GTS Opens London Hosting Center

CarrierHotels News Staff

June 13, 2000 -- Global TeleSystems, Inc. today announced the opening of a GTS Hosting Center in London, expanding the company's growing portfolio of hosting and colocation services.
Additional facilities will open in Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Paris in July 2000, each offering approximately 50,000 square feet of colocation space. GTS has also announced plans to open a second major hosting center in London as well as a U.S. center in Northern Virginia.
``The launch of the GTS Hosting Center in London further solidifies our position today as THE Internet and e*Business platform of Europe,'' said H. Brian Thompson, GTS's chairman and chief executive officer.
``Our strategy is to bring a huge percentage of Europe's business users, the applications and services they require, and European Internet content together onto one GTS-powered IP platform," Thompson added.
GTS also announced a European hosting and co-location agreement with Network Solutions. Other companies currently co-located in GTS facilities include Genuity, UPC, Microsoft, Akamai, Energis, Cap Gemini, Virgin, Digital Island and Epic Realm.