AboveNet joins Interxion’s Financial Hub

John Donaldson, AboveNet UK Managing Director: "The partnership with Interxion is vital to our growth strategy."

Interxion, the European operator of carrier-neutral data centres, has announced an agreement with AboveNet, the high-bandwidth connectivity provider, to host a Point of Presence for its enhanced metro Ethernet, IP transit and international VPN services at Interxion's London City data centre.

"This investment in our network is good news for organisations looking for lower-latency, cost-effective and more secure connectivity for bandwidth-heavy applications, especially those in the financial sector." said John Donaldson, AboveNet UK Managing Director. "The partnership with Interxion is vital to our growth strategy, putting us ahead of the curve on service provision and providing our customers with essential competitive advantage."

"This announcement further reinforces Interxion's position as one of the leading colocation providers to the financial services industry," said Anthony Foy, Group Managing Director at Interxion. "We are particularly proud that

Anthony Foy, Group Managing Director, Interxion: "This announcement further reinforces Interxion's position as one of the leading colocation providers to the financial services industry."

AboveNet has decided to become part of our Financial Hub, which currently houses a number of the leading exchanges, MTFs, buy-side & sell-side firms, and technology providers. As one of the few data centre providers with ample space and power available in the City of London in close proximity to the largest liquidity markets, we are ideally positioned to meet both the current and future low-latency colocation requirements of capital market participants."