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EXPANDING OUR CARRIER- NEUTRAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH FIBRE FROM VORBOSS PROVIDES DIRECT ACCESS TO ADDITIONAL HIGH-QUALITY NETWORK CAPACITY . intelligent OPERATIONS www . intelligentdatacentres . com Issue 22

Kao Data partners with Vorboss to offer specialist low-latency connectivity for FinTech

Kao Data , a specialist developer

and operator of advanced , carrier-neutral data centres for high-performance colocation , has announced a new partnership with Vorboss to expand its low-latency , resilient connectivity capabilities at its Harlow campus . Vorboss , a leading London-based connectivity provider , is continuing to engineer its wholly owned fibre network , which offers resilient highcapacity connectivity across the UK and into Europe .
Kao Data ’ s Open Compute Project- Ready ( OCP ) data centre design provides Vorboss with a strategic Point of Presence ( PoP ). Its direct fibre connection offers increased resilience for end-users with even the most complex of requirements , using direct links from London ’ s financial hubs to the UK Innovation Corridor and into all major European metropolitan cities . Furthermore , the collaboration offers superior connectivity alongside high-density , scalable HPC environments of 25kW and above to cater for AI applications delivering quant and grid computing .
“ Financial data science is a complex and high-growth market sector , requiring data centres that can truly support the demands of AI and compute-intensive research and trading platforms ,” said Spencer Lamb , VP , Kao Data . “ Expanding our carrier-neutral partnerships with fibre from Vorboss provides direct access to additional high-quality network capacity and will help meet customer requirements for dedicated low-latency and highperformance connectivity .”
Vorboss provides market-leading enterprise connectivity , including wholesale leased lines , DIA , MPLS and public cloud connections over a worldclass network resiliently engineered for exceptional uptime .
Using Vorboss-owned fibre , Kao Data clients can benefit from low latency , high-performing connections with handoffs available in over 25 data centres throughout the UK and Europe .
“ Vorboss is known for its innovation and expertise in the financial services sector , and Kao Data understands the competitive advantages that dedicated fibre offers to this crucial segment of UK businesses ,” said Vorboss CEO , Timothy Creswick .
“ It ’ s particularly fitting to be offering fibre connections to the site where fibre optic technologies were discovered over 50 years ago and we ’ re excited to see this collaboration maximise return on investment for many organisations .” ◊
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