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LeaseWeb, boasts of large corporate customers such as StarBucks and manages a
total of 1,500 cabinets and more than 11,000 servers located in five different
data centers. In addition to the carbon neutral EvoSwitch data center, LeaseWeb
manages servers in InterXion, TelecityRedbus 2, Schuberg Philis and EasyNet.
This forms the internet infrastructure that businesses use to host websites and
software applications.
LeaseWeb’s hosting network accommodates millions
of websites. “Of course it is difficult to know in advance whether customers
will be interested in a new data center,” says Con Zwinkels, Managing Director
of LeaseWeb. “Particularly when it concerns a ‘green’ data center. Although it’s
a new addition to the market, we haven’t really had to work hard to convince
customers of the commercial benefits it can provide.”
Arguments:
corporate policy, electricity bill and performance“Our cabinets in the
relatively new EvoSwitch data center have proven to be popular with all kinds of
businesses,” says Zwinkels. “You see that large enterprises in particular are
opting for Emission Neutral providers that match their goals for corporate
social responsibility. These larger companies have included ‘green purchasing’
in their corporate policies. Smaller companies appear to be interested mainly in
the lower electricity bills that come with green data center services, with
which they can easily save 20 % on their energy costs. We are hearing this
argument more and more, especially now that energy prices are
soaring.”
Green Outlook for 2008If the customers’ current
demand for ‘green’ data services continues, LeaseWeb will have to increase the
number of cabinets at EvoSwitch considerably in 2008. “I think we may already
have to double the number of cabinets in 2008,” says Zwinkels. “Fortunately we
have plenty of room to grow at EvoSwitch.”
EvoSwitch is currently the
only ‘green’ data center in the Netherlands. In the second quarter of 2008, the
total capacity of EvoSwitch is expected to double from 2,000 to 4,000 m2, with
the potential to grow to 9,000 m2. The new rooms in the data center will have
more energy capacity per cabinet than at most data centers: 4 to 5 KW. Zwinkels:
“That is double the capacity usually offered in the market. Our customers will
certainly be interested in this increased energy capacity, because this will
enable them to use the cabinet space more intensively and thus more
efficiently.”
About LeaseWebLeaseWeb (
www.leaseweb.com) is an international
supplier of hosting products and services that specializes in both Microsoft and
Linux, and focuses primarily on the professional market. The company is among
the top 30 hosting providers in the world and provides services such as web
hosting, dedicated hosting, colocated hosting, VPS, streaming, and technical
support. LeaseWeb owns a first-class Cisco-powered network offering a bandwidth
of over 160 Gbps, which extends across five data centers in the Amsterdam region
via the major telecom carriers. LeaseWeb is also present on internet exchanges
in Amsterdam, Brussels, London, Frankfurt, New York, Vienna, Stockholm, Warsaw,
Zurich, Prague and Madrid. Through this network, LeaseWeb enables companies all
over the world to create and maintain an online presence in an affordable and
reliable manner. The reliability of the LeaseWeb network has been widely
confirmed, as evidenced in a study conducted by WebHostingStuff.com, in which
the network enjoys an uptime measurement of 99.99 percent. Founded in 1997,
hosting provider LeaseWeb now manages 11,000 servers. Its customers include
Starbucks, Hyves, Telegraaf Media Groep, Royal Dutch Joh. Enschedé,
PricewaterhouseCoopers, AVRO, Direct Wonen, and Univé.
About
EvoSwitchEvoSwitch (
www.evoswitch.com) is a carrier-neutral,
‘green’ data center (CO2-neutral). Located in the Amsterdam region, it has an
area of over 9,000 square meters in which businesses can safely accommodate
their IT infrastructure. The data center has a total capacity of 10 Megawatts,
with a growth potential of up to 20 Megawatts. With this power capacity
EvoSwitch can guarantee that its customers will always have enough energy.
EvoSwitch has 30 employees, including engineers who proactively manage
customers’ equipment. EvoSwitch operates on a completely climate-neutral basis.
In cooperation with the Climate Neutral Group, we invest in worldwide projects
to restore the CO2 balance in the atmosphere (
www.climateneutralgroup.com).
Companies that place their equipment at EvoSwitch can show that they are using a
climate-neutral data center by placing the logos of our partner program The
Green Fan (
www.thegreenfan.com) on
their websites.
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