EVRY and DigiPlex realizing a world class data center

(Oslo, 16. July 2013) EVRY ASA and DigiPlex Norway have entered into a strategic partnership to design, build and operate a new data center in Norway. The new center will be technologically and environmentally “state of the art”. In effect, Norwegian businesses and the public sector will get access to a modern data center from 1 September 2014, for secure data storage that provides IT-services of superior quality.

“The new data center makes up a key part of EVRY`s renewal program – “Future Proof”. Together with DigiPlex, we are going to realize a data center that is at par with the best globally, and we can offer our customers secure data storage in Norway. In addition to a new data center, EVRY has launched new forms of industrialised delivery forms. Thus, we are taking a quantum leap, which means that our customers get cloud based and scalable IT-services with superior quality that are highly competitive”, says CEO Terje Mjøs at EVRY.

“DigiPlex`s business strategy is focused on the UK and Scandinavia. Through this deal we consolidate our position as the leading provider in Norway of secure data centre facilities and services, with our two established data centers in Ulven and Rosenholm in addition to the new center in Fet. We offer the highest level in IT-housing. The new DigiPlex data center at Fetsund will not only provide for EVRY’s strategic requirements but will also create much needed additional capacity for DigiPlex`s international customers seeking high efficiency, secure and green data centers” says Byrne Murphy, Chairman of the DigiPlex Group.

Quantum leap
Norwegian consumers, companies and the public sector use the Internet in increasing ways, whether it is at work, in education or for entertainment purposes. In the years to come, data will increasingly consist of film, sound and images. So called unstructured information will grow more than traditional data registers. The consequence is that the collective data amount double each 18 months. The consulting firm IDC estimates that the world wide data amount will increase from 1.8 zettabytes in 2012 to 35 zettabytes in 2020. This means that the data amount will be 20 times bigger in only eight years.

In addition to the exponential growth in data storage, the user patterns for Internet are changing. Everyone expects access to their data and digital services 24/7 - every day, every year, wherever with mobile devices. We stream movies and music via the Internet, web-TV takes over from traditional media, and we continuously use more digital services to stay in touch with our friends over the Internet. In addition, the use of online newspapers, online banking and social media increases.

The consequence of this massive growth in Internet use and data storage is the need for new types of IT-services that can handle the increased traffic and complexity, while meeting stricter security and environmental demands in a cost efficient manner. That is why EVRY takes a quantum leap by building an entirely new and industrialised operations organisation. A new data center is a central part of this initiative.

Reducing waste energy by half
The new data center in Fet will be world class and benefit from the best technology in order to build a green data center.

DigiPlex will deploy an entirely new innovative air cooling system. It will remove waste heat from EVRY`s computers and servers. This air cooling system, combined with EVRY’s use of modern low power servers, will be one of the most efficient and sustainable data centres in the world.

The efficiency of data centres is measured by a PUE (Power Utilization Efficiency) factor. While traditional data centres typically have a PUE of 1.8 - 2, the data centre in FET will operate with a PUE of just 1.1, which means reducing waste energy by half based on today`s levels. This unusually low PUE means the data centre will be very efficient in its use of electricity, with proportionally reduced electricity costs. 

Progress ensured
In December 2012, EVRY entered into an agreement with Greenfield which was owned by Entra and Lefdal Mines on building the new data center. Shortly after the agreement was made Entra announced that it wanted out of the project. This created uncertainty for EVRY on whether the project would be realized with the remaining owners. Thus, EVRY decided to search for a new industrial owner of Greenfield.

EVRY has now entered into an agreement with DigiPlex, an international provider of data center technology. DigiPlex is going to design, build and operate the new data center. The first building phase is 4,200 square meters, will be ready September 1st 2014, and can be scaled as needed. DigiPlex makes the investment while EVRY has entered into a 20 year`s operations agreement, thereby securing the realization of brand new world-class data center technology in Norway.

EVRY will consolidate its existing 18 data centers and collect all data and machines in the new facility at Fet. The company will still have an operations and back-up center at Gjøvik.

At the same time as the new center is built and the old ones are consolidated, EVRY has through its Future Proof program adopted new technology to deliver services of high quality and make increased use of automated work processes and offshoring. The first customers EVRY will migrate to the new data center, and in a new way, are Norway Post, Gjensidige and Storebrand.

Contacts
Terje Mjøs, CEO EVRY, Tel; +47 06500
Eli Giske, CFO EVRY, Tel; +47 908 44 189
Geir Remman, VP Corporate Communications EVRY, Tel; +47 97055017
Anders Korshavn, Director of Business Development in Nordic Region DigiPlex, Tel; +47 40000909
EJ Weston, Managing Director, Digiplex Norway AS, Tel; +44 (0) 1225 789 800

About EVRY
EVRY is one of the leading IT companies in the Nordic countries, with a strong local and regional presence in 50 Nordic towns and cities. Through its knowledge, solutions and technology, EVRY contributes to the development of the information society of the future, and so creates value for the benefit of its customers and for society as a whole. EVRY combines in-depth industry knowledge and technological expertise with a local delivery model and international strength.

EVRY has some 10,000 employees, and the company is committed to demonstrating that Nordic customers are best served by a supplier that understands Nordic business from the inside. EVRY reports annual turnover approaching NOK 13 billion. The company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and operates from headquarters in Oslo, with major activities in both the Norwegian and Swedish markets.

About Digiplex
DigiPlex is an international provider of data center services. In Norway, DigiPlex is the dominant provider and operates two large data centers in the Oslo area, DigiPlex Ulven Datasenter (since 2002) and DigiPlex Rosenholm Datasenter (since 2010), where it offers the highest level in IT-housing. At both centers physical and environmental security is offered, flexible solutions, infrastructure and access to all necessary services.

The company is owned by Mr. William Conway co founder and CEO of the Carlyle Group, the Washington based asset management company, and Mr. Byrne Murphy Chairman of the DigiPlex Group.

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