Managing Director - C4L Data Centres and Networks
Founder of C4L which is amongst leaders in the UK network connectivity for data centres and one of the largest independent Internet Service Providers in the UK.
Established in 2000 in Bournemouth by Managing Director, Matt Hawkins, C4L grew rapidly due to continuous progression through innovation.
- C4L were the first company to offer fixed pricing for connectivity across the UK for data centre circuits.
- C4L were the UK's first company to provide data back-up in all major UK data centres with no bandwidth costs (as it is done over our network).
- C4L offered the first fixed price 10 Gigabit leased line in central London.
These innovations have enabled C4L to grow 100% year on year. Today C4L has thousands of customers and extensive coverage of co-location and connectivity services across the world with 26 data centres in the UK, 2 in Amsterdam and 1 in New York.
