, which have been unoccupied since the
1990s. Construction of MRS2 is managed by Cap Ingelec in a
consortium with Cari, a subsidiary of Fayat Group.
Marseille has become the Mediterranean capital for telecom,
cloud and digital exchanges. Its geographic position as the landing
point for 13 submarine telecommunications cables is a significant
advantage. These cables, including some that are more than 20,000
km long, connect Marseille to dozens of countries as far as
Singapore and China. The city is therefore a crossroads of
connectivity between southern Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle
East, and has become a strategic global hub for data exchange. This
trend is still ongoing with the arrival of new submarine cables,
increasing the available network capacity in Marseille.
“Opening MRS2 is an important second step for Interxion in
developing Marseille as a digital hub,” said David Ruberg,
Interxion CEO. “This investment in the heart of the Mediterranean
will help us to respond to the growing demand of our customers who
wish to expand to Marseille to develop their activity in Europe and
to reach emerging markets in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.”
For Fabrice Coquio, Managing Director of Interxion France, “MRS2
is the continuation of what we started with MRS1 when Interxion
acquired the facility in 2014. I am proud and honoured today to
open this new data centre, which is particularly notable due to its
position within the grounds of Marseille Fos Port, forming,
together with MRS1, the Interxion’s Marseille Campus. The number of
telecom providers in Marseille is growing with the arrival of cloud
and digital media platforms, confirming Marseille not only as a
connectivity hub, but also as a content hub.”
Jean-Claude Gaudin, President of the Aix-Marseille-Provence
Metropolis, Mayor of Marseille, Honorary Vice-president of the
French Senate said, “We are particularly proud to attend the
inauguration of Interxion’s MRS2 data centre, an addition to the
several assets the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis has in the
digital field. These vast centres of IT servers that store and
process data for companies support the digital transformation of
our territory. Located in the Port of Marseille Fos, this new site
has a role to play in supporting the development of Marseille as a
global hub for telecom, cloud and digital exchanges. It reflects
the willingness of the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis to place
the digital sector at the very heart of its development and
attractiveness strategy.”
Mounir Mahjoubi, French Minister of State for Digital Affairs,
attached to the Prime Minister said, “The opening of this second
Interxion data centre in Marseille is a prime example of the
Aix-Marseille region’s attractiveness for companies investing in
forward-looking sectors. This infrastructure will contribute to
reinforcing Marseille as a growing digital hub, where new uses of
the Internet represent a true opportunity for France. Our country
has many assets that can be leveraged by the digital sector, has
very fine startups and companies, and already attracts a number of
foreign investments. I am pleased in the expansion of this industry
in Marseille and the Bouches-du-Rhône department – it is a true
driver of economic growth and long-term job creation.”
About Interxion
Interxion (NYSE: INXN) is a leading provider of carrier and
cloud-neutral colocation data centre services in Europe, serving a
wide range of customers through 50 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 over 700 connectivity providers, 21 European Internet
exchanges, and most leading cloud and digital media platforms
across its footprint, Interxion has created connectivity, cloud,
content and finance hubs that foster growing customer communities
of interest. For more information, please visit
www.interxion.com.
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