Virtus Implements New IT Platform for Queen Mary, Uni of London

London, 13th June 2013 - Virtus Data Centres ("Virtus"), a leading London provider of environmentally efficient, modern, interconnected carrier neutral data centres, announced today that it has completed implementation of a new IT platform in its LON1 data centre for Queen Mary, University of London. Queen Mary is one of the UK's leading research-focused higher education institutions and Virtus' LON1 data centre now supports all of its business critical IT applications.

With around 16,900 students, 3,800 staff and an annual turnover of £300m, Queen Mary is one of the biggest University of London colleges. It teaches and researches across a wide range of subjects including the humanities, social sciences, law, medicine, dentistry, science and engineering. Queen Mary is also a member of the prestigious Russell Group which represents 24 leading UK universities that are committed to maintaining the very best research, an outstanding teaching and learning experience and unrivalled links with businesses and the public sector.

Johnathan O'Regan, Queen Mary's Assistant Director IT infrastructure, said: "Virtus' facility is hosting the core infrastructure of our new IT platform supporting the University's business critical applications. Queen Mary chose to partner with Virtus because of their highly pragmatic and professional approach to doing business whilst delivering ‘best in breed' data centre facilities."

Neil Cresswell, CEO at Virtus, commented: "We are delighted that such a high profile educational and research organisation has chosen our facility to host its business critical platforms and applications. At Virtus we have a 100% track record of service availability and are committed to delivering an agile, scalable infrastructure platform to support Queen Mary's business requirements."

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About VIRTUS

VIRTUS Data Centres (VIRTUS) is a trusted global leader in the data centre industry and the UK’s leading data centre company, committed to delivering reliable, resilient and responsible digital infrastructure for our customers. As part of ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC), VIRTUS Europe is the home of the cloud in London, and at the heart of Europe.

Collectively, the STT GDC Group operates across Singapore, the UK, India, Thailand, South Korea, Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines, providing businesses an exceptional foundation that is built for their growth anywhere. In December 2022, Macquarie Asset Management acquired a significant minority stake in VIRTUS via Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 7. Macquarie Asset Management is a global asset manager, providing access to specialist investment expertise across a range of capabilities including infrastructure, green investments, real estate, and other sectors.

VIRTUS has a proven track record of over a decade designing and operating the UK’s most efficient facilities. Committed to the highest standards of Operational Excellence – safety, security and availability – VIRTUS hires the best people to work in an industry which is increasingly essential to everyone and everything.

We are laser focused on responsibly delivering solutions for the benefit of our customers, colleagues, suppliers, the environment and the world, every minute of every day.

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