Aruba becomes European node of Gaia-X to support companies in complying with federated cloud services
NEWS ruba S . p . A , one of Italy ’ s leading providers of data centres , web
A hosting , email , PEC and domain registration services , has announced its entry into the Gaia-X Digital Clearing House , the network of executive nodes that assesses the compliance of companies wishing to become compliant with Gaia-X standards . Aruba will be one of two European nodes of Gaia-X together with the German multi-national , T-Systems .
Gaia-X was founded with the intention of creating an interoperable and secure cloud , based on compliance with European standards in order to have a free and transparent circulation of data . This is to avoid the risk of lock-in for companies
and at the same time foster the widest participation and competition among cloud solution providers , with a certification system at compliance level that guarantees the exercise of rights and data protection . It is a project open to all countries that wish to contribute to its growth and join as members : as a goal , it aims to provide European companies with a cloud that has security standards guaranteed by the European institutional system .
The agreement became official during the Market-X Conference & Expo in Wien , a networking event organised by Gaia-X to raise awareness of the association ’ s standards and ensure the integration of the Gaia-X community into an ecosystem . Aruba is a ‘ day-one member ’ of Gaia-X and will play a pivotal role in the development of a secure infrastructure for the sharing and accessing of data between organisations , laying the foundations for a cloud offering based on core European values .
maincubes secures new finance facility of over € 1 billion for next phase of growth
aincubes , the Frankfurt-based m data centre operator , has announced that it has signed a new scalable finance facility of € 1.35 billion . The new debt facility will further accelerate its sustainable growth strategy to become a leading European data centre operator . The € 1.35 billion is made up from € 685 million committed facilities with a further € 350 million uncommitted accordion made up from a consortium of eight banks and one institutional fund .
maincubes is currently in the process of planning and building new data centre facilities , with an emphasis on further scaling operations in Frankfurt and establishing a presence in the rapidly growing Berlin market . maincubes ’ tenants include customers from the public sector , national and international enterprises , and service providers that place high value on a sustainable , fail-safe and highperformance digital infrastructure .
Backed by DTCP and Art-Invest Real Estate , maincubes is executing on the next phase of its well-defined growth strategy . The company has continuous support from its investors to realise large-scale projects .
“ maincubes is expanding its data centre portfolio with the construction of three new state-of-the-art facilities in Berlin and Frankfurt ,” said Oliver Menzel , CEO of maincubes . “ These data centres will not only meet the growing demand for data centre services in the region but will also provide our customers with the highest levels of security , reliability and connectivity . We look forward to breaking ground in Berlin , building further facilities in Frankfurt and delivering on our commitment to provide best-in-class and 100 % green-power data centre solutions .” www . intelligentdatacentres . com
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