NEWS
Sparkle to invest in deployment of BlueMed
parkle, an international service provider in Italy and among
the top 10 global operators, has announced a long-term
investment for the deployment of BlueMed, a submarine
multi-fibre cable linking Palermo with Genoa.
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The new cable – planned to be operational by 2020 – will cross
the Tyrrhenian Sea connecting Sparkle’s Sicily Hub open data
centre in Palermo, which serves 18 international cables, with
Genoa’s new open landing station, directly connected to Milan’s
rich digital ecosystem.
thus strengthening Italy’s role as digital gateway between Africa,
Middle East, Asia and Europe.
Mario Di Mauro, CEO of Sparkle, said: “The investment on the
deployment of BlueMed and of the landing station in Genoa
represents the first phase of a wider plan aimed at consolidating
Sparkle’s leadership in the Mediterranean basin through the
extension and enhancement of its regional backbone.”
BlueMed will also include multiple branches within the
Tyrrhenian Sea and is set to support further extensions
southbound of Sicily.
With a capacity up to 240 Tbps and about 1,000km long,
BlueMed will provide advanced connectivity between Middle
East, Africa, Asia and the European mainland hubs with up to
50% latency reduction than existing terrestrial cables connecting
Sicily with Milan.
In addition, Sparkle’s new open landing station in Genoa is set
to become the alternative priority access for other upcoming
submarine cables looking for a diversified entry way to Europe,
DCA announces official Energy Partner
he Data Centre Alliance (DCA)
has announced the start of a
new partnership. LG Energy
Group (LGE), a leading privately-owned
energy procurement and consulting
organisation, has become the DCA’s
official Energy Partner following a
robust due diligence process.
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LGE is well respected in the third-
party intermediary sector of the UK
energy sector.
Where LGE differs from other
consulting organisations is that
its roots are in generation, initially
responsible for trading the output
from anaerobic digestion plants and
solar farms.
management, gives LGE a broad breadth
of understanding of the energy issues
faced by DCA members.
LGE offers a number of services alongside
energy procurement which will ensure
that DCA members not only purchase
energy effectively but also utilise it in an
efficient manner through its consultancy
arm, which is able to carry out efficiency
audits and make recommendations to
reduce energy spend.
CEO and Co-Founder of the DCA, Steve
Hone, said “We are very pleased to enter
into partnership with LGE. We were
very impressed with their professional
and diligent approach when we were
choosing from suitable companies.
“LGE will help our members optimise
their energy supplies and represent
another benefit of DCA membership.
We look forward to working with Julie
Loveday, Asif Rizvi and the team at LGE
well into the future.”
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