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Switch and Data Announces Opening of Dallas Site Expansion to Meet Demand in Major Communications Market

Posted on: Wednesday, 28 May 2008, 09:00 CDT

Switch and Data (NASDAQ: SDXC), a leading provider of Internet exchange and colocation services, announced today that the company has opened additional space in Dallas on schedule. This previously announced project adds capacity to Switch and Data's existing site in the Dallas INFOMART carrier hotel at 1950 Stemmons Freeway. The new capacity was built to satisfy high customer demand for interconnection in this key communications hub. Switch and Data's expansion adds 20,000 square feet of capacity to the Company's existing space in INFOMART and was the largest remaining block of space in the building.

Dallas is a major communications hub for the Southwest United States and serves as the main U.S. aggregation point for cross-border Internet traffic between the United States and Mexico. U.S. Commerce Department statistics rank Dallas as the sixth largest metro area in the U.S. by economic output. Dallas is also an important technology center. Deloitte reports that 22 of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Texas are based in Dallas-Ft. Worth. Switch and Data supports the interconnection requirements of high-tech companies by providing the broadest footprint of sites in major North American communications hub markets such as Dallas, Buffalo, Chicago, Miami, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, and Toronto.

Switch and Data's Dallas site is housed in the city's premier communications building, the Dallas INFOMART at 1950 Stemmons Freeway. Sixteen fiber providers have a physical presence in the building and provide a total capacity approaching 26 trillion bytes per second. Switch and Data's new Dallas site features more than 200 watts of power per square foot of power and cooling capacity. Switch and Data operates sites in two Dallas metro area locations, INFOMART and 2323 Bryan Street. The two sites provide an aggregate of 65,000 gross square feet of space in the market and offer connectivity to 120 networks, from leading national and international providers to regional specialists.

"Switch and Data facilities give our customers access to a critical mass of network and bandwidth providers across the broadest footprint of key communications hub markets in North America," said Ernie Sampera, Sr. VP of Marketing, Switch and Data. "We are expanding our capacity in markets like Dallas to support our customers' increasing need for collocation space, interconnection, power and cooling to deliver rich Internet content. Because of strong demand, we already have signed orders for our new space from some of the leading names in the global technology industry."

Switch and Data's PAIX(R) Internet exchange is available in the INFOMART and 2323 Bryan St. Dallas locations. PAIX pioneered commercial Internet exchange and provides a simple and cost effective way for Internet service providers (ISPs), telecommunications companies, and enterprises to peer their IP traffic to enhance performance and reduce cost. Switch and Data offers distributed peering between its Dallas metro area locations to maximize its customers' opportunities to reach important networks, partners and customers.

About Switch and Data

Switch and Data is a premier provider of network-neutral data centers that house, power, and interconnect the Internet. Leading content companies, enterprises, and communications service providers rely on Switch and Data to connect to customers and exchange Internet traffic. Switch and Data has built a reputation for world-class service, delivered across the broadest colocation footprint and richest network of interconnections in North America. Switch and Data operates 34 sites in the U.S. and Canada, provides one of the highest customer satisfaction scores for technical and engineering support in the industry, and is home to PAIX(R) - the world's first commercial Internet exchange.

For more information on Switch and Data, please visit www.switchanddata.com.

Source: Business Wire

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