Methanex Corporation selects MCI Canada to supply Data Center Colocation Services

TORONTO, August 28, 2006 - Methanex Corporation, the world's largest producer and marketer of methanol, has chosen MCI Canada to provide Data Centre services for its business-critical applications. Methanex will run its colocated server infrastructure within MCI Canada's Vancouver Internet Data Centre - a customized space designed to provide the company with power, security and environmental controls, as well as an in-building fibre connection.

Methanex, with more than 800 employees in its manufacturing and marketing offices worldwide, required secure, reliable infrastructure for access to mission-critical applications from the company's global headquarters in Vancouver, B.C.

"MCI Canada was selected based on its proven track record for providing high availability and reliability within its state-of-the-art Data Centre facilities," said Gary Rowan, Methanex's Director, Information Technology. "With MCI Canada as our colocation provider, we will have 24 by 7 access to critical applications."

MCI Canada's Data Centre services provide an ideal solution for organizations such as Methanex Corporation who have the skilled internal resources to manage their own equipment and operations, but need access to more secure and reliable facilities, redundancies, around-the-clock monitoring and technical support.

"MCI Canada Colocation Services allow customers to operate their equipment within a managed environment, delivering better quality, reliability, and redundancy for their mission-critical operations and customer applications," said Karl Parris Jr., Director of Network Operations, MCI Canada. "Corporations such as Methanex are then better enabled to maintain their focus on the core business knowing that they have outsourced within secure, carrier-grade Colocation Space with MCI Canada,"
For more information on Methanex Corporation, please visit the company's Web site at www.methanex.com,

About MCI Canada
MCI Canada, Inc. is a leading communications provider, delivering innovative, cost-effective, advanced communications connectivity to businesses, governments and consumers. As part of Verizon, MCI Canada has one of the most expansive global IP backbones and wholly-owned data networks that develops the converged communications products and services that are the foundation for commerce and communications in today's market. For more information, go to http://global.mci.com/ca/.