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October/November 2012 www.esb.ie/em
ESB Telecoms increases its network with Interxion
Additional data-centre presence will meet demand and increase connectivity options
INTERXION, A LEADING European provider of carrier-neutral colocation data centres, today announced that ESB Telecoms Ltd (ESBT) has extended its network with Interxion to include a presence in Dublin 2. ESBT has had a presence in Dublin 1 since 2006.
ESB Telecoms network within Interxion’s data centres in Dublin incorporates WDM, SDH and MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum) compliant technology supporting a number of Interxion customers and gives further connectivity and diversity options to Interxion clients. With its’ managed services seeing substantial growth in the past five years this key location enables ESBT to provide the robust resilient services that its customers require. The expansion of the ESB Telcoms network provides more choice for Interxion’s clients by increasing the portfolio of connectivity options available to customers.
ESB Telecoms provides a range of wholesale packet and TDM services to other carriers, service providers and mobile network operators.
“We have grown with Interxion because we require a data centre partner that can provide premium services, an impressive client base and the highest level of availability, scalability and connectivity,” said Dermot Hopkins, Engineering Manager, ESB Telecoms. “Over the past six years, Interxion has proven its level of expertise, professionalism and responsiveness, which in partnership has enabled us to provide superior quality service to our customers and now Interxion’s customers also.”
“The expansion of the ESB Telcoms network provides more choice for Interxion’s clients
Interxion’s Dublin data centres provide ESB Telecoms with opportunities to expand its business as it provides an opportunity to interconnect with a number of Tier 1 carriers. From an operational perspective, the Interxion Dublin hub also offers the highest levels of security, uninterruptible power supply, cooling, fire detection and prevention and operational support to guarantee 24/7 availability of ESB Telecoms services.
“The addition of ESB Telecoms to our carrier’s community is a real benefit. The quality of their network and service will provide greater options for our expanding client base. We are pleased this partnership has further expanded in our data centres in Dublin as we are dedicated to further developing this successful relationship with them,” said Tanya Duncan, Managing Director, Interxion Ireland. “We invest heavily in our employees and industry leading technology to ensure the highest levels of expertise and services available to our customers. This continues to prove Interxion is a location of choice and that we have an excellent track record of working with the most demanding service providers that require resilient IT infrastructure and connectivity, safeguarding the delivery of their 24/7 services.”
About Interxion
Interxion (NYSE: INXN) is a leading provider of carrier-neutral colocation data centre services in Europe, serving a wide range of customers through 29 data centres in 11 European countries. Interxion’s uniformly designed, energy-efficient data centres offer customers extensive security and uptime for their mission-critical applications. With connectivity provided by over 400 carriers and ISPs and 18 European Internet exchanges across its footprint, Interxion has created content and connectivity hubs that foster growing customer communities of interest. For more information, please visit www.interxion.com
About ESB Telecoms Ltd
ESB Telecoms Ltd is a wholly-owned unregulated subsidiary of ESB and Ireland’s leading independent telecoms infrastructure and bandwidth solutions provider. ESB Telecoms Ltd built and owns an extensive fibre network throughout Dublin and Ireland which is wrapped on ESB High Voltage Network. ESB Telecoms Ltd also manages over 300 telecommunications towers and sites on which all major Irish telecommunications companies have substantial installations. ESB Telecoms Ltd operates managed bandwidth services over its network. The fibre network has 16 points of presence (PoPs) around Ireland. The network is managed 24/7 from a Telecoms Operations Centre in ESB Head Office, Dublin.
ESBI showcases expertise at CIGRÉ Paris Session
ESBI PUNCHED significantly above its weight at the Paris CIGRÉ Session in August where five out of eight papers accepted from Ireland were authored by ESBI staff.
The biennial CIGRÉ Paris Session is a premier event in the international electricity sector calendar, bringing together more than 6,000 senior executives, experts and specialists to share knowledge on new developments and innovations among members of the international council on large electrical systems. This year’s event, the 44th session, hit new records in terms of the number of delegates and exhibitors at the accompanying trade show. While historically CIGRÉ has focused on the generation and transmissions sectors, it is increasingly encompassing distribution in recognition of the blurring of the distinction between transmission and distribution following the widespread use of embedded generation.
ESBI Head of Engineering Mick Mackey commented: “Given the very large number of papers submitted to the session each year, the number of papers accepted from Ireland, and in particular ESBI, is a huge achievement and demonstrates our expertise in electricity transmission and distribution.”
Short video presentations by each of the authors discussing their papers will be broadcast on the ESBI blog www.energyinnovation.ie over the coming weeks.
The ESBI papers accepted by CIGRÉ include:
- The Cork Harbour 220kV Submarine Cable Project - Robert Donaghy.
- Developing a Roadmap for Introduction of IEC61850 based Solutions for HV Substations in the Republic of Ireland - Keith Cooney and Kieran Lynch.
- Introduction of High-Temperature Low Sag Conductors to the Irish Transmission Grid - Ruairi Geary, Tim Condon, Tim Kavanagh, Oisin Armstrong and John Doyle.
- Power Quality and Flicker Performance of the Tidal Generator, SeaGen - Joe MacEnri, T. Thiringer (Chalmers University) and M. Reed (MCT).
- Emerging Electric Vehicle Market & Business Models and Interoperability Standards - Eric Khoo and James Gallagher.
ESBI is an active participant in CIGRÉ, regularly contributing to technical committees and groups and sharing expertise. Mick Mackey chaired one of the poster sessions at this year’s event. Eamonn Duggan, T&D Manager with ESBI International Operations is the current chairman of CIGRÉ Ireland and Irish delegate to the Substations Study Committee.
Contract extension signing in Tanzania
ESBI SIGNED A CONTRACT extension in the Millennium Challenge Account - Tanzania (MCA-T) offices, in Dar es Salaam, in August. This extension to ESBI’s current Contract for the provision of consultancy services to the MCA-T Energy Project will see ESBI extending the provision of services to MCA-T from 31st August 2012 up to 31st May 2013. The value of the contract extension is US$ 3.88m, which brings the total value of the contract to US$.25.37m.
Pictured at the signing were (l-r): Ms. Marieth Ngaida, Director of Procurement, MCA-T; Mr. Isaac Chanji, Director of Energy Projects, MCA-T; Dr. Medard Kalemani, General Council, MCA-T; Mr. Bernard S. Mchomvu, CEO, MCA-T; Vincent Flynn, Manager, International Operations, ESBI, and John Ashley, Project Director, ESBI.
Safety Day at Fullabrook Wind Farm
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