phoenixNAP, a global IT services provider offering security-focused cloud infrastructure, dedicated servers, colocation and specialised Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) technology solutions, has announced the launch of its Bare Metal Cloud (BMC) Edge location in Austin, Texas. Deployed at an American Tower Edge Data Center, this location provides low-latency access to Bare Metal Cloud out of the US […]
Khazna Data Centers, one of the largest wholesale data centre providers in the Middle East and North Africa, has kicked off construction of its second data centre in Masdar, Abu Dhabi and is set to be completed by Q3 2023. To be named Khazna Abu Dhabi 6 (AUH 6), the new 31.8 megawatts (MW) of […]
The Raxio Group, a premier pan-African data centre developer and operator, has announced it is investing and establishing ‘Raxio Tanzania’, one of the first state-of-the-art, carrier-neutral, Tier III data centres in the country. Raxio Tanzania is the latest facility to be part of Raxio’s fast-expanding network of interconnected carrier-neutral, Tier III data centres across the African continent. As the […]
Avoiding unnecessary friction when it comes to data residency is a high priority for business leaders. Darragh Curran, CTO, Intercom, offers some top tips on the best approaches to turn what might seem like a complex and risky infrastructure project, to something much more manageable. For large enterprise businesses with global size and scale, privacy […]
i3 Solutions Group, a leading global consulting engineering firm specialising in data centres and mission critical facilities, has announced the company has been appointed Principal Consultant by Kao Data, specialist developers of high-performance data centres for enterprise, cloud, HPC and AI, to lead design engineering work at its 16 MW, carrier-neutral data centre in Slough, […]
Organisations are ramping up their data protection capabilities as cyberattacks and downtime become more frequent than ever. With the help of Custodian Data Centres, Vitanium re-evaluated its business strategy and established itself as a key provider of data protection services for end-users. Vitanium is a world-class data protection specialist, ISO 27001/ ISO 9001 accredited data […]
Herman Chan, President, Sunbird Software, offers his best practice advice on how organisations can take steps to reduce their carbon footprint and why DCIM software is key to achieving this. What role does the data centre industry have in contributing to global energy usage and how are DC operators tackling this? The data centre industry […]
Rainbow Sports Global has announced the launch of the African Football Data Centre (AFDC), an open, digital platform created in support of the development of football on the continent. The interactive platform, developed in cooperation with Football Benchmark, covers a broad range of data of African football. The free-to-use data centre provides information on the […]
Juniper Networks, a leader in secure, AI-driven networks, has announced new enhancements to the Juniper Apstra platform that further simplify the deployment, troubleshooting and operations of data centre networks. With the latest Apstra software release, Juniper’s enterprise, service provider and cloud provider customers can now extend Apstra’s intent-based networking capabilities to Edge data centres with collapsed fabric […]
According to Jack Bedell-Pearce, CEO and Co-founder of 4D Data Centres, the future of data centres is becoming inseparable from the future of cloud and wider Digital Transformation. Here he discusses the importance of the industry keeping up with Digital Transformation – which includes updating infrastructure – and explores why data centres and the cloud […]
