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AZION PARTNERS WITH ASCENTY TO CONSOLIDATE LATAM EDGE INTERCONNECTIVITY
Ascenty , a provider of LATAM data centre and connectivity services in Latin America , has partnered with Azion , an Edge Computing platform that serves 45 of the 50 largest LATAM e-commerces and some of the largest banks in the region , to improve the distribution of Edge technology to banks , FinTechs and retailers across the continent .
Based on the concept of interconnectivity and to boost results , Azion connected to Ascenty ’ s operations in São Paulo ( SP ), Fortaleza ( CE ) and Santiago de Chile , to accommodate equipment and distribute technology to customers .
So far , Azion has seen a 23 % improvement in network latency .
“ Since the start of our collaboration , we have seen significant improvements compared to the previous supplier . To give you an idea , in more than three years , we have never had a power outage or unavailability . This stability ties in with one of our differentials : a highly available service ,” said Rogério Mariano , Global Head of Network Planning , Azion .
The collaboration is enhanced with the addition of Cross Connect , Colocation , Internet Exchange ( AICX ) – solutions that are part of Ascenty ’ s connectivity ecosystem with its dedicated network capable of connecting all the company ’ s data centres and interconnecting them to the main content and cloud providers , telecommunications operators and thirdparty data centres .
“ Ascenty offers a favourable ecosystem for our business model , helping to bring our customers closer to their end users and allowing us to optimise processing capacity , resilience and availability of our infrastructure ,” added Mariano .
Banpu NEXT , a subsidiary of Banpu – a leading smart energy solutions provider in APAC – together with Evolution Data Centres ( EDC ), a leading data centre provider , have joined forces to provide smart energy solutions for EDC ’ s data centres in Thailand and Vietnam .
This will also contribute to the economic growth of both countries and address the rising demand for Cloud Computing and data centre capacity in the region . This agreement underlines both parties ’ commitment to a future net zero society .
The hyperscale data centre market in the APAC region is projected to expand at a CAGR of 10.21 % from 2024 to 2029 , with growth largely driven by the burgeoning Cloud Computing industry , which is seeing increased demand for Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) applications . Data centre demand in Thailand is expected to experience a CAGR of 27 % between 2021 and 2026 .
the digital economy to account for 25 % of GDP by 2025 . Data centre growth is forecast to be 37 % CAGR between 2021 and 2026 . Both countries are forecast to become strategic locations for international investors searching for ASEAN emerging hubs that have advanced infrastructure including power distribution , fibre networks , green energy and transportation systems .
In the future , Banpu NEXT plans to implement other smart energy solutions to further improve EDC ’ s data centres ’ energy efficiency . These include the potential for energy storage systems as well as energy management services such as cooling systems .
The partnership between Banpu NEXT and EDC will deliver environmentally friendlier data centres to support the growth of Thailand ’ s digital economy .
In Vietnam , the data centre industry is supporting the country ’ s economic growth , in line with the government ’ s direction for
BANPU NEXT PARTNERS WITH EVOLUTION DATA CENTRES TO PROVIDE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS FOR THAILAND AND VIETNAM DATA CENTRES
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