Exodus Opens Fifth Center in Silicon Valley

Expanding network now has 2.2 million square feet worldwide

By Rich Miller
CarrierHotels News Staff

August 9, 2000 -- Exodus Communications, a leader in Internet hosting and managed services, today opened its fifth Internet Data Center (IDC) in the Silicon Valley, Calif. metropolitan area.
This new building is part of the continued expansion of Exodus' network in major metropolitan areas to support growing demand for complex Internet hosting. With the opening of the new facility, Exodus now has approximately 2.2 million gross square feet of data center space worldwide.
"We have aggressively expanded our IDC network in the Silicon Valley to meet the growing market demand in this region,'' said Ellen M. Hancock, Exodus' chairman and chief executive.
The new facility is Exodus' fifth in Silicon Valley, bringing the total square footage occupied by the company's IDCs to more than 310,000 gross square feet in the Silicon Valley area alone.
By the end of this year, Exodus said it plans to have 36 sites in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific open or under construction, representing a total of more than 3.9 million gross square feet of IDC space.
In the second quarter of 2000, Exodus added 503 new IDC customers, bringing its total to more than 3,300 companies worldwide.