July 23, 2002 -- Terremark Worldwide, Inc. today announced that it has opened a new network access point, NAP of the Americas/West in Santa Clara, Calif.
The Miami-based developer of the NAP of the Americas said the new operation required minimal capital investment. It will be housed in finished space in a 40,000 square foot data center Terremark owns at 3030 Corvin Drive in Santa Clara, initially built to house the company's colocation unit.
Terremark said the new access point will serve carriers, government and private sector customers seeking carrier-neutral access to the major cable systems serving the West Coast and overseas markets.
The company said the new network access point "will provide additional redundancy to the network operations center at Terremark's flagship NAP of the Americas in Miami."
"The opening of the NAP of the Americas/West demonstrates our confidence in the market and in the opportunities that we have today in our sales pipeline, both from the government and private sectors," said Manuel D. Medina, Chairman and CEO of Terremark Worldwide, Inc. "The new NAP expands the virtual marketplace at the NAP of the Americas and provides Terremark with the ability to reach out to new customers in the West Coast and Asia/Pacific region."
Terremark Worldwide, Inc. develops and operates network access points and provides network services. Terremark is the owner and operator of the NAP of the Americas and id building TerreNAP Data Centers in Sao Paulo, Brazil; Madrid, Spain and other emerging markets.