TOKYO -- NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) and Gyron Internet Limited (Gyron) jointly announced today that NTT Com acquired 85% of Gyron, a leading provider of data center services in the United Kingdom. NTT Com is further subscribing for additional equity in Gyron to provide capital for planned expansion projects.

Gyron, an experienced provider of colocation and associated managed data center services, currently operates a 3MW data center near London. It is building two more, with a total additional capacity of 16MW, which will begin operating between late 2012 and early 2013. Gyron provides a full range of colocation and connectivity services to enterprises, including large corporations such as software giants Adobe and Symantec, and the innovative music streaming service Spotify.

Gyron’s data centers will strengthen the NTT Com group’s cloud-based one-stop ICT solutions in the UK, Europe’s ICT hub, and enable the NTT Com group to further accelerate its offering of increasingly diverse global cloud services.

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