Business Serve Acquires Datacentre in London Docklands

Business Serve PLC, one of the UKs leading converged communications providers offering both traditional ISP products and telecommunications services including Voice Over Internet Protocol ('VoIP'), has acquired the lease of a large purpose built datacentre in London Docklands in order to expand the Groups co-location services.

(PRWEB) December 24, 2004 -- Business Serve PLC, one of the UKs leading converged communications providers offering both traditional ISP products and telecommunications services including Voice Over Internet Protocol ('VoIP - http://www.businessserve.co.uk/voice-over-ip/voip_internet_phone.aspx'), has acquired the lease of a large purpose built datacentre in London Docklands in order to expand the Groups co-location services.

Leapfield House is a highly resilient 16,000 square foot datacentre, developed and fitted out as a high specification 800 plus rack co-location suite. Business Serve has acquired the lease and equipment in an extremely competitive deal, at a fraction of the cost of developing its own site in Docklands.

The purchase will significantly strengthen the Groups offering in the co-location market targeted at SMEs and corporates.

The datacentre will also be used as a central hub for Business Serves rapidly expanding network. It will provide additional space for the relocation of equipment purchased with each of the six acquisitions made by the Group since its flotation earlier this year. Consolidation of the Groups operational and network infrastructure will produce costs savings, which will cover the acquisition of the lease.

The datacentre is expected to be operational by June 2005.

Simon Cleaver, Business Serve, Chief Executive, said, "We have identified and acquired the lease of a London datacentre at a very competitive price. The datacentre enables us to strengthen our position in the co-location market, in addition to enhancing the Groups operational infrastructure to support our rapidly growing network.

"Acquiring the datacentre represents the next logical step for Business Serve to achieve its stated aim of offering converged communication solutions to the SME and corporate market."

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