) February 12, 2009 -- i/o Data Centers today announced that it has acquired a state-of-the-art and high-power industrial colocation facility in Phoenix. The new site will be called i/o Data Centers "Phoenix ONE" and is comprised of a 530,000 square foot facility located on a 31-acre campus. i/o Data Centers will convert the site to its next high-technology, high-security data center and will re-locate its corporate headquarters to the facility as well.

) July 1, 2009 -- i/o Data Centers, the premier provider of colocation and data center solutions, unveiled a high-density colocation cabinet that is capable of delivering up to 2,500 watts per square foot of conditioned, uninterruptible power.

) October 22, 2009 -- i/o Data Centers, the premier provider of wholesale colocation and data center solutions, began construction on Phase Two of its industry-leading Phoenix ONE facility. The addition of new inventory comes two years ahead of schedule and is the result of unprecedented demand for the company's offerings. i/o Data Centers designs, builds and operates data centers for some of the world's largest corporations and Web properties.

) June 25, 2009 -- i/o Data Centers, the premier provider of data center solutions, held a grand opening ceremony for its 538,000 square-foot Phoenix ONE Data Center facility today. The Phoenix data center, located in a recently-refurbished building, is the company's second Arizona-based data center and is the largest commercially-available data center in the United States.

i/o Data Centers Phoenix ONE data center

) March 24, 2009 -- i/o Data Centers today announced that its founder and President Anthony Wanger will present at the Uptime Institute Research Symposium 2009: LEAN, CLEAN & GREEN, April 13-16 in New York. i/o Data Centers specializes in data center outsourcing and Phoenix colocation services to enterprises throughout the world.

) August 18, 2009 -- AboveNet, Inc., (NYSE:ABVT), a leading provider of high bandwidth connectivity solutions, announced that it is working with i/o Data Centers at its Phoenix ONE facility to provide an array of low-latency, gigabit speed networking services. i/o Data Centers provides data center solutions for some of the world's largest corporations and Web properties.

AboveNet, Inc. Logo

) September 25, 2009 -- i/o Data Centers, a leading provider of wholesale colocation and data center solutions, announced today it has been selected by AAA Northern California, Nevada & Utah (AAA NCNU) to design, build and operate the membership organization's corporate data center.

AAA NCNU needed to find a provider that could engineer and manage a data center capable of scaling to meet the company's IT needs. AAA NCNU's requirements included access to highly-reliable power and network connectivity as well as a team that had the knowledge and experience to oversee a state-of-the-art data center for their mission critical IT systems.

) July 14, 2009 -- Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) today announced that it is expanding its relationship with i/o Data Centers, an Arizona-based provider of enterprise colocation and data center solutions.

i/o Data Centers Phoenix ONE data center

) November 3, 2009 -- i/o Data Centers, the leading provider of wholesale colocation and data center solutions, announced today that it has achieved SAS 70 Type II certification at its Phoenix and Scottsdale Arizona based data centers. The audit, conducted by Deloitte & Touche, confirms that i/o Data Centers' controls have been suitably designed and tested to meet the needs of its clients.

) July 20, 2009 - CA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CA) today announced that i/o Data Centers, a leading provider of colocation and data center solutions, has selected CA Service Desk Manager to help drive greater data center efficiency and quality of service for its customers. Supporting Lean IT innovation, CA Service Desk Manager helps optimize the support of core business services while improving staff efficiency by automating incident, problem, and change management processes.

i/o Data Centers Phoenix ONE data center

) April 20, 2009 -- Tate®, a market leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of raised access flooring solutions for mission critical facilities and commercial office buildings, today announces a major project win with Arizona-based i/o Data Centers.

Tate's work with the colocation service provider's Phoenix ONE project will represent approximately 460,000 sq. ft. of installed raised access flooring - Tate's largest such installation ever for a single data center facility.
   

) September 30, 2008 - i/o Data Centers is working with Stulz-ATS in an effort to create the next generation of reliable, low maintenance and high efficiency data centers. Together, they are accomplishing this by using one of Stulz' latest innovations, the Electronically Commutated (EC) Fan.

) February 19, 2009 -- EXACENT, the leading enterprise grade - on demand virtual data center, is pleased to announce HybridChart as a new express virtual server customer.

HybridChart, a Scottsdale based company, has developed innovative and user-friendly products for medical practices of all specilities. An alternative to EMR, HybridChart manages hospital rounding, medical transcription and office communication without the need for large capital investment or the disruption to individual practice styles.

) June 2, 2009 -- Chicago colocation provider Continuum Data Centers, LLC announced that it will open a new data center in Lombard, Illinois in June 2009. The company has chosen AboveNet, Inc.(NYSE: ABVT) to provide the backbone for its high-bandwidth transport from Continuum's Lombard 20,000 square foot data center to AboveNet's Oak Brook, Illinois point of presence (POP).

