Intelligent Data Centres Issue 11 | Page 27

PROJECT FOCUS GLOBAL According to a recently published report from Dell’Oro Group, a trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, networks, and data centre IT industries, cloud data centre CAPEX rebounded to double-digit growth in 3Q 2019. Higher spending on new data centre facilities construction drove the growth. “Cloud data centre CAPEX for the top 10 cloud service providers returned to growth after two straight quarters of year-over-year declines,” said Baron Fung, Director at Dell’Oro Group. “We project that spending on servers will increase in 2020, as the major cloud service providers revert to server capacity expansion and fill new data centres scheduled to launch next year.” AFRICA MainOne has announced its submarine cable in Cote d’Ivoire is live and ready for service. The project, notable for being the first commercial cable system in service to deploy spectrum sharing capabilities, will offer capabilities to deepen infrastructure sharing and lower the cost of delivering broadband services to the region. MainOne’s entry into the Cote d’Ivoire market will facilitate world-class infrastructure availability and accessibility that meets market needs at any time. The network will ensure its customers continue to enjoy maximum uptime performance and reduced latency as the company increases bandwidth capacity and maintain direct connections to various regional and global Internet Exchanges. www.intelligentdatacentres.com Issue 11 27