ChinaCache Signs Strategic Agreement with AMS-IX to Develop an Internet Exchange

ChinaCache International Holdings Ltd. ("ChinaCache" or the "Company")

, the leading total solutions provider of Internet content and application delivery services in China, today announced that it entered into a strategic agreement ("Agreement") with AMS-IX (Amsterdam Internet Exchange), a Netherlands-based independent Internet Exchange, to develop the first Internet Exchange in Mainland China. The Internet Exchange branded "CHN-IX" is expected to be built, owned and managed by ChinaCache to serve internet content providers (ICPs) and internet service providers (ISPs) in China with effective interconnect and peering services. Pursuant to the Agreement, AMS-IX will give consultancy on platform design, and will provide a proven infrastructure management and customer portal software. The partnership is exclusive and aimed at ensuring a world-class service to the customers of CHN-IX. The company plans to establish CHN-IX at the ChinaCache Atecsys Data Center located within the Shunyi tax free zone near Beijing Capital international airport initially, to be followed by a node in Zhongguancun, Haidian District of Beijing, and with a plan to potentially expand into additional locations. Atecsys is the largest cloud computing data center campus in Beijing and offers over 80,000 square meters of customer space. Zhongguancun is known