HP acquires EYP Mission Critical Facilities
ConvergenceAsia staff
14/11/2007

HP has signed a definitive agreement to acquire EYP Mission Critical Facilities (EYP MCF), a consulting company specialising in strategic technology planning, design and operations support for large-scale data centres.

Headquartered in New York, EYP MCF has approximately 350 employees with 13 offices in the United States and the UK. The firm provides mission-critical services to enterprises around the world in business sectors including financial services, telecommunications, technology, broadcast, manufacturing and healthcare, as well as numerous federal, state and county government agencies.

EYP MCF’s capabilities, particularly its expertise in energy-efficient operations, complement HP’s extensive data centre services and cost-saving power and cooling solutions, such as Dynamic Smart Cooling.

The data centre is the foundation of IT for enterprises, an essential building block for driving business growth and adapting to changing business objectives, said John McCain, senior vice president and general manager, HP Services.

“Acquiring EYP Mission Critical Facilities boosts HP’s ability to help customers transform their data centres and build dynamic computing environments from the ground up,” he said.

Commenting on the announcement, Peter Gross, chief executive officer of EYP MCF said that worldwide data centre requirements are rapidly growing, with significant year-over-year increases in power consumption, which is fueling demand for energy-efficient power and cooling strategies.

“HP and EYP Mission Critical Facilities will drive innovation by integrating IT infrastructure into the planning and design of the data centre, enabling the customer’s whole organisation to be more energy efficient and adaptive.”

The transaction is subject to certain closing conditions and is expected to be completed within HP’s first fiscal quarter.

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