Company news
10/03/2008
Computer Sciences Corporation signs as first customer in new TelecityGroup Amsterdam facility
Amsterdam, 10 March 2008 – Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), the leading global consulting, systems integration and outsourcing services company, has chosen TelecityGroup’s new ‘Amsterdam 4’ data centre to offer professional strategic support for its outsourcing services in the Netherlands and will be the first customer to move into the data centre when it opens in April 2008.
Amsterdam 4 is a 4000 sq.m data centre which has been designed and built to offer 2kW of customer power per square metre, considerably higher than the current industry average. TelecityGroup worked in close collaboration with the Amsterdam City Council during the design and planning phase of the project to ensure the facility comfortably exceeds the environmental regulations set out for data centres in the Netherlands.
Paul van Roozendaal, CSC Netherlands Managing Director: “From the moment we started working together it has been clear that CSC and TelecityGroup are a good match in terms of expertise and ambition. It’s on this solid foundation of shared values that we have based our new relationship. We expect that both the quality of the data centre and the support provided by TelecityGroup’s engineers will help us deliver excellent IT services for our customers and strengthen our market leadership in IT outsourcing; a win-win situation for us.”
Alexandra Schless, Managing Director of TelecityGroup Netherlands, says:
“A significant investment was made in the design and planning of our new data centre. Amsterdam 4 offers a highly connected, secure and resilient hosting environment supported by some of the most sophisticated air and water cooling systems available which are designed to deliver greater efficiencies than the systems currently used in most legacy data centres. Delivering Amsterdam 4 on time and to the standard we expect demonstrates that TelecityGroup has the capability to both build and operate industry-leading data centres.
“I’m delighted that CSC is the first customer to benefit from the new facility. The two companies share the same aspirations of growth and customer service and we look forward to a long and happy relationship.”
On completion Amsterdam 4 will offer approximately 4000 sq.m and 8 MW power of customer data centre capacity. In addition to Amsterdam 4 the company is also opening a new 5,000 sq.m data centre in London in May 2008 which together brings the total number of TelecityGroup data centres in Europe to twenty.
About CSC
Computer Sciences Corporation is a leading global information technology (IT) services company. CSC’s mission is to provide customers in industry and government with solutions crafted to meet their specific challenges and enable them to profit from the advanced use of technology.
With approximately 91,000 employees, CSC provides innovative solutions for customers around the world by applying leading technologies and CSC’s own advanced capabilities. These include systems design and integration; IT and business process outsourcing; applications software development; Web and application hosting; and management consulting. CSC reported revenue of $16.1 billion for the 12 months ended Dec. 28, 2007. For more information, visit the company’s Web site at www.csc.com.
About TelecityGroup
TelecityGroup is the leading pan-European provider of network independent data centres offering a range of flexible, scalable data centre and managed services. TelecityGroup specialises in the design, build, and management of highly connected and secure environments in which customers can house their technical, web and internet infrastructure. Each of its data centres acts a connectivity and content hub facilitating the storage, sharing and distribution of data, content and media. Headquartered in London, TelecityGroup operates 18 network independent data centres across seven European countries. The data centres are located in prime positions for commerce and connectivity, including Amsterdam, Dublin, Frankfurt, London, Manchester, Milan, Paris and Stockholm.
Telecity Group plc, the parent company of TelecityGroup, is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: TCY)
www.TelecityGroup.com
For more information please contact:
Solid Ground PR
Ineke Tiesinga
+31 (0)20 419 8400
telecity@solidground.eu
TelecityGroup Netherlands
Alexandra Schless
+31 (0)20 564 08 11
Alexandra.Schless@TeleCity.com
CSC Computer Sciences B.V.
Arjen Mollee
Marketing & PR Manager CSC Nederland
+31 (0)30 6 574 278
amollee@csc.com
