2020 for colocation and cloud services ,

Sungard Availability Services ( Sungard AS ), a leading provider of highly-available , cloud-connected infrastructure in North America and Europe , has announced significant expansion of its data centre footprint in Woking . The company ’ s newly expanded Technology Centre 3 ( TC3 ) data hall is now open for use , enabling incremental growth of 1.5MW of resilient power . Sungard AS ’ Connected Infrastructure Hubs provide customers access to high-performance , low-latency connectivity to public cloud environments and other global destinations .

As the demand for hybrid IT is increasing , the UK ’ s data centre market continues to expand and is now predicted to be worth £ 6.6 billion by 2025 . Witnessing positive re-investment in data centre space in the UK from public sector organisations and the energy , retail and financial services industries , Sungard AS continues to commit to the market by expanding its Woking data centre footprint .

“ Demand for both data centre capacity and services grows every year , particularly this year as the COVID-19 pandemic has forced an increase in remote working for millions of UK citizens , with companies increasingly reliant on Internet connectivity and cloud infrastructure to compete and grow ,” commented Chris Huggett , Senior Vice President , Europe and India Sales at Sungard Availability Services . “ With organisations across the globe reevaluating how their employees work and interact with customers , having the right data centre colocation environment in place that enables organisations to transition easily to cloud will form a critical part of their future success .”

Companies using Sungard AS ’ integrated data centre services are granted fulltime access to the space they require , with the knowledge that it is supported by a robust and secure infrastructure , allowing them to focus on navigating pressing business challenges . Support for customers includes colocation ,

managed hosting , network , security and cloud services .

“ We believe this expansion of our offerings will help customers overcome the challenges they face in the months and years ahead , allowing them to adapt and scale in new ways ,” concluded Huggett . “ The course of 2020 has not been easy for many companies ; the landscape has changed for how many operate across the world indefinitely . This expansion provides us with an opportunity to support them on this journey , and whatever the next 12 months might bring , they can be reassured they will have the capacity , efficiency and support they require .” ◊

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