Intelligent Data Centres Issue 06 | Page 10

NEWS Content supplied by the DCA Procurri opens new German office roccuri has announced the opening of its new global office in Germany. The announcement follows the continued success and growth of the business, with the Germany office the company’s 19th globally. P Mat Jordan, Head of EMEA at Procurri Europe, said: “As businesses become increasingly global, there is a need for partners who can provide a localised service in each geography around the world. “Our new office in Germany allows us to increase our footprint in Europe and is an important step for us as we strengthen our leadership in the EMEA region.” Procurri is one of the leading global independent providers of lifecycle services and data centre equipment. By offering a converged network that combines the technology, finance and logistics domains, Procurri aims to be a global aggregator of enterprise hardware and services to its channels. Incorporated in 2013, Procurri has grown rapidly through the years and now has offices across three regional hubs – Asia Pacific, Americas and EMEA – with its global headquarters located in Singapore. Through its direct presence and global network of partners, Procurri’s business covers over 100 countries worldwide, providing a single touchpoint for its customers’ lifecycle services and data centre equipment needs. Vertiv survey sees Edge sites tripling by 2025 ertiv has released an update to its industry- wide examination of the data centre future, Data Center 2025: Closer to the Edge, which reveals fundamental shifts in the industry that barely registered in the forecasts from five years ago. sites they support to grow by at least 100%, with 20% expecting a 400% or more increase. The migration to the edge is changing the way industry leaders think about the data centre as they grapple with a broad data centre ecosystem comprised of many types of facilities and relying increasingly on the edge of the network. During the original 2014 research, the Edge was acknowledged as a growing trend but the industry’s attention at that point was focused on hybrid architectures leveraging enterprise, cloud and colocation resources. V Of participants who have Edge sites today or expect to have Edge sites in 2025, more than half (53%) expect the number of Edge 10 Issue 06 Collectively, survey participants expect their total number of Edge Computing sites will grow 226% between now and 2025. Rob Johnson, Vertiv CEO, said: “In just five short years, we have seen the emergence of an entirely new segment of the ecosystem, driven by the need to locate computing closer to the user.” www.intelligentdatacentres.com