NTT Communications to continue global expansion

e-shelter offers about 90,000 square meters of data center space in 9 locations

NTT Communications is reported by Nikkei to be in negotiations to acquire Frankfurt based e-shelter facility services GmbH for approximately YEN 100 billion (US$ 840 million).

NTT Communications acquisition is driven by the need to grow outside of Japan, and by the need to offer global services.

e-shelter facility services GmbH

e-shelter facility services GmbH was founded in 2000, and offers 90,000 square meters of data center space in 9 locations across Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

e-shelter data centers

• Berlin
• Frankfurt 1
• Frankfurt 2
• Frankfurt 3
• Hamburg
• Muenchen 1
• Muenchen 2
• Wien
• Zuerich

NTT Communications

NTT Communications was created with the privatization of NTT, which is formerly was Japan’s domestic monopoly telecommunications operator (KDD was had the monopoly for overseas telecommunications from Japan).

NTT Communications started globalization with the acquisition of US internet access, hosting and service provider VERIO for a approximately US$ 5.5 billion, announced on May 8, 2000.

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