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Nokia provides data centre switching platforms
Nokia has announced it is providing its 7220 IXR data center hardware platforms running SR Linux to DCspine, a subsidiary of Eurofiber Cloud Infra providing digital infrastructure and interconnection services across data centers in Europe. This solution will expand DCspine’s interconnection and cloud services, increase network scalability and enhance network operations through automation. DCspine ...
US is home to half of all hyperscale data centers
As the number of large data centers operated by hyperscale providers increased to over 800 at the end of the second quarter, new data from Synergy Research Group shows that the United States accounts for 53% of the capacity of those data centers, measured by critical IT load. While the US accounts for over half of the total capacity, the rest is relatively evenly split between China, Europe and th...
Wesco International to Acquire Hyperscale Data Center Solutions provider Rahi Systems
Wesco International has announced that it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Rahi Systems Holdings, a leading provider of global hyper-scale data centre solutions, for $217 million. The purchase price represents approximately 7.5x Rahi’s projected trailing twelve months of adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA). Rahi Systems serves the full lif...
Sharjah set to get its first Tier 3 Data Centre
Khazna Data Centers, wholesale data centre providers in the Middle East and North Africa, and BEEAH Digital, BEEAH Group’s digital transformation and future technology business, have formed a joint venture that will bring to Sharjah its first Tier 3 data centre. Data centres are fast becoming the foundation blocks of smart cities that safeguard business continuity, key operations and data sovereig...
Nutanix helps Middle East financial services organizations reimagine their Cloud Journey
Nutanix has reiterated its commitment to helping financial services organizations in the Middle East discover the power of hybrid multicloud architecture to enable them to strike a balance between cost, complexity, speed, and scale of operations and generate more revenue. “A key development in the ‘business of finance’ is that IT isn’t a support function anymore. As a result of the increasing impa...
Pure Data Centres launches new jobs scheme to help engineers break the ‘career break curse’
Pure Data Centres, the global data centre developer and operator, has formed a new partnership with STEM Returners to help engineers, construction and IT specialists get back into work after a career break. The company will offer a STEM Returners programme at its site in Brent Cross, London but many of the roles can be carried out remotely. Roles include electrical and mechanical engineers, techni...
Google Plans South Africa Data Center
Google has announced intentions to build a data center in South Africa that will host data from all around the continent and assist Google Cloud users. According to the research by the law firm DLA Piper in South Africa, the number of data centers in Africa has grown rapidly in recent years, with SA having over 50 operational data center locations by June 2022. Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft...
Subsea Cloud announces three underwater data center projects
Subsea Cloud, the company proposing to put commercial data centers in deep ocean waters, has moved closer to a physical launch. The company plans to install a pod near Port Angeles, Washington State. The “Jules Verne” pod will start with of a 6m (20ft) shipping container around nine meters underwater, holding 800 servers, eventually scaling to 100 such pods. It will be followed by two ...
Ericsson raises sustainability bar anew with triple-band, tri-sector 5G radio
Ericsson is once again setting the pace for sustainable networks with the introduction of a new triple-band, tri-sector radio that can do the job of nine radios. Radio 6646 cuts energy consumption by 40 percent compared to triple-band single-sector radios, and with reduced weight – including use of aluminum – by 60 percent, minimizing site footprint as well. The new radio extends the multiband cap...
Macquarie Asset Management acquires minority stake in ST Telemedia’s VIRTUS Data Centres
ST Telemedia Global Data centres (ST Telemedia) has reached an agreement for Macquarie Asset Management, via Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 7, to acquire a significant minority stake in leading data centre provider VIRTUS Data Centres (VIRTUS). VIRTUS provides colocation and cloud connectivity services to blue-chip clients, including global technology companies and enterprise clients. Its ...
VMware Advances Multi-Cloud Management with VMware Aria
More organizations are delivering applications across public clouds and at the edge, and they’re increasingly using Kubernetes to manage and scale their modernized and cloud-native apps. However, managing apps and infrastructure in a multi-cloud, especially public cloud, and multi-technology environment is complex. Teams have to control costs, ensure performance, and manage consistent security pol...
Accenture Completes Acquisition of Sentia
Accenture has completed its acquisition of Sentia’s businesses in the Netherlands, Belgium and Bulgaria. Headquartered in the Netherlands, the Sentia group provides cloud advisory and delivery services spanning hybrid and multi cloud strategy, cloud transformation and migration. The acquisition, previously announced on August 2, adds more than 300 cloud specialists to Accenture Cloud First, bolste...