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American Power Conversion Announces Real-time InfraStruXure(TM) Award Ceremonies and Data Center Tours for December

   Founded in 1981, American Power Conversion (Nasdaq: APCC) is a leading global provider of high availability systems for network-critical physical infrastructure. APC's comprehensive products and services, designed for both home and corporate environments, improve the availability, manageability and performance of sensitive electronic, network, communication and industrial equipment of all sizes. Headquartered in West Kingston, Rhode Island, APC reported sales of $1.7 billion for the year ended December 31, 2004, and is a Fortune 1000, Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 Company. All trademarks are the property of their owners. (PRNewsFoto)

WEST KINGSTON, RI USA
    WEST KINGSTON, R.I., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- American Power Conversion
(Nasdaq: APCC) (APC), a leading global provider of end-to-end infrastructure
availability solutions, today announced the dates of its upcoming Real-time
InfraStruXure(TM) Award ceremonies across North America in December.  At each
award ceremony, APC will recognize one of its customers for its efforts to
lower IT costs as well as to improve systems and network reliability using
APC's award-winning InfraStruXure architecture for network-critical physical
infrastructure.  As part of the event, the APC award recipient will provide a
tour of their InfraStruXure data center installation to a select group of
local IT and facilities professionals.  A hospitality event follows the award
presentation and data center tour.
    (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20031003/NEAPCLOGO )
    APC cordially invites IT and facilities professionals to attend an award
ceremony and data center tour in each city listed below.  All events begin at
5 p.m. local time unless otherwise indicated.  If interested in attending one
of the events listed below, please register at http://promo.apcc.com and enter
the key code S130Y, or call APC at 800-788-2208, ext. 3088.  Please visit
http://promo.apcc.com (key code: S130Y) for the most up-to-date list of
upcoming award ceremonies and data center tours.  Pre-registration is required
and limited to IT and facilities professionals.
    "I encourage IT and facilities professionals to attend an upcoming Real-
time InfraStruXure award ceremony in their area to learn why one of their
peers has embraced APC's revolutionary, building-block approach for network-
critical physical infrastructure," said Aaron Davis, APC's vice president of
worldwide marketing and communications.
    Attendees of past award ceremonies and data center tours raved about their
experiences at the event.  For example, a Seattle-based telecommunications
manager said, "I appreciate the opportunity to converse with industry peers
and get a rare glimpse inside a state of the art data center.  The information
was abundant and greatly appreciated."  A network engineer in Dallas said, "It
was a very worthwhile event hands down."

    Date:                City:
    December 1           Falls Church, Va.
    December 6           Winston-Salem, N.C.
    December 6           Franklin, Mass.
    December 6           Andover, Mass.
    December 6           Portland, Ore.
    December 7           Columbus, Ohio
    December 7           Kennesaw, Ga.
    December 7           Matteson, Ill.
    December 7           Columbia, Mo.
    December 8           Loveland, Colo.
    December 8           Oakland, N.J.
    December 8           Verdun (Nuns Island), Quebec, Canada
    December 8           Chattanooga, Tenn.
    December 8           Downers Grove, Ill.
    December 8           Warwick, R.I.
    December 8           Tyler, Texas
    December 13          Little Rock, Ark.
    December 13          Chestnut Hill, Mass.
    December 13          Raleigh, N.C.
    December 15          King of Prussia, Pa.
    December 15          Wheeling, W. Va.
    December 21          Hartford, Conn.

    About APC's InfraStruXure
    APC's InfraStruXure is on-demand architecture for network-critical
physical infrastructure (NCPI).  The InfraStruXure design, which integrates
power, cooling, rack, management and services, allows the selection of
standardized components to create a solution through modular and mobile
configurations.  This standardization enables an easily scalable architecture
designed to meet changing needs and future expansion.  This award-winning,
patent-pending approach provides increased availability, improved adaptability
and speed of deployment as well as lower total cost of ownership for IT
environments -- from wiring closets to server rooms to data centers.
    With integrated management becoming a critical component in the NCPI, APC
offers comprehensive management solutions including InfraStruXure Manager.  A
browser accessible, user-friendly tool, InfraStruXure Manager provides
monitoring of power, cooling, and environment management at the rack or room
level.  APC also provides professional services that optimize the NCPI over
the complete data center life cycle, including planning, installation,
operation and end-of-life services.
    For more information about APC's InfraStruXure on-demand architecture for
network-critical physical infrastructure, please call 800-877-4080 or visit
APC's website at http://www.apc.com.

    About American Power Conversion
    Founded in 1981, American Power Conversion (Nasdaq: APCC) (APC) is a
leading provider of global, end-to-end solutions for real-time infrastructure.
APC's comprehensive products and services for home and corporate environments
improve the availability, manageability and performance of sensitive
electronic, network, communication and industrial equipment of all sizes.  APC
offers a wide variety of products for network-critical physical infrastructure
including InfraStruXure(TM), its revolutionary architecture for on-demand data
centers, as well as physical threat management products through the company's
NetBotz(R) division.  These products and services help companies increase the
availability and reliability of their IT systems.  Headquartered in West
Kingston, Rhode Island, APC reported sales of $1.7 billion for the year ended
December 31, 2004, and is a Fortune 1000, Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 Company.  All
trademarks are the property of their owners.

    For more information contact:
    Media:
    Chet Lasell, director, public relations -- North America, 800-788-2208,
ext. 2693, chet.lasell@apcc.com

    Investors:
    Debbie Hancock, APC investor relations director, 800-788-2208, ext. 2994,
debbie.hancock@apcc.com


SOURCE American Power Conversion




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    CONTACT:
    Media: Chet Lasell, director, public
    relations -- North America, +1-800-788-2208, ext. 2693,
    chet.lasell@apcc.com, or Investors: Debbie Hancock, investor
    relations director, +1-800-788-2208, ext. 2994,
    debbie.hancock@apcc.com, both of American Power Conversion