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WORLDUS HAS WORLD‘S LARGEST DATA CENTRE FOOTPRINTThe US accounts for 44% of major cloud and internet data centre sites, followed by China which accounts for 10%, according to new Q2 data from Synergy Research Group, reported Networks Asia.

The two leading countries are then followed by Australia, UK, Japan, Singapore, Germany and the Netherlands, each of which accounts for 4-5% of the total. The research is based on an analysis of the data centre footprint of 13 of the world’s major cloud and internet service firms, including the largest operators in IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, search, social networking and e-commerce. In aggregate the companies now have almost 150 major data centre sites.

On average each of the thirteen firms had eleven data centre sites. The companies with the broadest data centre footprint are the leading hyperscale cloud providers – AWS, IBM and Microsoft. Each has 20 or more data centre locations with at least one in each of the four regions – North America, APAC, EMEA and Latin America. Google, Oracle and Rackspace also have a notably broad data centre presence. The remaining firms tend to have their data centres focused primarily in either the US (Salesforce, Facebook, eBay, Yahoo) or China (Tencent, Baidu, Alibaba).

“The country distribution of major data centres clearly reflects two things – the US dominance of cloud and internet technologies; and the scale and unique characteristics of the Chinese market,” said John Dinsdale, a Chief Analyst and Research Director at Synergy Research Group. “The ranking also reflects the relative importance of smaller countries that are often used as regional hubs – Hong Kong, Singapore, Netherlands and Ireland. Until recently India was an omission from the list but Microsoft has just opened its first major cloud data centres in the country and both AWS and IBM will soon be following suit. n

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TELEFONICA AND CHINA UNICOM SIGN GLOBAL DATA CENTRE DEALTelefónica and China Unicom have agreed to share their international data centre capabilities as a first step towards broader and larger scale cloud cooperation. Initially the agreement will focus on three major data centres from each operator with the inclusion of additional facilities over time. The cooperation across the cloud computing service segment will include, among others, IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) with virtual servers and multi-cloud solutions. These additional initiatives are designed to further enhance the global capabilities of both companies, reported Datacentres.com.

Specifically, China Unicom’s customers will be able to benefit from Telefónica’s three main data centres located in Brazil (Sao Paulo), USA (Miami) and Spain (Alcalá de Henares in Madrid). This will be further enhanced as Telefónica commits additional investment towards new infrastructure, facilities and multi-cloud solutions. Conversely, Telefónica will be able to leverage the robust cloud capabilities of China Unicom’s data centres located across China in Langfang, Shanghai and Chongqing to enable end-to-end service delivery for its multinational customers.

Combining strong service capabilities and comprehensive data centre facilities enables both organisations to fully address their respective markets in contrast to a standalone approach. The benefits this delivers include more efficient aggregation, easier sharing of data, opportunities to develop common data platforms and foster global collaboration plus the ability to leverage economies of scale. Importantly, both companies bring many unique attributes to the agreement, creating a win-win combination. n

THE FUTURE OF THE DATA CENTRE IS SOFTWARE-DEFINEDThe software-defined data centre (SDDC) is crucial to the long-term evolution of an agile digital business according to research company Gartner. It is not, however, the right choice for all IT organizations currently, reported a Company press release.

“Infrastructure and operations leaders need to understand the business case, best use cases and risks of an SDDC,” said Dave Russell, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner. “Due to its current immaturity, the SDDC is most appropriate for visionary organizations with

advanced expertise in I&O engineering and architecture.”

An SDDC is a data centre in which all the infrastructure is virtualized and delivered “as-a-service.” This enables increased levels of automation and flexibility that will underpin business agility through the increased adoption of cloud services and enable modern IT approaches such as DevOps. Today, most organizations are not ready to begin adoption and should proceed with caution.

By 2020, however, Gartner predicts the programmatic capabilities of an SDDC will be

considered a requirement for 75% of Global 2000 enterprises that seek to implement a DevOps approach and a hybrid cloud model.

