Zayo High-Bandwidth Services Available to Virtus Customers

LONDON – 04 June 2014 – VIRTUS Data Centres Ltd. (VIRTUS), London's flexible and efficient data centre specialist, today announced that Zayo Group, a global Bandwidth Infrastructure provider, will make its high-bandwidth infrastructure services available from VIRTUS Data Centres.

As a result of the agreement, the Zayo portfolio of services including: dark fibre, wavelengths, SDH, Ethernet, and IP services will be made available to VIRTUS customers at the LONDON 1 data centre in Enfield. LONDON 1 customers will also be able to connect with VIRTUS’ LONDON 2 data centre using Zayo solutions later in the year.

Neil Cresswell, CEO, VIRTUS Data Centres says: “Zayo is a Bandwidth Infrastructure leader with a growing international presence. Following the acquisition of the London-based dark fibre provider, Geo Networks, and taking control of the 100-route mile London network, VIRTUS Data Centre customers will benefit from unparalleled access to anywhere in London as well as to over 77,000 miles of fibre in eight countries, and connectivity to more than 650 data centres worldwide.”

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About Zayo Group
Based in Boulder, Colo., Zayo Group provides comprehensive Bandwidth Infrastructure services in over 300 markets throughout the US and Europe. Zayo delivers a full suite of lit services and dark fibre products to wireline and wireless customers, data centres, Internet content providers, high-bandwidth enterprises, and government agencies across its robust 77,000 route mile network. The company also offers 27 carrier-neutral colocation facilities across the US. Please visit www.zayo.com for more information about Zayo and its fiber solutions.

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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