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Press Release -- October 2nd, 2013
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Interxion Joins The Shoreditch Network

Interxion is announced as the newest member of the Tech City collaboration dedicated to supporting East London’s start-up community

LONDON 2nd October 2013INTERXION HOLDING NV (NYSE:INXN, news), a leading European provider of carrier-and-cloud-neutral colocation data centre services, today announced that it has become a member of The Shoreditch Network, a collaboration providing expert support to the Tech City community.
The Shoreditch Network, founded in September 2012, was set up to offer advice, high speed fibre infrastructure and secure IT cloud services to the growing number of up-and-coming businesses in Shoreditch, East London. This part of London is home to Europe’s fastest-growing technology cluster; in 2008 there were just 15 media and technology companies registered in Shoreditch and, according to the Tech City Map, by the end of July 2013 there were over 1,380.
Initially comprising of three Tech City-based firms – bandwidth infrastructure provider euNetworks, leading cloud hosting provider Carrenza, and network specialists Optimity – The Shoreditch Network welcomes Interxion as its fourth member. Interxion will be offering colocation services and dedicated space for server infrastructure; the company has developed an area at its London data centre, located at the heart of the digital economy in Brick Lane, solely for the start-up community. Here they can take small amounts of rack space and expand into larger footprints as their business develops.
Commenting on the partnership, Doug Loewe, UK Managing Director, Interxion, said, “We have been in Shoreditch for over 12 years and have seen the area develop into one of the world’s most vibrant and creative neighborhoods. During this time we have focused on supporting local businesses and this announcement further demonstrates our continued commitment to the Tech City community. This dedicated start-up space will give those businesses the flexibility to grow with us as their businesses’ grow.”
Christopher Chave-Cox of The Shoreditch Network, commented, “Interxion is a fantastic addition to the Network, enabling us to provide the Tech City community with a truly end-to-end solution, when it comes to their IT infrastructure. The fact that they have been within the community for over 12 years shows their commitment to the area and their heritage in supporting local business growth.”

About The Shoreditch Network

The Shoreditch Network is a collaboration of four local Shoreditch technology businesses; leading cloud hosting provider Carrenza, networking specialists Optimity, data centre and co-location providers Interxion, and bandwidth infrastructure provider euNetworks. The partnership came about from like-minded organisations having a joint goal to ensure organisations have access to the infrastructure services they need and that help them to achieve their business goals.
For more information go to www.shoreditchnetwork.com or contact Andrew Mellish on 0845 337 0827 or email Andrew.mellish@carrenza.com
About Interxion

Interxion (NYSE: INXN) is a leading provider of carrier and cloud neutral colocation data centre services in Europe: it serves a wide range of customers through 34 data centres in 11 European countries. Interxion’s uniformly designed, energy-efficient data centres offer customers extensive security and uptime for their mission-critical applications. With connectivity provided by more than 450 fixed and mobile carriers and ISPs, and 19 European Internet exchanges, Interxion has created cloud, content, finance and connectivity hubs that foster growing customer communities of interest. For more information, please visit www.interxion.com.

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Email: richardw@interxion.com

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