<s>
Telecity	B-Application
Group	O
plc	O
(	O
formerly	O
TelecityRedbus	B-Application
and	O
before	O
that	O
Telecity	B-Application
)	O
,	O
was	O
a	O
European	O
carrier-neutral	O
datacentre	B-Operating_System
and	O
colocation	B-Application
centre	I-Application
provider	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
specialised	O
in	O
the	O
design	O
,	O
build	O
and	O
management	O
of	O
datacentre	B-Operating_System
space	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Telecity	B-Application
Group	O
plc	O
was	O
the	O
result	O
of	O
the	O
uniting	O
of	O
three	O
separate	O
companies	O
–	O
TeleCity	B-Application
Limited	O
,	O
Redbus	B-Application
Interhouse	I-Application
Limited	O
and	O
Globix	O
Holdings	O
(	O
UK	O
)	O
Limited	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TeleCity	B-Application
Limited	O
was	O
founded	O
by	O
Mike	O
Kelly	O
and	O
Anish	O
Kapoor	O
from	O
Manchester	O
University	O
in	O
April	O
1998	O
and	O
opened	O
its	O
first	O
data	B-Operating_System
centre	I-Operating_System
in	O
Manchester	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
1998	O
,	O
Redbus	B-Application
Interhouse	I-Application
Limited	O
was	O
incorporated	O
,	O
and	O
commenced	O
operations	O
in	O
its	O
first	O
data	B-Operating_System
centre	I-Operating_System
in	O
London	O
Docklands	O
in	O
July	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
March	O
2000	O
,	O
Redbus	B-Application
Interhouse	I-Application
Limited	O
floated	O
on	O
the	O
main	O
market	O
of	O
the	O
London	O
Stock	O
Exchange	O
and	O
in	O
June	O
2000	O
,	O
TeleCity	B-Application
Limited	O
’s	O
parent	O
company	O
,	O
TeleCity	B-Application
plc	O
floated	O
on	O
the	O
London	O
Stock	O
Exchange	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2005	O
,	O
TeleCity	B-Application
plc	O
was	O
taken	O
private	O
by	O
3i	O
and	O
Oak	O
Hill	O
and	O
by	O
October	O
of	O
that	O
year	O
Telecity	B-Application
Group	O
plc	O
was	O
incorporated	O
and	O
became	O
the	O
holding	O
company	O
of	O
Telecity	B-Application
plc	O
and	O
its	O
group	O
companies	O
in	O
November	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2006	O
Telecity	B-Application
Group	O
acquired	O
Redbus	B-Application
Interhouse	I-Application
plc	O
,	O
a	O
rival	O
business	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
the	O
two	O
business	O
,	O
TeleCity	B-Application
and	O
Redbus	O
,	O
trading	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
TelecityRedbus	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
in	O
2006	O
Telecity	B-Application
Group	O
plc	O
bought	O
the	O
European	O
assets	O
of	O
the	O
US-based	O
Globix	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
a	O
rebranding	O
exercise	O
implemented	O
in	O
August	O
2007	O
,	O
TeleCity	B-Application
,	O
Redbus	O
and	O
Globix	O
(	O
UK	O
)	O
began	O
to	O
trade	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
TelecityGroup	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
Telecity	B-Application
Group	O
plc	O
listed	O
on	O
the	O
main	O
market	O
of	O
the	O
London	O
Stock	O
Exchange	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2010	O
,	O
TelecityGroup	B-Application
acquired	O
Internet	O
Facilitators	O
Limited	O
(	O
IFL	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
provider	O
of-carrier	O
neutral	O
data	B-Operating_System
centres	I-Operating_System
in	O
Manchester	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2011	O
TelecityGroup	B-Application
acquired	O
Data	O
Electronics	O
,	O
which	O
operates	O
two	O
carrier-neutral	O
data	B-Operating_System
centres	I-Operating_System
in	O
Dublin	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
September	O
2011	O
UK	O
Grid	O
,	O
a	O
carrier-neutral	O
data	B-Operating_System
centre	I-Operating_System
operator	O
in	O
Manchester	O
was	O
acquired	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TelecityGroup	B-Application
has	O
announced	O
it	O
is	O
expanding	O
its	O
data	B-Operating_System
centre	I-Operating_System
capacity	O
across	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
this	O
expansion	O
the	O
first	O
phase	O
of	O
a	O
new	O
9MW	O
data	B-Operating_System
