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Colt Data Centre Services secures 10 sites across Europe and APAC

NEWS olt Data Centre Services ( DCS ), a leading provider of global hyperscale and large enterprise data centre

C solutions , has announced that it has secured 10 new parcels of land across Europe and APAC for the development of greenfield hyperscale data centres . These include sites in London , Frankfurt , Paris and Japan .

The new sites see the capacity of Colt DCS ’ portfolio increase dramatically by over 500MVA of secured power to support the development of hyperscale data centres .
With these latest land purchases , Colt DCS is on track to be able to develop around 100MW of IT power in its key global markets to support its customers ’ growing capacity requirements .
The announcement follows the news that Colt DCS has refined its current portfolio to allow more focus on its hyperscale and large enterprise strategy with the sale of 12 colocation sites across Europe to AltasEdge Data Centres .
“ This announcement marks yet another major milestone in the acceleration of its hyperscale strategy and positions Colt DCS as a major hyperscale and large enterprise data centre provider in the market ,” said Niclas Sanfridsson , CEO , Colt DCS . “ Colt DCS has truly put a stake in the ground with the acquisition of these 10 new sites , signalling to the market the continued success of our approach . This is an extremely exciting time for the business as our vision of becoming one of the most trusted and customer-centric hyperscale data centre operators in the industry is realised .”

Equinix supports Pexip in addressing surging video conferencing demand globally

exip , a leading provider of enterprise video conferencing and collaboration solutions for large

P organisations around the world , has deployed Equinix International Business Exchange data centres in Amsterdam , Frankfurt , Hong Kong , Silicon Valley , Singapore , Sydney , Tokyo , Toron to and Washington DC .

It has also leveraged Equinix Connect and Equinix Fabric to scale its global business . without the hassle of expanding and managing servers and compute capacity . With Equinix ’ s virtual network services , Pexip can enable our customers to focus on growth instead of infrastructure and compute management and support them on their cloud migration journeys .
“ At the same time , we are able to extend Pexip ’ s capabilities to a larger audience and meet the requirements of more organisations in a more sustainable way .”
Pexip chose Platform Equinix to build a resilient digital infrastructure and interconnect with multiple ISPs and cloud service providers to deliver consistent video conferencing performance for its employees and customers in more than 190 countries .
Equinix Connect enables Pexip to deliver the resiliency and lowlatency its enterprise video conferencing customers demand . Pexip is also accelerating its on-demand and secure cloud connections with Equinix Fabric to connect to cloud services and its distributed digital infrastructure on Platform Equinix .
Oystein Hem , CEO , Pexip , said : “ Talking to our existing and potential customers , we recognised a growing need for a solution that guarantees them control over their data
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