Will avail of Adapt's data centre services with a deal worth £8.8m over six years.

CSC, a global information technology services company has signed a deal with Adapt, an independent Virtual Network Operator to avail of its data centre services with a deal worth £8.8m over six years, as announced yesterday by Adapt.

By partnering with Adapt, CSC will benefit from a flexible contract and gain access to a valuable technical real estate portfolio in central London and M25 Periphery and Europe.

"There is an increasing demand for managed data centre services from our customers, in central London and beyond, and the solution Adapt proposed to us matched our requirement very well. Unlike traditional co-location providers, Adapt is able to offer a range of options, with high power and cooling density, across multiple geographies. Combined with its flexible contract terms and industry leading SLAs, it makes an ideal partner for us," said Mark Anstey, Account Director at CSC.

"Adapt has numerous relationships with a number of key data centre providers including both traditional collocation providers and real estate developers. By designing, building, project managing and creating bespoke services, we can simplify and optimise our clients' network infrastructure. Our broad depth of knowledge, key partners and contract flexibility make us the ideal partner for CSC. Furthermore, the Network to Network Interface's in place with leading Global Tier 1 carriers enable us to bolt on the telecom infrastructure components which are often essential with projects of this nature," explained Peter Knight, CEO, Adapt.