Global Switch’s new Hong Kong data center, located in the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate, offers full range of technical infrastructure solutions and services to cater for all requirements. Global Switch, a leading owner, operator and developer of large-scale network dense, carrier and cloud neutral multi-customer data centers in Europe and Asia-Pacific, has announced the […]
Africa Data Centres, the carrier-neutral data centre company in the Liquid Intelligent Technologies group, has announced plans to build a 10MW facility in Nigeria’s largest city, Lagos. The company, which already operates data centres in South Africa and Kenya, said construction on the new facility has already started. The Nigerian data centre will form Africa […]
Colt has completed a successful 600G wavelength testing in a live long-haul network trial in Japan between two of its data centers. Colt Technology Services has achieved another milestone by successfully provisioning 600G wavelengths, making Colt the first and only provider with a capability to transport 600G wavelengths in a long-haul live network in Japan. […]
South Africa-based Growthpoint Properties has said it has commenced the development of the first NTT data centre in Africa at the Centralpoint Innovation District in Johannesburg. Johannesburg 1 Data Centre – dubbed JOH1 – is being developed by Growthpoint on behalf of NTT Ltd and Dimension Data – which represents NTT’s business in the Middle […]
New UK data centre and colocation provider, SilverEdge DC, has launched with its first centre in Swindon. SilverEdge is in the process of building a data centre portfolio in strategic edge locations around major UK business hubs. The company has been founded by an established family office with a substantial property holding who have put […]
The Raxio Group, a pan-African data centre developer and operator, and Meridiam, a global developer, asset and fund manager specialising in sustainable infrastructure and energy transition projects, has announced a partnership to deploy a network of data centres across the African continent. Under the agreement, Meridiam will invest US$48 million to support the continued deployment of data centres in Africa, where […]
Busway systems are a popular solution for effective power distribution. But data centre teams must be aware that not all busway systems are the same and safety must be a key consideration in selecting a vendor. Here, John Berenbrok, Senior Product Manager, Data Center Infrastructure at Starline, talks us through the safety aspects of various […]
NTT’s Bangkok 2 Data Center, described by the company as the first purpose-built data center in Thailand, is set to become a hub for international network exchange. NTT, a leading global technology services company, has announced its successful partnerships with Japan Network Access Point (JPNAP) and Bangkok Neutral Internet eXchange (BKNIX) to uplift NTT’s Bangkok 2 Data Center to […]
NTT has announced the opening of two new data centers in Illinois and Oregon for enterprise customers. NTT, a world-leading global technology services provider, has announced the opening of two new 36 megawatt (MW) data centers in Chicago in Illinois and Hillsboro in Oregon. The new Chicago and Hillsboro data centers were unveiled during a virtual […]
Kao Data, the specialist developer and operator of advanced data centres for high performance colocation, has announced it has signed a three-year funding agreement with Cambridge Science Centre and will become a member of its Executive Council. The project aims to help bridge the digital divide in East Anglia and beyond, providing access to technology […]
