Wall Street lists Amsterdam-based Interxion
Interxion, a Dutch provider of data centre, co-location, and managed service solutions, announced that it has commenced an initial public offering of 18,6 million ordinary shares to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "INXN."
Funding expansion
Interxion’s goal is to raise $200 million with Wall Street IPO which will finance expansion of its capacity in the United States. The company announced its intentions in a press release.
Amsterdam Area data centres
Interxion, founded 12 years ago in Amsterdam, is one of Europe’s leading providers of carrier-neutral co-location data centre services in Europe, serving over 1,100 customers through 28 data centres in 11 European countries.
Five of Interxion’s data centres are located in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area, making Amsterdam the largest data capacity centre within the firm.
ICT hub
The Amsterdam Metropolitan Area’s excellent infrastructure allows for the operation of data centres through AMS-IX, the largest data transport hub in the world. Fibre optics transport data in real time to an increasing number of large and small networks, portals and web farms, making the Netherlands the second most densely cabled country in the world. The Amsterdam Metropolitan Area is rapidly becoming the software and IT capital of Europe. Of all the Forbes 2,000 companies active in ICT, more than 50 % have an office in the Amsterdam Area.
Time is money
Interxion has about 1,100 customers, mainly from the financial sector. For these companies in particular, it is crucial to have their servers close to this important data transport hub, saving precious milliseconds in executing transactions.
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