PROJECT FOCUS
UK
Digital Realty, a leading global provider of
data centre, colocation and interconnection
solutions, announced the official opening of Cloud
House, the latest facility in its Digital Docklands
campus of highly-connected data centres in London’s
Docklands area.
The investment will support the growth of London’s
technology ecosystem, with the city set to experience a
multibillion-pound technology boom, according to a new
study conducted by Development Economics.
The Digital Docklands campus is highly connected,
offering the high-speed global connectivity
required to deliver on the promise of AI,
IoT, 5G and Blockchain.
AFRICA
Africa Data Centres Nairobi (formally known
as East Africa Data Centre) has announced that
it is officially Payment Card Industry Data Security
Standard (PCI DSS) compliant. In its announcement,
the company said it was the first neutral data centre to be
certified PCI DSS in Nairobi, and this, together with Uptime
Institute Tier III and ISO 27001 certification, is an industry-first
edge in East Africa. “Our Nairobi Africa Data Centre facility now
meets all of the necessary security requirements prescribed by
the PCI DSS,” Stephane Duproz, CEO of Africa Data Centres.
“This means that over and above the access controls for
our actual facility, we are PCI compliant and able to
offer our customers trusted and secure support for
all credit card transactions processed online.”
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