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Uptime Institute launches Data Center Career Pathfinder
NEWS ptime Institute , with support from Google , Meta and Microsoft , has
U launched the Data Center Career Pathfinder , a free online tool that uniquely lists hundreds of career possibilities in the fast-growing global digital infrastructure industry . Based on typical real-world job roles , the Career Pathfinder resource was designed to inform and raise awareness about career opportunities in the unseen
world of data centres and invite people from all backgrounds to consider entering the industry .
The Career Pathfinder is not a job site , but an exploratory resource that lists more than 230 different types of job roles that span the design , build and operation of data centres , ranging from sustainability strategy to construction . Each role includes minimum education requirements and key competencies , such as communication , problem solving or critical thinking .
Uptime Institute created the Career Pathfinder to provide concrete information for students , job seekers , job changers , workforce returners and anyone else considering their future career journey . Governments , educational institutions and industry groups can also use the Career Pathfinder to support efforts to expand curricula , training and other programmes specific to the data centre industry .
Glide connects Proximity Edge 8 data centre to Birmingham dark fibre ring
lide , a market leader in ultra-fast broadband connectivity and deploying fibre infrastructure , has announced
G that it has connected its rapidly expanding dark fibre infrastructure with Proximity Data Centres ’ newly acquired Birmingham Edge colocation data centre .
“ The availability of diverse dark fibre connectivity is vital to ensuring that Edge colocation customers ’ data and applications are always seamlessly and securely available to the users that require them ,” said John Hall , Managing Director – Colocation , Proximity Data Centres . �
Proximity is one of the UK ’ s fastest-growing regional Edge colocation data centre providers . The new dark fibre network directly connects Proximity ’ s growing base of enterprise business , cloud provider and content delivery customers to Glide ’ s 30km fibre ring spanning Birmingham , enabling access to a growing range of diverse low latency dark fibre connectivity solutions .
Glide ’ s dark fibre infrastructure connection will enable Proximity Birmingham ( Edge 8 ) to ensure thousands of businesses across the West Midlands have reliable access to low latency , highly responsive applications and services .
Glide ’ s dark fibre connection also provides Proximity with an additional network route into the Proximity Birmingham ( Edge 8 ) Edge data centre . This allows leading national and regional carriers and service providers to leverage the network to offer their own dark fibre and managed ‘ lit ’ connectivity solutions across the region to their customers .
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