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Telecity Frankurt Expansion
March 3, 2010
Telecity Frankurt Expansion

Telecity have announced a 4000 sq m or 6MW expansion to their Gutleutstasse facility in central Frankfurt.

This is yet another in a string of capacity enhancements in Frankfurt from the big 3 pan-European operators, so demonstrating the health of the colocation market in a market that for a long time was very much seen as a laggard in terms of recovering from the dot-com slump.  With Equinix having recently announced their acquisition of the former Exodus data centre in south-west Frankfurt which can offer some 12,000 sq m of space and Interxion’s announcement in November last year that they will build a 6th facility on Hanaeur Landstrasse campus so bringing their total capacity there to some 15,000 sq m, it would appear the local market is now forging ahead.   Its interesting to note the strength of the colocation market in contrast to the wholesale or real estate end of the market in Frankfurt, where the overall balance of supply versus demand would suggest buyers are still able to secure good deals, perhaps as the Equinix acquisition has demonstrated, as the former Exodus facility was on the market for many years.

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