Peak 10 Richmond Data Center Q&A

What is being announced?
Peak 10, the largest independent data center operator in the eastern United States, is acquiring Richmond, Virginia based bayMountain, a provider of mission-critical database hosting and managed services. The introduction of Peak 10 into the Richmond community gives the company ten state-of-the-art, secure data centers in seven geographically diverse markets.

Who is Peak 10?
Peak 10 is the largest independent data center operator and managed services provider in the eastern United States, delivering scalable, economical and reliable solutions for hosting and managing complex information technology infrastructure. The company combines its ten data centers and portfolio of managed services with localized engineering and support to serve market-leading companies nationwide. Peak 10 now owns and operates world-class facilities in Richmond, VA, Nashville, TN, Louisville, KY, Tampa and Jacksonville, FL and Raleigh and Charlotte, NC.

Who is bayMountain?
bayMountain is at the forefront of providing state-of-the-art managed hosting and colocation to enterprise level clients and other businesses with mission critical IT operations. The company has expertise in complex server clusters, Microsoft exchange, Linux, wide area networks for geographically dispersed operations, high speed data backup and virtualization. bayMountain has a world class data center and cutting edge systems engineers, which allows it to dramatically improve the uptime, security and performance of its customers’ critical IT infrastructure.

What are the financial terms of the deal?
Financial terms of the acquisition are under NDA and unavailable to the public.

Will the companies run as separate organizations or one unified company?
bayMountain will continue its proven operating philosophy of local market focus and local execution of services for its customers — a philosophy it shares with Peak 10. Over time the company will be integrated into Peak 10 and operate in a fashion similar to Peak 10’s other markets.

How will customers be affected?
bayMountain customers will benefit from working with a company of vast technical and engineering expertise with a large support organization that is dedicated to meeting local customer needs. Peak 10 is financially strong and is committed to continued investment in new markets. The merger will provide bayMountain’s customers access to set of geographically diverse data centers for business continuity and disaster recovery services in Peak 10’s nine other data centers and private OCx network, as well as resources for customers to explore data center expansion as their business grows. bayMountain has a well-earned reputation for technical expertise and a history of developing and delivering high-end managed services and managed hosting solutions. Peak 10 will leverage those resources to enhance its technical capabilities and product offerings. By expanding into the Richmond market, Peak 10 ensures long-term operational stability for its customers in all ten data centers.

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