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Global Web Company Moves to 365 Main's Data Center in Bay Area After Major Reno Fire
Release Date: 7/19/2004

SAN FRANCISCO, Jul 19, 2004 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- 365 Main, the Bay Area's safest, most secure and reliable critical facility, today announced that Colossus, a substantial Web hosting company serving nearly 71,000 domains with customers in Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, North America, and South America moved into 365 Main's critical facility after a transformer explosion and flaming oil heavily damaged their Reno office and rocked downtown Reno businesses last year.

In addition to its downtown San Francisco location, beginning in 1999, 365 Main underwent a $130 million renovation to transform its critical facility into a secure, state-of-the-art, and seismically base-isolated data center. 365 Main is equipped with state of the art pre-action laser-based and particulate sampling VEDSA (Very Early Smoke Detection Alarms) systems to provide smoke and fire detection to isolate and extinguish incidents before they begin.

"We scoured the country looking for a cost-effective colocation facility, before we found 365 Main," Eric Klien, President, Colossus Web Hosting Services. "We found northern California facilities to be the best deal, probably due to the aftermath of the dot com implosion. 365 Main's facility was the most rugged structure we found in northern California and since it was reasonably priced, we decided to relocate our operations to their building."

365 Main's building has been granted "Essential Facility" status, assuring that its facility will remain operational and safe during and after a major earthquake, fire or other disaster, and that tenants will be allowed on-site without the city inspection required of non-essential structures to enable continuous business activity.

"We are happy Colossus made the decision to choose us as the place to relocate their core business structure," Says Kevin Shanahan, Vice President for 365 Main. "With our world class facility and solid, safe and reliable infrastructure, Colossus can focus on growing their business now instead of worrying about protecting it against future disasters."

In addition, 365 Main also meets and surpasses the highest possible building standards set by the Uniform Building Code (UBC) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). 365 Main is built to such a high safety standard that it is the only data center pre-qualified for an expedited disaster recovery process by the City and County of San Francisco's Building Occupancy Resumption Program and was the only data center chosen by California Department of Mines and Geology for their study of seismic integrity.

About Colossus

Colossus is a privately held company serving customers in Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, North America, and South America, even serving unusual places such as the residents of McMurdo Station, surrounded by penguins. Colossus hosts nearly 71,000 domains and has no setup fees on Colossus accounts. For more information please visit http://www.colossus.net.

About 365 Main

365 Main is an industry leading data center providing a superior, neutral environment that uniquely ensures continuous operations. In partnership with Union Property Capital, Inc. and Rockwood Capital, 365 Main provides a trusted, secure, world-class service for companies and delivers superior, flexible colocation infrastructure that adapts to customer needs. Equipped with ten 2.1 Megawatt continuous power systems, N+2 facility-wide redundancy, award-winning base-isolation system, 60,000 gallons of fuel on-site and carrier neutral charter, makes 365 Main one of the most intelligently designed buildings in the United States. 365 Main is privately held company based in San Francisco. For more information about 365 Main, please contact 877-365-6246 or visit http://www.365main.net.

SOURCE: 365 Main

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