“I&O leaders can’t just buy a ready-made SDDC from a vendor,” said Mr. Russell. “First, they need to understand why they need it for the business. Second, they need to deploy, orchestrate and integrate numerous parts, probably from different vendors.” Moreover, aside from a lot of deployment work – new skills and a cultural shift in the IT organization are needed to ensure this approach delivers results for the business. n

WORLDWIDE CLOUD IT INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET TO GROW 24% According to the research house, IDC Worldwide Quarterly Cloud IT Infrastructure Tracker, total spending on cloud IT infrastructure (server, storage, and Ethernet switch, excluding double counting between server and storage) will grow by 24.1% and will reach US$32.6 billion in 2015. This amount will account for a third of the overall end user spending on enterprise IT infrastructure, up from 27.9% in 2014. In comparison, spending on IT infrastructure deployed in traditional, non-cloud, environments will decline by -1.6% in 2015, although at US$66.8 billion will remain the largest segment of the market. Spending on private cloud IT infrastructure in 2015 will grow by 15.8% year over year to US$12.1 billion, while spending on public cloud IT infrastructure will increase by 29.6% to US$20.5 billion, reported Market Watch.

IDC expects that spending on cloud IT infrastructure in 2015 will grow across all regions except Central and Eastern Europe, which is disturbed by political and economic turmoil that is having a negative impact on IT spending. For all three technologies – server, storage and Ethernet switch – growth in spending will exceed 20%, with spending on servers growing at the highest rate, 25.5%.

For the five-year forecast period, IDC expects that cloud IT infrastructure spending will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 15.1% and will reach US$53.1 billion by 2019 accounting for 46% of the total spending on enterprise IT infrastructure. At the same time, spending on non-cloud IT infrastructure will decline at -1.7% CAGR. Spending on public cloud IT infrastructure will grow at a higher rate than spending on private cloud IT infrastructure – at 16.3% vs 13.2% CAGR. In 2019, IDC expects service providers will spend US$33.6 billion on IT infrastructure for delivering public cloud services, while spending on private cloud IT infrastructure will reach US$19.4 billion. n




The European Court of Justice has said the Safe Harbour agreement – allowing the self-certification on the issue of privacy protection by tech firms - between the US and Europe is invalid.

The Safe Harbour agreement – which came into effect in 2000 - was designed to provide a "streamlined and cost-effective" way for US firms to get data from Europe without breaking its rules, the BBC reported.

The EU forbids personal data from being transferred to and processed in parts of the world that do not provide "adequate" privacy protections. So, to make it easier for US firms - including the tech giants - to function, Safe Harbour was introduced to let them self-certify that they are carrying out the required steps.

The European Court of Justice said that the Safe Harbour agreement did not eliminate the need for local privacy watchdogs to check US firms were taking adequate data protection measures.

The agreement was challenged as a result of a case bought by privacy campaigner Max Schrems who asked the Irish Data Protection Commission to audit what material Facebook might be passing on. The case eventually reached the European Court which has now passed down it’s verdict.

"I very much welcome the judgement of the court, which will hopefully be a milestone when it comes to online privacy," said Max Schrems on learning of the judgement.

But others warned it could have far-reaching consequences.

"Thousands of US businesses rely on the Safe Harbour as a means of moving information to the US from Europe," said Richard Cumbley from the law firm Linklaters. "Without Safe Harbour, they will be scrambling to put replacement measures in place."

This could therefore see an increase in the number of US firms setting up data centres on European soil.

“U.S. companies must look at local operations to process data,” said Bharat Mistry, a consultant at Trend Micro, a cybersecurity firm told the Wall Street Journal. According to Mr. Mistry, this would lead to tighter control and enforcement by the EU and additional investment into Europe in the form of extra jobs in data processing.

Today’s announcement form US software company Netsuite with regard to the setting up on new EU based centres in Ireland and Holland already cited this as a reason. In a company statement the firm said “NetSuite’s EU data centres will enable companies to store their NetSuite business data physically in the European Union. This is especially significant given that the EU Court of Justice has just declared the EU-US Safe Harbour framework invalid.”

