Gold Sponsor - Torch Partners
Torch Partners is a merchant banking firm headquartered in London. We provide advice to corporates on acquisitions, divestitures, equity and debt fundraising and strategy. We also provide advice to private equity funds and other financial investors.

Our approach combines a rigorous approach to value and an understanding of the importance of growth, the ability to think creatively and the experience to execute reliably.

Torch has continued to be at the forefront of the data centre industry consolidation and has a unique level of knowledge of the sector. We have active relationships with key US and European players in the data centre industry.
website: http://www.torchpartners.com

Industry Sponsor - The Colocation Exchange
The Colocation Exchange acts as specialist, independent agents for carrier neutral colocation space and related services the world over. We aim to match genuine buyers with providers best able to meet their needs. We deal in anything from a part rack through to large space requirements of several thousand feet in any location throughout the world, though our typical deal is for one to twenty racks and probably located in one of the main telecoms hubs. However, we have also proved very adept at finding facilities and providers in many emerging markets such as in Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Far East and have for example closed deals over the past few years in Brno, Warsaw, Bucharest, Auckland and Panama to name a few such locations.

The Colocation Exchange is a private company headquartered in London owned and operated by Tim Anker, former Director of IP and Colocation Services at Band-X Ltd.
website: http://www.colo-x.com