Global Switch
The Reuben Brothers are owners of Global Switch: the largest wholesale carrier neutral data centre provider in Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Established in 1998, the company has held an unrivalled track record in delivering best-in-class solutions. Global Switch is a vital and strategic partner for customers that require secure and resilient data centre services with scalable capacity and a high level customer service.
The data centre industry has seen and is continuing to experience massive demand for space due to a number of factors including: the rapid growth of the internet especially in terms of increasing numbers of users who are expecting more on demand information and richer content; the increase of cloud computing technology and SaaS (Software as a Service); the rising trend to outsource IT infrastructure and company owned data centres to experienced and secure providers, and the continuing introduction of wide ranging regulation and legislation around the storage of data.
Global Switch is increasing its carrier neutral data centre capacity, reach and power densities to meet this growing demand for space.
It has nine data centres: seven are located in Europe - in London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Paris and Madrid – with centres in Sydney and Singapore serving the Asia Pacific market.
The centres currently total over 3,000,000 sq ft of floor space and are occupied by a broad range of customers, global and national, large and small including government organisations, financial institutions, enterprises, global systems integrators, telecommunication carriers, managed service providers and other hosting businesses. Various initiatives are underway which will increase the overall floor space to around 4,000,000 sq ft, including:
- Amsterdam: Global Switch is in advance stages of design for a major extension to its Amsterdam data centre ahead of full planning permission being sought in 2012.
- Paris: a new data centre (Paris West) has been built adjacent to the existing Paris East building, which has created the city's largest data centre campus with around 560,000 sq ft of floor space. Launched in November 2011, the Tier 3+ world class Paris West has one of the largest technical floor plates in France and has been designed with a base power density of 1.5kW/sq m (with the flexibility to be adapted for high density environments as required).
- Singapore: Planning Consent has been received from JTC Corporation to build a best-in-class fully-fitted data centre in Singapore. The 269,000 sq ft new data centre will be located in Woodlands, a suburb in the northern part of Singapore, approximately 15km from the existing 285,000 sq ft Global Switch data centre in Tai Seng Avenue. The new data centre will have access to two independent utility HV power feeds and will be a leading example of an environmentally sustainable data centre.
- Sydney: Global Switch has received Part 3A Major Projects approval from the NSW Department of Planning for a second data centre (Sydney East). Designed to meet the high Global Switch specification, the 365,000 sq ft building will be adjacent to Global Switch's existing data centre creating a campus of around 815,000 sq ft of floor space. It will have best-in-class environmental credentials and will target a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum rating.
In April 2011, Global Switch successfully completed its inaugural €600m investment grade bond issuance which was 6 times oversubscribed, a credit to the attractive business model, high quality customers, robust cash flow and strong management team.
November 2011:
Global Switch announces expansion in Paris campus
Global Switch receives planning consent for new Singapore Data Centre
www.globalswitch.com