an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . november 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message interxion type naamloze vennootschap traded as nyse inxn founded 1998 headquarters amsterdam netherlands key people david ruberg chief executive officer jaap camman executive vice president legal josh joshi chief financial officer giuliano di vitantonio chief marketing & strategy officer products data centre equipment housing carrier and cloud neutral data centre managed services connectivity colocation centre hosting environment vendor neutral data centre network neutral data center revenue 208.4 million 2010 1 number of employees 500 fte website interxion official website interxion is a european provider of carrier and cloud neutral colocation data centre services . founded in 1998 in the netherlands the firm was publicly listed on the new york stock exchange on january 28 2011 . 2 interxion is headquartered in schiphol rijk the netherlands and delivers its services through 40 data centres in 11 countries located in major metropolitan areas including london frankfurt paris amsterdam and madrid the main data centre markets in europe . the company s core offering is carrier neutral colocation which includes provision of space power and a secure environment in which to house customers computing network storage and it infrastructure . interxion also supplements its core colocation offering with a number of additional services including systems monitoring systems management engineering support services data back up and storage . within its data centres interxion enables approximately 1 500 customers to house their equipment and connect to a broad range of telecommunications carriers isps and other customers . the data centres act as content and connectivity hubs that facilitate the processing storage sharing and distribution of data content applications and media among carriers and customers . interxion s customer base is in high growth market segments including financial services cloud and managed services providers digital media and carriers . customers in these target markets enable expansion of existing communities of interest and build new high value communities of interest within the data centre . communities of interest are particularly important to customers in each of these market segments . for example customers in the digital media segment benefit from the close proximity to content delivery network providers and internet exchanges in order to rapidly deliver content to consumers . interxion expects the high value and reduced cost benefits of communities of interest to continue to attract new customers . 3 interxion s data centres enable its customers to connect to more than 500 carriers and isps and 20 european internet exchanges allowing them to lower telecommunications costs and reduce latency times . citation needed contents 1 communities of interest 1.1 digital media 1.2 financial services 1.3 cloud 1.4 carriers and network providers 2 history 3 industry standards and accreditations 3.1 awards 3.2 memberships 4 colocation services 4.1 security 4.2 power 4.3 controlled environment 4.4 energy efficiency 5 connectivity 5.1 carriers 5.2 internet exchanges 6 see also 7 references 8 external links communities of interest edit interxion focuses its efforts on attracting customers in well defined sectors of industry 4 digital media edit interxion has created content hubs across its european data centre footprint . the hubs allow organisations to aggregate exchange store manage and distribute content in addition to interconnecting with a large digital media community helping to optimise distribution and minimise costs . 5 financial services edit interxion has created financial hubs 6 across key european financial markets including london paris amsterdam frankfurt and stockholm . the hubs consist of highly interactive and extensive communities of capital markets participants including a range of algorithmic and high frequency traders brokers hedge funds exchanges mtf s market data providers and clearing houses . the financial hubs are accessible via a wide range of carriers and high bandwidth fibre connectivity providers . cloud edit interxion has created cloud hubs across its european footprint 7 creating an optimum environment for cost effective development launch and management of cloud based services for enterprises systems integrators and cloud service providers . the hubs also enable fast easy interconnection with one of europe s largest and fastest growing community of cloud operators . carriers and network providers edit interxion works with many carriers network providers and internet service providers as well as 20vinternet exchanges neutral ethernet exchanges cdn s and over 500 carriers . existing interxion customers can interconnect data centres to any of these parties via a simple cross connect using the ethernet platform within interxion data centres . history edit european telecom exchange bv was incorporated on april 6 1998 which after being renamed interxion holding b.v. on june 12 1998 was converted into interxion holding n.v. on january 11 2000 . interxion completed its ipo on the new york stock exchange nyse on january 28 2011 . 8 interxion was founded by bart van den dries . a first round of venture capital was provided by residex together with some informal investors . on october 15 2015 the montreuil administrative tribunal fr ordered interxion to stop using the la courneuve data centre because of noise pollution concerns raised by the inhabitants . 