Interxion To Purchase Data Centre Facilities In Marseille
The data centre will provide 5,700 square metres of equipped space.
INTERXION HOLDING NV has announced that it has signed an agreement to purchase the SFR Netcenter data centre facilities in Marseille, France. When fully built out, the data centre (“MRS 1”) will provide approximately 5,700 square metres of equipped space and a minimum of 6MW of customer-available power. The first phase of 500 square metres is scheduled to open in the fourth quarter of 2014; the second phase, also of approximately 500 square metres, is scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2015.
MRS 1, which currently serves as a transit and caching node for more than 60 network providers, has the advantage of access to the aggregation point of eight undersea cables that terminate in Marseille. In addition to purchasing the land, buildings, and data centre equipment, Interxion has entered into a contract with SFR that provides immediate, direct access to the existing community of network providers and cable operators. Contractual arrangements also provide for transitional services between Interxion and SFR, as well as for SFR to transfer to Interxion the majority of the space in the facility that it currently occupies or sub-leases.