Controversial file-storage tycoon Kim Dotcom's latest venture, Mega, will be serviced from the Napier office of Instra Corp in Tennyson St.
Instra Corp was founded by Napier-born Tony Lentino in 1997 and has expanded its domain-name business into a world-wide domain registrar with management software to protect intellectual property.
Mr Lentino is the new CEO of Mega, an encrypted file-sharing service, which went live yesterday at 6.48am - the time police raided Mr Dotcom's $30 million Auckland mansion and arrested him, exactly one year ago.
The armed raid, which has since been found to be illegal, was because the United States Government said Mr Dotcom was implicated in extensive criminal copyright infringements. It is alleged he cost the entertainment industry $500 million through pirated content on his file-sharing site, which had 180 million registered users.
Mr Dotcom is fighting extradition to the United States.