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Experis Data Centers (EDC) has signed a strategic lease agreement with AT&T Corporation (AT&T) for approximately 35% of the floor space in its Middletown, Virginia data center. AT&T will operate its WorldNet system out of the Middletown facility for proprietary federal government customers from the newly created EDC disaster recovery and business continuity Information Technology (IT) platform.

Experis Data Centers will be completing a series of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) upgrades to this facility through 2008.

In addition to AT&T, EDC will be leasing raised floor space, upgraded MEP systems, and IT services and solutions on a fully redundant, carrier-neutral basis to a multitude of enterprise and federal clients from the Washington D.C. market at very competitive prices. The diverse and robust electrical infrastructure at this EDC property is provided by Alleghany Power; independent of the Washington D.C.
service grids. This particular 81,411 square foot data center has operated without interruption for over thirty-five years.

Experis Data Centers (EDC) has signed a strategic partnership agreement with SGI-Technology Group (SGI) to apply a polymer blast and fire protection technology to its EDC Middletown, Virginia data center. SGI is a marketing and distribution company holding the world-wide, exclusive rights to sell proprietary polymers for blast mitigation and fire retardation, as well as for radio frequency (RF) shielding in the development and retrofitting of Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIF) for classified operations by the Federal Government.

SGI participated in a UL-Like Testing of Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Products that enhance the Blast and Ballistic Resistance of Structures Test conducted by the Energetic Materials Research and Test Center (EMRTC) of New Mexico and by the Combating Terrorist Technical Support Office of the Technical Support Working Group (TSWG) of the Department of Defense, U.S. Federal Government. SGI used a spray-on polymer application called “Citadel” to a typical Cinder Block (CMU) wall construction at a distance of 33 feet (10 meters) from a 220-pound TNT bomb detonated by C4 explosives.

Experis Data Centers will feature the Citadel polymer blast and fire application to its Middletown, Virginia data center in May of 2008 and to its pending disaster recovery data center acquisitions in the Mid-Atlantic region in 2008. Information about the Citadel polymer application or specifics of the test results, classified reports, and video recordings from the EMRTC report are available upon request.