Apple, Google and Amazon have all set up – or have annocued plans to set up data centres in Europe in recent years. n

SAFE HARBOUR DECLARED INVALID

WORLDWIDE IT SPENDING TO SURPASS $US3.6 TRILLION IN 2016Research house, Gartner as part of its latest Forecast Alert: IT Spending, Worldwide, Q3, 2015 Update, has forecast worldwide IT spending to surpass US3.6 trillion in 2016, a 1.5% increase from 2015, reported ARN.

Gartner also predicted spending on the hardware side of the Internet of Things will exceed US$2.5 million every minute in 2016.

Peter Sondergaard, Gartner senior vice-president and global head of research, said “Dynamic algorithms are the core of new customer interactions. Products and services will be defined by the sophistication of their algorithms and services. Organisations will be valued, not just on their Big Data, but the algorithms that turn that data into actions, and ultimately impact customers,” he said. n

INTERCONNECTED ENTERPRISES TO DOUBLE BY 2017Global data centre company Equinix, has unveiled the findings of its Enterprise of the Future survey, which uncovered a rapidly accelerating global demand for interconnection that will transform IT strategies over the next two years, a Company press release reported.

Studying the priorities and perspectives of more than 1,000 IT decision makers across 14 countries, the Enterprise of the Future survey revealed significant momentum towards the adoption of interconnection-dependent IT strategies by enterprises seeking to drive revenue growth. By 2017, 84% of IT leaders surveyed will deploy IT infrastructure where interconnection – defined as direct, secure physical or virtual connections between a company and its partners, customers and employees – is at the core, compared to only 38%t today. The survey also indicates that interconnection can create millions of dollars in value.

In the interconnected era business models are increasingly interdependent and consumers and employees alike consider anytime, anywhere, any device connectivity the standard. Organizational expansion, ubiquitous user access and the sourcing of external business and IT services to cloud-based providers are forcing enterprises to have more points of engagement with more end users and business partners across an ever-widening physical and logical footprint. Existing IT architectures were not built to support this level of dynamic engagement and distributed coverage, and the Enterprise of the Future survey shows enterprises responding with a massive strategic and behavioural shift away from centralized corporate resources to distributed, interconnection-centric IT infrastructure.

The number one business priority for nearly half of the survey respondents is to drive revenue, and interconnection was at the core of all the strategies cited as key to achieving this goal. In fact, 3-in-5 businesses believe interconnection with employees, partners and customers is "very important" to their company's ability to compete. Nearly half of the companies surveyed are currently pursuing direct connections to cloud platforms, with the vast majority (about 4-in-5) seeing this as a critical need to address within five years. And, most notably, of the enterprises already deploying interconnection strategies, more than one-third are reaping a total value of more than $10 million from revenue gains and cost savings.

More than 1,000 IT decision makers (CIOs, CTOs, chief architects and network and application vice presidents) from the following countries were interviewed for this survey: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Dubai, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Netherlands, Singapore, Switzerland, U.S., and U.K.

The survey found that the top strategies IT leaders are using to drive revenue are all dependent on interconnection. The No. 1 revenue growth strategy, cited by nearly 69% of respondents, is deploying infrastructures to support new product offerings. Other essential interconnection-driven strategies include: creating new channels or systems of engagement between the enterprise and its customers, partners and employees; deploying infrastructures in new geographies; and embedding or distributing intelligence (analytics, data, content) across business processes, regions or office locations to gain greater customer insights and make faster, more accurate business decisions. n

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EMEABILFINGER REAL ESTATE ITALIAN AFFILIATE, GVA REDILCO, ACQUIRES SITE FOR SUPERNAP TO BUILD €300 MILLION ITALIAN DATA CENTRE

Supernap International, a joint venture between the Nevada based data centre developer and operator, Switch, Accelero Capital Holdings and Orascom TMT Investments (OTMTI), has started work on a €300 million 450,000 sq ft data centre on the outskirts of Milan, reported Datacentres.com.

The joint venture was set up last year to build Tier IV data centres in multiple markets around the world, with the Italian facility based in Siziano in the Pavia province.

