PROJECT FOCUS
MENA
Kalaam Telecom Group has announced the launch of
Kalaam Network Optical Transit (KNOT), a new fibreoptic
terrestrial international cable system that enhances
regional and international connectivity in the Middle East
and North Africa (MENA). The KNOT terrestrial fibre-optic
cable system will span over 1,400km, providing capacity
of 12.8 Terabits per second and beyond with lowest
latency connectivity to the MENA region.
APAC
Keppel Capital, the asset management arm of Singapore’s
conglomerate Keppel Group, has agreed to invest 1.5 billion
yuan (US$213.8 million) to build a data centre in Huizhou,
China. The data centre, located in Tonghu Smart City, will have
a gross floor area (GFA) of 45,000 sqm (486,700 sq ft) when
construction is completed in 2022.
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