RWL Group and Mulder-Hardenberg enter into
strategic partnership
NEWS
WL Group and Mulder-Hardenberg have signed a
R strategic partnership aimed at the European market
for data centre and telecom facilities. “Both RWL and
Mulder-Hardenberg have been active in these markets for
years and with great success,” said Robert Walsh, Managing
Director of RWL Group.
“Together we think we can serve the European market even
better,” said Mark Landeweer, Chairman of Mulder-Hardenberg.
Robert Walsh of RWL said: “RWL Group is well-known for
building data centre and telecom facilities in the UK and Ireland.
In recent years, we have also focused strongly on the European
market. We were able to work closely with Mulder-Hardenberg
on several of these projects. We have been impressed by
its knowledge and expertise when it comes to the technical
infrastructure of data centres and telecom facilities and the
connectivity solutions that the company develops for its
customers. We particularly noticed how Mulder-Hardenberg has
frequently been able to develop special tailor-made solutions for
customers. In our view, this makes this collaboration very strong.”
the European data centre and telecom markets for decades,
particularly in the Netherlands, Germany, the UK and Belgium.
One of our business units has a focus on connectivity and
other solutions for applications in manufacturing, control rooms,
maritime and naval solutions and the like. These customers often
need a different solution than you can supply off-the-shelf. Mulder-
Hardenberg regularly develops tailor-made solutions that can be
seamlessly integrated into the existing infrastructure of customers.
We do this for manufacturing or control room applications, but
also very much in the data centre and telecom markets.”
Chris Laarman, CEO of Mulder-Hardenberg, said: “Based just
outside of Amsterdam, Mulder-Hardenberg has been active in
Megaport launches its NaaS platform in France,
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egaport, a leading global Network-as-a-Service
M (NaaS) provider, has announced the deployment of
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services. Adding to its presence in 13 other European
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