At the time the JV was formed, Switch SUPERNAP Founder and CEO Rob Roy “The formation of SUPERNAP International will help further drive our client initiatives worldwide by providing enhanced accessibility to SUPERNAP ecosystems,”

Roy added. “Accelero and OTMTI have a successful track record globally of strategic investments and operational management in telecommunications and digital media and are the partners to help make this happen.”

“We are confident that our combined experiences will enable SUPERNAP International to provide world-class products through innovation, expansion and superior customer service.”

SUPERNAP International says that it will develop data centre facilities worldwide based on the design of the SUPERNAP data centres in Nevada. SUPERNAP International is the exclusive licensee outside the US of the 218 patents and patents pending in data centre technologies held by Switch SUPERNAP Founder, CEO and Chief Inventor Rob Roy.

OTMTI also owns Italian internet portal ItaliaOnline and is part of the telecommunications and investment empire built by Egyptian tycoon Naguib Sawiris.

Switch is known in the US for its large data centre schemes: Earlier this summer, Switch opened its newest 470,000-sq ft colocation data centre SUPERNAP LAS VEGAS 9 and its planned Tahoe Reno Industrial data centre campus will measure nearly 6.5 million sq ft once all its buildings are completed.

Bilfinger GVA Real Estate affiliate in Italy, GVA Redilco, identified and acquired the site for Supernap which is located just to the south of Milan. n


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BRITISH AIRWAYS CHOOSES JUNIPER NETWORKS FOR DATA CENTREJuniper Networks has announced it will work with global airline, British Airways, to build a private cloud data centre and IP/MPLS core backbone using Juniper Networks technology. The new private cloud infrastructure will run many of the applications that underpin British Airways’ operations, including ticketing, check-in and baggage tracking reported Datacentres.com.

British Airways sought to upgrade its data centre and needed a cost-effective, reliable and scalable platform that could service its needs. Following a rigorous competitive process, the airline selected the MetaFabric Architecture from Juniper Networks, a simplified, open and secure data centre architecture that accelerates deployment of new services and applications at scale. The fast

response and agility of Juniper’s cloud technology and its emphasis on business continuity are some of the features that attracted British Airways. The upgraded network core will link British Airways’ data centres and other operational sites around the U.K. to help ensure fast, reliable connectivity and digital communications.

The private cloud is an underlying component of British Airways’ new Flight Management and Customer Management systems being introduced this year.

To help protect its investment and enable greater agility and long-term business capacity planning, British Airways selected the MetaFabric Architecture, comprising Juniper Networks QFabric

System and EX Series Ethernet Switches, to create a data centre infrastructure that can easily grow with the airline’s business demands.

The QFabric System, a fully integrated and automated set of components working together as a single logical switch, delivers high-performance, any-to-any connectivity at scale and simplified management across the data centre.

To create a resilient, flexible, high-performance core backbone for its nationwide network infrastructure, British Airways selected Juniper Networks MX Series 3D Universal Edge Routers and EX Series Ethernet Switches. MX480 routers will create the core, and EX9200 switches will create a carrier-grade ‘provider edge’ to support service insertion.n




TELECITYGROUP OPENS DUBLIN DATA CENTREThe European data centre provider, Telecity Group – soon to be acquired by Equinix - has opened its DUB4 facility in Ballycoolin, west Dublin, the company’s fourth such facility in Ireland, reported Tech Central.

The new facility totalling some 2,500 sq m, was launched by Minister for Health and TD for the constituency, Leo Varadkar who said that “In the last few years we have made a big effort to create a welcoming environment for Big Data and data centres here in Ireland.” “Data centres are essential if we are going to remain at the vanguard for Big Data.”

“We have seen a significant increase in demand from new and existing customers for high capacity, diverse and low latency connectivity – especially to the United States,” said Maurice Mortell, VP of emerging markets and managing director, TelecityGroup Ireland. “It was this high demand for TelecityGroup data centres in Ireland that drove our major expansion in Ireland in 2011.”

