Equinix has announced plans to enter the South African market with a US$160 million data center investment in Johannesburg that augments its current footprint on the African continent in Nigeria, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. The new data center is expected to open mid-2024. With its South Africa expansion, Equinix isRead More…
Equinix has announced its commitment to reducing its overall power use by increasing operating temperature ranges within its data centers – the first such commitment by an operator of colocation data centers. Starting immediately, Equinix will begin to define a multi-year global roadmap for thermal operations within its data centersRead More…
Equinix and VMware have announced an expanded global relationship to deliver new digital infrastructure and multi-cloud services. Together, the companies unveiled VMware Cloud on Equinix Metal, a new distributed cloud service that will deliver a more performant, secure, and cost-effective cloud option to support enterprise applications. The service will combineRead More…
Latest Q2 data from Synergy Research Group reveals that six colocation providers account for 37% of the worldwide market.Read More…
Orange and Equinix announced today that Orange has expanded its Telco Cloud footprint in Amsterdam, Madrid and Seattle, using Equinix’s Bare Metal as a Service capability—Equinix Metal — to deploy its New Generation International Network. The new model enables Orange to provide business and wholesale customers with powerful on-demand TelcoRead More…
Equinix, has today announced plans to build a brand new data center in the city of Salalah, which is located on the south coast of the Sultanate of Oman in the Middle East. The data center is being built in cooperation with Omantel, the regional leading wholesale carrier of theRead More…
Vertiv announced the Clean Hydrogen Partnership will provide EUR 2.5 million to help fund a project to develop low-carbon fuel cells to power data centres. It is hoped this could reduce carbon emissions from operations by up to 100%.Read More…
Equinix today announced it has been selected by SUB.CO for the landing of the Oman Australia Cable (OAC) directly into its International Business Exchange (IBX) data centres in Perth, Australia (PE2) and Muscat, Oman (MC1). These locations will serve as strategic interconnection points for the 9,800-kilometre subsea cable system.Read More…
With an increased digital transformation journey in the region, Kamel Al-Tawil, Managing Director for Middle East and North Africa, Equinix elaborates to Channel Post MEA on their expectations during the time of the weeklong technology show.Read More…
Kamel Al Tawil, Managing Director, Equinix MENA talks to Channel Post MEA about their software-defined interconnection service, Equinix Fabric.Read More…
With cloud adoption becoming an increasing necessity for enterprises across the Middle East looking to accelerate their digital transformation journeys, International Data Corporation (IDC) will this week host the UAE edition of its virtual IDC Cloud Roadshow 2021. Addressing the theme ‘Enabling a Hybrid Multicloud Ecosystem’, the online event onRead More…
Equinix in association with alliance partner and global communications hub datamena, has announced the availability of Equinix Cloud Exchange Fabric (ECX Fabric) in the Dubai International Business Exchange (IBX), DX1.Read More…
