Interxion : A Digital Realty Company , the largest global provider of cloudand carrier-neutral data centres , colocation and interconnection solutions , has announced its entry into the Barcelona market with the acquisition of a land parcel that it intends to develop into a data centre campus . Interxion ’ s position as the leading provider of digital infrastructure capacity in the Mediterranean region and Iberian Peninsula , including its presence in Marseille , Athens , Zagreb and Madrid , will be enhanced by this new location . Telegeography notes that international bandwidth in Southern Europe has seen over 30 % compound annual growth since 2016 , representing an overall increase in transmission capacity to the region of almost 200 %. The new campus will be located at a key intersection point along the global Internet highway across the Mediterranean region , connecting the Americas to the west , Africa to the south , and the Middle East and Asia to the east .
Barcelona is the fifth largest metro in the European Union and has the largest economy by GDP on the Mediterranean
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Sea . The city is an underserved data centre market and emerging as an important connectivity hub for network resiliency and diversity , complementing Interxion ’ s Marseille campus , which is established as Europe ’ s primary gateway hub to the rest of the world .
With the enhanced connectivity expected through this data centre campus , Interxion ’ s customers in Spain are expected to be able to reach almost 90 % of the populations of the Iberian Peninsula and Southern France within a 4-milliseconds latency . Additionally , the new campus will enable enterprises and networks to not only exchange traffic within the region , but also to extend their services and expand their communities of interest across multiple continents .
Situated in the north-east of Barcelona in the municipality of Sant Adrià de Besòs , the land parcel has the capacity to house 15 MW of total installed IT power . Construction of the first data centre ( BCN1 ) is expected to commence in 2022 with completion anticipated in 2024 . The land parcel and future campus is strategically located to provide quick ,
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“ International digital hubs typically have three specific characteristics : firstly , robust data centre infrastructure ; secondly , the interconnection of international terrestrial and subsea cable networks with local capillary networks ; and thirdly , significant enterprise data generation ,” said Robert Assink , Managing Director , Interxion Spain . “ Our planned BCN1 data centre and connectivity hub further strengthens the position of Spain as the primary Southern Europe digital hub .” �
THE CITY IS AN UNDERSERVED DATA CENTRE MARKET AND EMERGING AS AN IMPORTANT CONNECTIVITY HUB FOR NETWORK RESILIENCY AND DIVERSITY . |
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