Web Hosting Provider 1&1 Internet to Open New Data Center in Lenexa, Kansas

HostReview.com
Thursday, August 24, 2006; 05:36 AM

Web hosting provider 1&1 Internet, Inc., (1&1) will open a new, fully-automated data center in Lenexa, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City. Currently, 1&1's Web site customers are being hosted in two rented data centers in New York and New Jersey. The new facility in Kansas City will handle all new customers from within the United States and Canada.

The company has selected a 55,000 square feet facility that will supply space for 40,000 servers and will accommodate the company's fast growing U.S. Web hosting client base. The data center is scheduled to open early 2007 and will employ 15 people. 1&1 specializes in Web sites and Domains for SMEs and consumers.

"Opening another location besides our headquarters in the Philadelphia area underscores the importance of our U.S. business," said Andreas Gauger, Chairman, 1&1 Internet. "1&1 will invest up to $9 million in the Lenexa site this year and several millions more in 2007."

"1&1 has found an excellent business climate in Kansas, and we have been enthusiastically welcomed to the Kansas City area," continued Gauger. "We are looking forward to opening this facility and becoming part of the business community."

"We welcome 1&1 to Lenexa," said Blake Schreck, president of the Lenexa Economic Development Council. "We know that this growing company had many options to consider during their location search. We are especially pleased and proud that they have chosen our community."

"Our region's low operating costs and reliable energy sources made possible by companies such as Kansas City Power & Light are important to attracting data centers," said Bob Marcusse, president and CEO of the Kansas City Area Development Council. "We welcome 1&1 Internet to the KC community and look forward to their growth."

1&1 Internet Inc. (www.1and1.com) is a subsidiary of United Internet, a profitable public company with 6,000 employees and a market cap of $3 billion. 1&1 was established in 1992 and hosts more than 6 million domain names, while 30,000 servers run on the company's four state-of-the-art data centers. 1&1's global community is some 5.3 million customer contracts strong. 1&1 is the recognized leader of Web hosting products in Europe. It started to serve U.S. customers in late 2003. The company's U.S. headquarters is located in Chesterbrook, PA.