Artmotion

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Artmotion
Type Privately held
Industry Data center
Founded2000
Headquarters
Steinhausen, Switzerland
Key people
Mateo Meier (Founder and CEO)
ServicesData housing
Website www.artmotion.eu

Artmotion Ltd. is a Swiss based data housing provider. It operates two data centers near the Swiss Alps that are designed for security-seeking businesses, [1] favored by the country's political neutrality and ironclad privacy laws. [2] [3]

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History

Artmotion was founded in 2000 by Mateo Meier, who is also the current CEO of the company. [4] In 2003, Artmotion acquired Cyberhost, a Swiss Cloud hosting services provider. In 2004, it became an Ltd. company. [5] Since 2011, the Swiss datacenter provider Everyware Ltd. holds 25 percent of Artmotion's shares. [6] Artmotion increased its capital in 2015. [7]

Artmotion acquired 58% shares in Citadelo and became a shareholder and board member in 2020. However Artmotion and Citadelo continued to operate as separate companies. [8] [9] Artmotion also owns a stake in Citadelo Switzerland. [10]

NSA PRISM Scandal

After the 2013 PRISM leak, several cloud computing companies faced criticism for their lack of security, especially those based in US. [11] [12] Artmotion, among other Swiss-based cloud computing providers gained the most out of this scandal. [13] Mostly due to the country's stringent data privacy laws, their customer base increased and the company had their revenue up 45 percent in a month following the scandal. [14] [15] According to the CEO Mateo Meier, except in a few European countries like Luxembourg and Switzerland, personal privacy is difficult to service in this modern world. [16] Switzerland is not a member of European Union, hence it is exempt from pan-European agreements to share data with member states, as well as the United States. [17]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Industry Outlook: Swiss Data Center Market". Datacenterjournal.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
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