AGL Networks today announced that it has completed a 15 mile network extension in Gwinnett County providing dark fiber service into a data center owned and managed by Quality Technology Services (QualityTech) located at 300 Satellite Blvd., Suwanee Georgia.

"Adding strategic data center facilities like QuailtyTech allows AGL Networks' enterprise clients the ability to have their own private and secure fiber network connected from their own facilities to a premiere world class data center such as QuailtyTech. Our network continues to enhance our customers' alternatives for fiber bandwidth, network diversity and path redundancy" said William Peeples, Director Enterprise Sales for AGL Networks.

"AGL Networks' decision to extend their dark fiber network into QualityTech's Suwanee data center allows more transport options for Enterprise clients to manage mission critical applications safely and securely" said Brian Johnston, COO of QualityTech. "This partnership offers a strategic advantage in the marketplace by providing customers with state-of-the-art technology solutions."

This fiber network expansion brings AGL Networks' Atlanta footprint to 310 route miles and over 140 buildings on net.

About AGL Networks

AGL Networks, a wholly owned subsidiary of AGL Resources , owns, designs, constructs, manages and operates fiber optic networks and provides last mile connectivity between telecommunications service providers and business customers in Atlanta and Phoenix. For more information, visit http://www.aglnetworks.com/.

About AGL Resources

AGL Resources , an Atlanta-based energy services company, serves more than 2.2 million customers in six states. The company also owns Houston-based Sequent Energy Management, an asset manager serving natural gas wholesale customers throughout the nation. As a 70 percent owner in the SouthStar partnership, AGL Resources markets natural gas to consumers in Georgia under the Georgia Natural Gas brand. The company also owns and operates Jefferson Island Storage & Hub, a high-deliverability natural gas storage facility near the Henry Hub in Louisiana. For more information, visit http://www.aglresources.com/.

About Quality Technology Services

Quality Technology Services (QualityTech) is a world-class managed services and IT infrastructure company providing Managed Services, Data Center facilities, and Professional Services to businesses. Services are delivered via a national footprint of secure state-of-the-art Data Centers, a high- performance backbone and content delivery network, and an ITIL certified world-class services organization. QualityTech provides enterprises the ability to deploy, manage and scale their mission-critical IT operations for optimum performance and cost-efficiency. For more information about Quality

Technology Services, please visit http://www.qualitytech.com/ or call toll free 866-851-3255.

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SOURCE: AGL Resources