9 industry standards and accreditations edit interxion is certified with bs 25999 10 11 the british standards institution bsi standard for business continuity management . this has been integrated with interxion s existing information security management system isms certification iso 27001 2005 12 standard for all of its european country operations . in addition the company s european customer service centre ecsc team has now been trained in itil v3 the latest information technology infrastructure library itil standard . bs 25999 is the world s first business continuity management bcm standard developed to minimise the risks of disruptions which can impact a business . the standard is designed to keep businesses operational during challenging times by protecting staff preserving reputations and providing the ability to keep trading . interxion s development of a bcm system involved integrating with the already established information security management system iso 27001 an internationally recognised certification designed to assess levels of risk across an entire company s data centre network . awards edit in 2010 interxion s technology and engineering group was recognised for its outstanding contribution to the data centre sector 13 at the sixth annual data centre europe awards ceremony held at espaces antipolis in nice france . interxion was nominated in the green i.t. awards 2011 as a finalist for it operator of the year . 14 memberships edit interxion is a member of the following organisations ripe 15 euro ix 16 irish internet association 17 the green grid contributor member 18 the green grid advisory council 19 the uptime institute 20 colocation services edit security edit interxion data centre buildings are typically designed with five layers of physical security the perimeter fence the security gate and entrance mantraps into the data centre access systems into the rooms and secure locked cabinets . clients can introduce additional levels such as lockable cages or cubes containment aisles as required . no one enters or leaves the data centre without proof of identity such as national id passport or driving license ; and all visitors are checked against customer defined access lists . there are multiple physical security layers including cctv man traps and 24x7 controlled access . all building areas are secured by an alarm system and an external security firm patrols the area both inside and outside . interxion utilises iso 27001 certified information security management systems . citation needed power edit interxion provides managed power with resilience built in all the way to the cabinet and server if required and a minimum n 1 configuration on power infrastructure with facilities such as high speed refuelling . the continuously improving design specification supports a modular build including critical infrastructure . extra equipment can be added to the infrastructure to increase capacity without causing outages . citation needed controlled environment edit all equipment is maintained and continuously monitored in a climate controlled environment . the average temperature inside the cold aisle is controlled between 18 and 25 c and a humidity level of 50 % 10 % . multiple air conditioning units provide redundant capacity . early warning systems installed as standard detect hot spots before they become a problem . citation needed energy efficiency edit after joining the green grid association in 2008 21 and becoming a contributor member and part of the advisory council interxion has committed to continuously investigate efficiency opportunities such as free cooling as standard ground water cooling and waste heat re use . continuous monitoring and measuring provides information about the environments and enables identification of opportunities to improve efficiency . the flexible design provides a scalable infrastructure model . 22 connectivity edit interxion connects to more than 400 individual carriers and isps as well as 18 european internet exchanges . this is part of the carrier neutral data centre concept . carriers edit interxion hosts global tier 1 regional tier 2 and national tier 3 networks with direct access to the backbone infrastructure and pop s for over 400 carriers across its european footprint . these carriers are present at interxion s data centres both to interconnect to other carriers but also to take advantage of the customer communities within the data centres . internet exchanges edit internet exchanges are the major points on the internet where networks interconnect . they serve as an exchange point for the traffic of the internet via bi lateral settlement free peering agreements . interxion houses 18 such internet exchanges in europe . interxion is an active supporter of the public internet exchanges and was an active participant in the creation of euro ix . country city internet exchange austria vienna vix 1 belgium brussels bnix 2 freebix 3 denmark copenhagen dix 4 france paris freeix 5 panap 6 france ix 7 parix sfinx 8 germany d sseldorf frankfurt ecix 9 de cix 10 ireland dublin inex 11 netherlands amsterdam hilversum ams ix 12 nl ix 13 spain madrid espanix 14 sweden stockholm netnod 15 switzerland zurich swissix 16 united kingdom london linx 17 lonap 18 see also edit data center cloud computing colocation centre internet exchange point peering references edit interxion q4 2010 and fy 2010 results interxion interxion to float financial times interxion s f1 filing with the sec sec data centres where communities become compelling . data centre solutions . retrieved 12 april 2011 . q & a greg mcculloch md interxion . bcw it leadership . retrieved 12 april 2011 . quod financial to locate servers in interxion london data centre . fin extra . retrieved 12 april 2011 . interxion offers data center cloud hosting across europe . web host industry review . retrieved 12 april 2011 . ft article . the financial times . retrieved 12 april 2011 . french http www.mediapart.fr journal france 181015 la justice retoque un data center en seine saint denis bs 25999 certificate results . bsi group . retrieved 12 april 2011 . interxion achieves highly credited bs 25999 certification . data centre solutions . retrieved 12 april 2011 . iso iec 27001 certificate results . bsi group . retrieved 12 april 2011 . data centres in europe 2010 awards winners . broad group . retrieved 12 april 2011 . green it awards 2011 . green it magazine . retrieved 12 april 2011 . ripe membership . ripe . retrieved 12 april 2011 . euro ix patrons . european internet exchange association . retrieved 12 april 2011 . irish internet association membership . irish internet association . retrieved 12 april 2011 . green grid board members . the green grid . retrieved 12 april 2011 . green grid advisory council . the green grid . retrieved 12 april 2011 . uptime institute emea member . the uptime institute . retrieved 12 april 2011 . interxion raises green