Building in Britain

The demand for custom-built data center space from the financial sector continues on both sides of the Atlantic. TSYS, which handles payment processing for more than 12 million consumer and commercial credit accounts in Europe, today announced plans to build a brand new 53,000 square foot data center in Knaresborough, England. The new facility will replace an existing leased site in Harrogate, England.

"TSYS has successfully processed our clients' data from Harrogate for more than two years; however, with our continued success, growth, and expansion, we are building a customized data center which will meet or exceed all modern data center standards," said Lester Pulsford, the European Project Leader for TSYS.

"Building a customized data center from the ground up demonstrates our commitment to those markets, and will help us achieve our objective of becoming the leading transaction processor in Europe," said Bruce Bacon, Group Executive, International Services of TSYS. "This data center positions us to offer added value to European financial institutions."