"This data center has been specifically designed to give organizations the service, support and pricing that has been missing in the Chicago suburban colocation market. We feel AboveNet is a key ingredient to the success of our data center. AboveNet provides exceptional services and is the backbone of our transport network," said Tom Chaffin, Managing Partner of Continuum.

) June 25, 2009 -- AboveNet, Inc., (NYSE: ABVT) a leading provider of high bandwidth connectivity solutions, today announced its service expansion into Baltimore Technology Park's (BTP) data center. This capability is part of AboveNet's continuing investment in connectivity to premier in-market data center providers.

) March 4, 2010 -- Colocation America, a leading colocation server hosting company, announced today its success in reducing IT expenses for clients by providing data center colocation hosting services, security protection, and continuous up time.

“Small and mid-size businesses often settle for a data center that doesn’t meet their needs because of the related costs of energy and cooling, and adequate security,” said Shawn Jacobs, Director of Marketing at Colocation America. “Bandwidth is another huge expense, and most companies only need all their bandwidth a fraction of the time.”

) July 21, 2009 -- AboveNet, Inc., (NYSE: ABVT), a leading provider of high-bandwidth connectivity solutions, announced that it is working with NYSE Euronext (NYX) to build fiber optic networks connecting NYSE Euronext's new data centers being built in the greater New York and London metropolitan areas.

) September 25, 2008 -- Switch Communications, the leading disaster avoidance colocation and bandwidth interconnect facility in North America, has partnered with American Fiber Systems, (AFS) an award-winning high capacity bandwidth provider, to connect seven NAP (Network Access Point) locations with their new 400,000 square foot SuperNAP in Las Vegas, Nev.

) September 8, 2009 -- WBS Connect has recently signed an agreement to help Internet service provider (ISP) Sunset Digital Communications increase redundancy in their high-speed fiber-optic network. Sunset Digital, based in Southwest Virginia, added WBS Connect-provided network paths between Southwest Virginia and Atlanta, GA in order to attract new business and provide more reliable Internet access service and interoffice connectivity (layer 2 transport services) for their current customers.

) October 21, 2008 -- American Fiber Systems (AFS), a leader in Las Vegas Ethernet and dark fiber, announced today it has been selected by Wynn Las Vegas to provide network connectivity between the resort property and its remote data centers and configuration and testing locations. The agreement allows Wynn Las Vegas access to AFS's highly redundant Ethernet over Fiber rings purposefully built to surround major metropolitan areas across Nevada.

This will allow 724 Data Centers LLC to create additional capacity and redundancy in the network’s Northwest USA-Canada transport backbone. The investment will cost almost $2,700,000.

) October 20, 2008 -- Netriplex, a leading U.S. data center provider, announced today the release of Uber Bandwidth (http://UberBandwidth.com), a new high-performance, premium Internet connectivity network designed specifically for Web 2.0. Uber Bandwidth costs $3.99 per megabit and is initially available at Netriplex's newest data center in North Carolina.

) April 23, 2009 -- AboveNet Communications, Inc., a leading provider of fiber optic connectivity solutions, today announced its service expansion into Data Foundry's® Austin, Texas data center. AboveNet recently added Austin as its 15th major metro market and is part of AboveNet's continuing investment in its network facilities.

With today’s agreement, UnitedLayer will provide a depth of colocation services for Black Oak Computers at its flagship 200 Paul data center facility in Los Angeles. Colocation services include physical data center floor space for cabinets, power and cooling.

) June 22, 2009 - CRG West, LLC, privately held national data center company and wholly-owned subsidiary of The Carlyle Group, announced today the launch of a new brand and legal corporate identity: "CoreSite - A Carlyle Company." The name change reflects a new customer-focused company designed to deliver the security, reliability and communications opportunities that enterprises need to compete in the global marketplace.

) April 30, 2009 -- Optical fiber network provider, American Fiber Systems (AFS), and eData Center, LLC (eData), have partnered to provide clients with an environmentally conscious and 100% resilient data backup system. By using their unique, proprietary cooling system, eData has taken the lead in Atlanta on applying "green" technologies to the application of disaster recovery and data storage solutions.

) March 8, 2009 -- VISI, Minnesota's largest data center services and managed hosting provider, has published a Buyer's Guide for Colocation, a whitepaper offering expert advice on what to look and what questions to ask when selecting a colocation facility.

The Buyer's Guide begins by defining colocation and what benefits can be leveraged by utilizing a data center provider. The paper provides in-depth definitions of key data center aspects including the top questions every person should ask when investigating a data center facility to colocate their equipment.    

VISI will be offering the following webinar on April 8, 2009, to discuss the findings in the Buyer's Guide for Colocation:

) August 27, 2009 -- Consonus today announced two complimentary events for IT professionals: "Streamline Storage with Virtualization" on Tuesday 15 September 2009 at the Consonus Data Center in Winston-Salem, NC and "Virtualization Showcase" on Thursday 17 September 2009 at Consonus headquarters in Cary, NC.