centre	I-Operating_System
was	O
opened	O
in	O
Amsterdam	O
(	O
Southeast	O
AMS	O
5	O
)	O
in	O
early	O
2012	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
2	O
July	O
2012	O
Ed	O
Vaizey	O
,	O
UK	O
Minister	O
for	O
Communications	O
,	O
officially	O
opened	O
the	O
first	O
phase	O
of	O
a	O
21MW	O
expansion	O
at	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
London	O
Powergate	O
facility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2012	O
,	O
TelecityGroup	B-Application
acquired	O
Tenue	O
Oy	O
,	O
a	O
provider	O
of	O
carrier-neutral	O
data	B-Operating_System
centres	I-Operating_System
in	O
Helsinki	O
,	O
Finland	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2012	O
TelecityGroup	B-Application
acquired	O
Academica	O
,	O
a	O
data	B-Operating_System
centre	I-Operating_System
and	O
IT	O
services	O
operator	O
,	O
also	O
active	O
in	O
Finland	O
since	O
1996	O
,	O
giving	O
the	O
enlarged	O
TelecityGroup	B-Application
Finland	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
three	O
data	B-Operating_System
centres	I-Operating_System
and	O
2MW	O
of	O
operational	O
capacity	O
;	O
7MW	O
of	O
additional	O
capacity	O
will	O
be	O
opened	O
in	O
two	O
new	O
facilities	O
in	O
due	O
course	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2013	O
,	O
TelecityGroup	B-Application
acquired	O
SadeceHosting	O
,	O
a	O
provider	O
of	O
data	B-Operating_System
centre	I-Operating_System
and	O
hosted	O
services	O
in	O
Istanbul	O
,	O
Turkey	O
and	O
in	O
November	O
2013	O
,	O
TelecityGroup	B-Application
acquired	O
3DC	O
,	O
an	O
independent	O
data	B-Operating_System
centre	I-Operating_System
provider	O
in	O
Sofia	O
,	O
Bulgaria	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2014	O
,	O
Telecity	B-Application
’s	O
founder	O
Michael	O
Tobin	O
left	O
the	O
company	O
following	O
reported	O
tensions	O
with	O
the	O
board	O
of	O
directors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2015	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Telecity	B-Application
would	O
merge	O
with	O
Interxion	O
,	O
purchasing	O
it	O
in	O
a	O
$2.2	O
billion	O
deal	O
,	O
thus	O
creating	O
a	O
joint	O
data-center	B-Operating_System
operator	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
combined	O
value	O
of	O
$4.5	O
billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2015	O
,	O
US	O
data	O
company	O
Equinix	O
announced	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
acquiring	O
TelecityGroup	B-Application
for	O
£2.35	O
billion	O
(	O
$3.6	O
billion	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
terminate	O
Telecity	B-Application
’s	O
deal	O
with	O
Interxion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reuters	O
reported	O
that	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Telecity	B-Application
by	O
Equinix	O
would	O
create	O
the	O
largest	O
data	B-Operating_System
center	I-Operating_System
company	O
in	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
13	O
November	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
European	O
Commission	O
granted	O
clearance	O
for	O
the	O
Equinix	O
offer	O
to	O
acquire	O
Telecity	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
this	O
acquisition	O
,	O
the	O
European	O
Commission	O
required	O
divestment	O
of	O
eight	O
of	O
the	O
datacentre	B-Operating_System
sites	O
on	O
competition	O
grounds	O
,	O
and	O
these	O
sites	O
were	O
sold	O
to	O
Digital	O
Realty	O
for	O
$874	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2016	O
,	O
Equinix	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
completed	O
the	O
Telecity	B-Application
acquisition	O
in	O
a	O
transaction	O
valued	O
at	O
approximately	O
$3.8	O
billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
addition	O
of	O
Telecity	B-Application
data	B-Operating_System
centers	I-Operating_System
more	O
than	O
doubled	O
Equinix	O
's	O
capacity	O
in	O
Europe	O
,	O
making	O
the	O
company	O
the	O
region	O
's	O
largest	O
retail	O
colocation	B-Application
provider	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
operated	O
37	O
data	B-Operating_System
centres	I-Operating_System
,	O
located	O
in	O
several	O
European	O
cities	O
:	O
</s>
