Intelligent Data Centres Issue 09 | Page 27

PROJECT FOCUS EUROPE Datacenter.com, an international carrier-neutral data centre-as-a-service company, announced it has completed phase II of its Datacenter.com AMS1 data centre. The expansion was necessary due to the strong demand from domestic and international enterprise and cloud computing customers looking to reduce IT infrastructure costs. The data centre floor area of Datacenter. com AMS1 has been increased by 30% to 1,800 square metres (approx. 19,400 square feet). This has created room for an additional 250 cabinets. An additional 1.5 megawatt of power supply has been realised. Phase II of this carrier-neutral data centre facility is now available for existing and new customers. AFRICA Zenlayer and MainOne have partnered to expand connectivity between international companies and West Africa. As an edge cloud provider with a global private backbone and far-reaching connections, Zenlayer will pave the way for businesses to seamlessly connect with West Africa’s technological hub in Nigeria. MDXi Lekki, MainOne’s Tier III data centre in Lagos, will be the primary point of presence (PoP) for these connections. It will provide quick entry and scale-up opportunities for international companies looking to establish a presence in West Africa. www.intelligentdatacentres.com Issue 09 0 27