IO becomes IO and BASELAYER

IO, a data centre services company has announced plans to separate into two independent companies. The company expects to complete the separation in early 2015.

Today, IO is the second-largest private data centre company in the world, with its Asian presence focused on Ang Mo Kio in Singapore. IO will continue to deliver its colocation and cloud services while BASELAYER will offer IO’s modular data centre hardware and infrastructure management software. 

Source: Baselayer website.

“IO has been on the leading edge of data centre technology, launching industry-changing services and products at a rapid clip. Our growth has exceeded our expectations—and given the breadth of our company’s innovations—we have decided to split our product portfolio into two,” said George Slessman, Co-founder and CEO at IO. "By separating the two, we create clarity of purpose to accelerate the growth of both companies. This decision introduces two market leaders – each with talent and resources directly focused on their core competencies.”

William Slessman, Co-founder and former CTO of IO, will assume the role of CEO at BASELAYER. George Slessman and Anthony Wanger will continue to lead IO in their current roles as CEO and President, respectively. IO will continue to be headquartered in Phoenix in the US.

BASELAYER, to be headquartered in Chandler in the US, offers products that enable service providers, enterprises and governments to intelligently provision their data centres.

“Both companies will be sharper and more competitive as leading, standalone businesses,” William Slessman said. “The separation will allow BASELAYER to help customers realise the full value of their applications and tap into the potential of the Internet of Things.”

IO customers in Singapore include Pantropic and StarHub.