The events will provide attendees with education and information on Virtualization technologies and strategies that can help IT departments optimize data center performance, reduce costs, and improve operational flexibility.

) August 12, 2009 -- Netriplex, LLC (http://www.netriplex.com) today announced plans to extend its high-capacity fiber connectivity from its Asheville, NC, datacenter to the Washington, DC, area and the Northeast United States. The initial phase of this expansion will be a leased OC-192 optical fiber circuit to the network-neutral Equinix facility in Ashburn, Virginia with peering to hundreds of major transit providers.

) October 7, 2008 -- In response to recent customer demand, American Fiber Systems (AFS ) today announces the addition of 5,760 fiber miles of new network in Carson City, Nevada, marking the official opening of the 10th AFS location. By expanding their Reno footprint, AFS, the metro fiber connectivity leader intends to support the growing needs of enterprises and government entities in Carson City and meet the increasing demand for connectivity and bandwidth to and from the city. The development is tied to recent custom network architecture purchased by a large Nevada state government entity.

) October 8, 2009 -- Even in a tough economy, businesses are increasingly in need of connectivity for data traffic and new bandwidth-intensive applications. Framingham-based telecom company New England Fiber, Inc. (NEF), is answering the demand for bigger, more robust communications networks and announced today that it has hired telecom relationship-building specialist Mike Spieldenner as the new Vice President of Business Development. NEF is a leading resource for high capacity networks, dark fiber, colocation and procurement services and consulting.

) December 9, 2008 -- Voonami, Inc., a leading provider of outsourced IT infrastructure and data center solutions, announced today the opening of their first of several data centers at the Canyon Park Technology Center in Orem, UT. Voonami also announced two new adaptive computing data centers to be built in Sandy, UT and in Utah County. Each new data center will house up to 100,000 square feet with power capacity of 300 watts per square foot.

Voonami Open House

) February 24, 2009 --- Hostway Corporation, the global Web services leader, announced today the availability of an advanced, near-continuous data protection (CDP) service that enables dedicated server and enterprise customers to protect their critical data from anywhere on the Internet. The new CDP service offers automated, secure backup and Web-based data recovery, ensuring that online businesses and corporations can quickly recover key information in the event of hardware failure, data corruption or a host of unforeseen circumstances.

) October 6, 2008 -- Pangaea Networks, a niche provider of Carrier Class Metro Ethernet transport services in the NY/NJ market, and Mobilitie, the premier owner and lessor of capital assets and infrastructure to global telecommunications companies, today announced they have entered into a strategic relationship for services in Manhattan.

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) September 15, 2008 -- Zayo Group, a regional provider of bandwidth and telecom solutions, announced today it has signed an agreement to acquire network assets in Colorado, New Jersey and Illinois from the Adesta Communications Secured Creditor Trust. The acquisition--Zayo's tenth since July 2007--is expected to close this month.

Zayo's network currently spans 18,700 metro and regional fiber route miles, serving more than 1,200 on-net locations in 20 states and 125 markets. These statistics do not include additional network in the Pacific Northwest from Zayo's recently announced acquisition of Columbia Fiber Solutions.

) February 5, 2009 -- NEF, Inc., a leader in dark fiber, custom optical networks, high capacity IP transit and lit services, announces the launch of their data product series FiberLocator which includes comprehensive reports, analysis and maps specific to the telecommunications and data center industries.

) March 23, 2009 -- Netstar Corporation, a full service computer solutions provider, announced today their agreement with Online Tech Inc. to add Online Tech's colocation and data center services to its set of technology solutions.

Michigan's Largest Network of Managed Data Centers

) June 23, 2009 -- In conjunction with upcoming Dell seminars at its data centers, Online Tech, Michigan's largest managed data center operator, has launched a SAN Disaster Recovery Package -- Online Tech will host a secondary SAN at its secure SAS70 certified data centers, including Internet connectivity, for only $399 per month.

) May 21, 2009 -- Managed web-hosting provider SingleHop, today announced the opening of a new data center. The new space marks the hosting provider's second data center and is part of SingleHop's aggressive expansion. The facility has top of the line specifications in redundancy, security, connectivity, and cooling systems. The facilities' power, UPS system, and HVAC systems are rated at a minimum of N+2, which means that for each system, there are two independent backups that ensure ongoing functionality were the original system to fail.

Facility of SingleHop's new Data Center

Some specifications of SingleHop's new data center include:

) June 2, 2009 -- Maintech is pleased to announce the continued expansion of its international operations with the opening of an IT Services Operations office in Hong Kong. The expansion is part of Maintech's strategy to deliver comprehensive Data Center Services in key business markets around the globe. This on-site delivery capability in the Data Center is complemented by Maintech's Remote Managed Services (RMS) delivered from its ring of Network Operations Centers (NOC).