NEWS
Digital Realty completes land purchase to re-establish
presence in Paris
igital Realty, a leading global provider of data centre,
colocation and interconnection solutions, announced it
has closed on the acquisition of a 3.5-acre land parcel
located in Ferriers-en-Brie, east of Paris.
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Environmental and operational building permits are currently in
place and Digital Realty will immediately commence construction
on a new 12-megawatt data centre.
step of continued investment in this growing, top-tier European
data centre metro.
Digital Realty operates a network of industry-leading data centres
across Europe, located in Amsterdam, Dublin, London, Geneva,
Frankfurt and Manchester.
“Our investment strategy has always been customer-driven,
as demonstrated by the global footprint of our more than 200
data centres across 14 countries on five continents,” said Digital
Realty Chief Executive, Ocer A. William Stein. “Given local
supply constraints and rapidly growing enterprise colocation and
hyperscale customer demand, Paris is an attractive connectivity
hub poised for significant growth and we are delighted to re-
establish a strong foothold in this key global metro.
“We remain committed to further strengthening connections and
connectivity for our customers and extending our global platform to
deliver comprehensive solutions around the world.”
The parcel was acquired for approximately US$6.9 million,
expediting Digital Realty’s re-entry into Paris and marking the first
Sparkle selects Djibouti Data Center as its IP hub
in Africa
parkle, a leading international
service provider in Italy and
among the top 10 global
operators, has announced it has moved
its Djibouti Point of Presence (PoP)
into the Djibouti Data Center (DDC)
selecting it as Sparkle’s IP hub for its
expansion to East and South Africa.
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The Djibouti Data Center is the first Tier
3 carrier-neutral data center in East
Africa with direct access to all major
international and regional cable systems
connecting the European, Middle
Eastern and Asian markets with Africa.
providing cost effective, high quality
and secure connectivity to local and
international OTT’s, ISPs, content and
application providers.
In addition to Seabone, customers can
benefit from Sparkle’s Ethernet Suite
service to connect different international
data environments with maximum
flexibility and transparency.
DDoS Mitigation and Cleaning
solutions – which grant Seabone
customers the option to protect their
network – and Virtual NAP solutions –
which allow customers to access the
main Internet Exchange Points without
the need of building any proprietary
infrastructure – complete Sparkle’s
portfolio of services offered via the
Djibouti Data Center.
These cables include SEAMEWE 5,
AAE-1, SEAMEWE 3, Eassy, SEACOM
and EIG; other upcoming cables like
DARE and PEACE are also expected to
land in the Djibouti Data Center.
The move will enable Sparkle to
strengthen the performance of its
global Tier-1 IP transit service Seabone
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