Green celebrates its 30th anniversary

Green is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year and an impressive development: the Internet provider from the very beginning has become a nationwide provider of broadband Internet and hosting services for private and public customers. Company has become. With its four locations, the company is now one of the leading data center providers in Switzerland and plays a central role in the country's digital infrastructure.

Three decades of innovation and growth

Since its foundation, Green has recognized new technologies early on and consistently translated them into solutions for a networked, secure digital future. The internet and hosting business has been continuously expanded through organic growth and targeted acquisitions.

The history of green.ch began in 1995 with the founding of "AG für Internet und E-Commerce" in Brugg. The company was renamed "green.ch AG" in 1999. A significant milestone was reached in 2009 when green.ch was acquired by Altice. In 2011, green.ch merged with Green Datacenter AG, which significantly strengthened the company's data center and hosting expertise. Three years later, in 2014, the business areas were split: The private customer services remained with green.ch, while the business customer division operated under the new name Green Datacenter AG.

Further strategic milestones

A strategic turning point came in 2017 with the acquisition by InfraVia Capital Partners, which enabled further growth. In 2020, planning began for the Green Metro Campus Zurich, a major project to expand data center capacity. The first data center on the campus was opened as early as 2022. The Green Tower in Lupfig - the most powerful data center in Switzerland - was also inaugurated at the same time. The second construction phase of the Metro Campus was launched in 2023.

The recently announced partnership with Salt marked a milestone, as a result of which Green now has unique fiber network coverage. The company offers access to the networks of Swisscom, Salt and over 80 local providers. "We have established a customer- and market-oriented offering with a focus on service quality and customer satisfaction," says CEO Roger Süess. Under the anniversary motto "30 years happy with Green", the company is thanking new and existing customers with promotions and competitions.

Data centers as the foundation of the digital future

The potential of data centers was recognized early on: The first data center spaces were set up as early as 2002. Today, the company operates six high-performance data centers and is the only provider in Switzerland with the internationally recognized M&O Stamp of Approval from the Uptime Institute - the leading standard for the operation and management of mission-critical data centers. "Data centers are the backbone of digitalization: for companies, the economy and society," says Franz Grüter, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Green. The expansion continues: two new data centers are currently being built in Dielsdorf and another in Lupfig. "We are creating the infrastructure on which digital Switzerland can grow," explains Roger Süess, adding: "Digitalization is here to stay - and it requires an infrastructure that is efficient, sustainable and secure."

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