Will become EU’s 3rd largest data center operator by
leveraging strong European presence of Germany’s top data center operator
Company Website:
http://www.ntt.com/
TOKYO & LUXEMBOURG & FRANKFURT, Germany -- (Business Wire)
NTT
Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and
international communications business within NTT (NYSE:NTT), e-shelter,
the top operator of data center services in Germany, and ABRY Partners,
a private equity investment firm, jointly announced that NTT Com will
acquire 86.7% of e-shelter’s issued shares. The acquisition will vault
the NTT Com group into the no. 3 position for data center space in
Europe.
e-shelter is currently managing nearly 90,000 square meters of data
center space in four major cities in Germany, as well as Zurich,
Switzerland and Vienna, Austria. One of its main facilities,
Campus Frankfurt 1, Europe’s largest data center with some 60,000 square
meters of data center space, comprises five free-standing buildings
constructed specifically as data centers.
The acquisition will further strengthen NTT Com’s EU capabilities to
meet increased demand for data center and cloud services, as well as
provide increasingly efficient services to migrate customer systems to
the cloud. The EU data center market is growing at 9% per year,
according to the research firm Gartner, Inc.
NTT Com currently operates data centers in the UK, France, Germany and
Spain which e-shelter’s six locations in central Europe will complement
perfectly.
NTT Com President and CEO Akira Arima said: “e-shelter is a growing
company offering high-quality, highly extensible data center
capabilities. We have been impressed by their ability, under the strong
leadership of CEO Rupprecht Rittweger, to maintain their position as a
leading data center operator not only in Germany, but the competitive EU
market as a whole. We look forward to expanding our share of the EU’s
overall ICT market in partnership with this potent company. Globally,
NTT Com supports many of the world’s best-known corporations with
top-quality services from data centers located in global economic
centers. We will continue to invest in data centers to help our clients
secure their data.”
As a new member of the NTT Com group, e-shelter will benefit from access
to NTT Com’s world-class global data center, cloud and network service
infrastructure. The company will also enjoy enhanced financing
capabilities for accelerated capital investment in the continental EU
region, where it aims to fulfill the diverse ICT needs of its large
customers.
According to e-shelter CEO Rupprecht Rittweger: “As our multinational
customers expand beyond EU borders, and undergo rapid ICT evolutions,
they are increasingly demanding globally seamless ICT solutions. To meet
their demands ahead of our competitors, we believe that the best way to
ensure e-shelter’s growth and development is in partnership with NTT
Com, which has a commanding presence in Asia and is a leading provider
of ICT services worldwide. At the same time, we look forward to
strengthening NTT Com’s global ICT infrastructure and market share with
our strong presence in Europe.”
Customers of e-shelter data center services include major multinational
enterprises in fields including finance, communication networks, ICT
services, government, healthcare and digital media. e-shelter operates a
comprehensive range of data center infrastructure and services,
including land and buildings as well as facilities and collocations
services, enabling it to respond flexibly to growing demand and changing
customer requirements. The company’s infrastructure includes its own 120
MW electrical substation for stable, energy-efficient power supply.
Following the acquisition, significant minority stake will be retained
by Investa Holding GmbH, a German real estate developer in which
e-shelter founder and CEO Rupprecht Rittweger owns a controlling
interest. Currently, Investa owns 51% of e-shelter’s issued shares and
the remaining shares are owned by ABRY Partners, one of the most
experienced and successful media, communications and
business-information services focused private equity investment firms,
and other minority shareholders. NTT Com will provide more than half of
e-shelter’s new board of directors.
NTT Com operates more than 130 secure data centers worldwide. In
addition, NTT Com provides a wide range of globally standardized
services, including platforms for hosting, network and security
services. Nexcenter
services support and enhance the quality of customer ICT systems, offer
customer-tailored options and solutions, and help to minimize ICT
management costs and improve customer ROI.
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Contacts:
Media Contacts
NTT Communications
Kota Yamashita/Mizuki
Takida, +81-3-6700-4010
hodo-cp@ntt.com
or
e-shelter
Melanie
Rittweger, +49-69-7801-2331
press@e-shelter.de
Source: NTT Communications Corporation
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