Global Switch

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Year Founded: 1998

Aliases: N/A

Overview

Established in 1998, Global Switch portfolio compromises thirteen data centres owned by consolidated entities centrally located in Tier 1 cities across Europe and Asia-Pacific, offering a large amount of technical space with further developments underway.

Global Switch is one of the world’s highest credit rated data centre providers, with investment grade ratings from Fitch, Moody’s and S&P Global Ratings.

In 2019, Jiangsu Shagang Group Co., Ltd (“Shagang Group”), the largest privately owned steel maker in China and a member of the Fortune Global 500 list of the world’s biggest companies, acquired a further 24.01% stake in Global Switch, increasing its equity stake in Global Switch to 49.9% on a look through basis, making it the largest shareholder in the Company. It has been reported that Global Switch is currently considering a sale of the company.

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