POWER OF ATTORNEY
       The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Eugene V. DeFelice, Peter Bazil,
Elizabeth Schepers and Gregory W. Freiberg, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1)        execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as a director
or officer of SAVVIS, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5
in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder;
(2)        do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be
necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 and timely file
such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock
exchange or similar authority; and
(3)        take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in
the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be
in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may
approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
       The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and
perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise
of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request
of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange act of 1934.
       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer
required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as
of this 1st day of July, 2009.

/s/ Mary Ann Altergott
Mary Ann Altergott

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