NEWS
Teraco achieves
global top
three data
centre ranking
n Cloudscene’s seventh
publication of the Data Centre
Ecosystem Leaderboard, Teraco’s
JB1 East and West data centre has been
ranked third globally in terms of service
providers available at the facility.
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Cloudscene’s rankings are derived from
the data published in the directory, which
is sourced from the service providers and
data centre operators and verified by an
internal data analysis team.
Michele McCann, Teraco Head of
Interconnection and Peering, says that the
company is delighted with its ranking.
“It is a significant milestone for us to
be listed among industry giants and to
represent the African continent,” she said.
“To have achieved this growth and ranking in
10 years is something we are very proud of.”
The ranking is a result of an activity, which
Teraco strongly encourages within its data
centre facilities, of interconnection. Teraco’s
business model of pure-play, vendor neutral
colocation enables the creation of an open
marketplace for interconnection and new
digital business opportunities.
“By colocating in a Teraco data centre
you are surrounded by opportunities to
form new interconnections with business
partners, service providers and networks,”
added McCann. “Whether you are an
enterprise buyer, service provider or
reseller, Teraco’s Marketplace listing is the
easiest way to find and connect to the
ever-expanding ecosystem.”
Sparkle completes Istanbul
data centre renovation
parkle, an international
service provider in Italy
and among the top 10
global operators, has completed
the expansion and renovation of
its Istanbul data centre with the
adoption of state-of-the-art energy
efficient equipment.
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Today, data centres consume
more than 2% of the world’s
electricity, requiring the
implementation of more efficient
technologies able to meet the
growing demand for services while
decreasing energy consumption.
Sparkle has been the first in Turkey
to introduce Lithium-ion (Li-ion)
batteries in its premises in 2018,
becoming the first green data
centre in the country; located
in Yenibosna and served by
Sparkle’s Tier 1 global IP Transit
service Seabone, it is one of the
largest and most important open
colocation facilities in Turkey,
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featuring advanced technologies and
sophisticated monitoring systems.
In the last year, the facility has
been completely restructured and
expanded with additional 300 m2 of
white space area; moreover, several
energy-related interventions have
been carried out to improve the data
centre’s environmental sustainability,
reliability and efficiency while providing
additional power and space to new and
existing customers.
Updates included replacement of the
power system with the adoption of
energy efficient technologies for all
its components – Medium and Low
Voltage (MV and LV) transformers,
generators, uninterruptible power
supplies (UPSs) and batteries – and
the introduction of a new cooling
system able to increase capacity by
40% while reducing consumption by
14%. These updates resulted in an
improvement of the average Power
Usage Effectiveness (PUE). ◊
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