Despite being a multi-tenant facility where workloads can be as varied as the number of clients hosted, TelecityGroup Ireland expects the PUE to be around 1.2, putting it in the highly efficient category, according to Uptime Institute figures which put average DC PUE ratings at 1.7 in 2014. n

INTEROUTE ANNOUNCES SIGNIFICANT NETWORK EXPANSION IN THE NETHERLANDSInteroute, owner and operator of one of Europe’s largest networks, has announced that it has expanded its network in the Netherlands. By extending its Amsterdam city network, Interoute is adding 43 route km of fibre optic cables and increasing network capacity by 21% in its Amsterdam city network. Part of this expansion includes the addition of 22 route km of cable between the Amsterdam Science Park and Amsterdam South-East areas of the city. The improved connectivity in these areas will support businesses in the region, by enabling more high capacity data to flow and adding diverse resilient routes in this high traffic area, reported Datacentres.com.

Over the last three years Interoute has invested in the expansion of its Amsterdam city network to meet increasing demands for higher capacity. The current city network spans 230km of duct routes, and more than 275 route km of fibre optic cables, and is continuing to grow.

Amsterdam is one of the largest European markets for both collocation and international capacity. Regional interconnectivity trends show Asia, Africa and Europe decreasing their reliance on internet traffic routed via the US and instead increasing their dependency on connectivity via Europe. Thanks to this, Amsterdam looks set to remain a primary global hub. Interoute’s global integrated network and data centre platform provides customers with an innovative and cost effective platform that connects the company’s data centre in the Netherlands with another 13 Virtual Data Centres around the world. n

EVRY PARTNERS WITH IBM IBM and Nordic IT services company EVRY have signed and announced a US$1 billion long-term partnership in which IBM was selected as EVRY’s premier provider of cloud infrastructure services. As part of the agreement, IBM will transform EVRY’s existing infrastructure services by using IBM’s proven methodology and global expertise, and giving the company access to IBM’s global cloud resources and capabilities, a Company press release reported.

This includes providing services running on IBM’s Cloud infrastructure services, SoftLayer, based in Fet/Oslo data centre later next year. By running these services on IBM Cloud, EVRY’s customers, across a wide range of industries including banking and finance, government, energy, healthcare and retail, will get access to flexible and scalable hybrid cloud infrastructure.

EVRY will continue to lead the development of value-added solutions and services and combine its strong local knowledge with use of innovative cloud technology and global scale from IBM. EVRY’s customers will benefit from a faster time-to-market through leading-edge infrastructure solutions. EVRY will maintain responsibility for managing its relationships and delivering services to its customers. n

DATA CENTRE DEMAND SET TO RISE EVEN HIGHER AS CONFIDENCE IS ON THE UP

The annual survey of the owners, builders and occupiers of 2.1 million sq m of European technical real estate, conducted by the independent research company iXConsulting, revealed that 70% of respondents believe the next 12 months will see an increase in demand, with the majority (77%) of developer and investor responders having already expanded their portfolio of data centre stock in the last year, reported Datacentres.com.

It is expected that over the next five years the growth in demand for data centre services will be driven by IT and Cloud Service Providers. Over 70% of respondents identified this sector as their top ranked source of demand, well ahead of the next category of Banking & Financial Services, which was voted top by just 19% of those surveyed.

However, despite overall rising levels of confidence, there were concerns expressed over the industry’s ability to continue to match supply with demand. Over half of respondents (55%) thought that a pinch point had developed in the design and build process with regard to sufficiently skilled professional contractor staff. Equally, a further (54%) agreed that predicted construction cost inflation of between 10-20% over the next three years will have a negative impact on development across Europe.

Respondents to the survey collectively operate across 28 European countries. While strong growth was recorded in the traditional centres of London, Paris, Frankfurt and Amsterdam, due primarily to their relative maturity, stability, advanced general infrastructure and strong fibre connectivity, there was also a growing interest in more secondary and tertiary centres. Significantly, almost 60% agreed that a rise in the cost of land and total build cost inflation would see demand shifting away from Tier 1 centres and towards new competitive locations. A number of Scandinavian countries – namely Finland, Sweden and Norway – proved particularly popular, with one quarter of respondents citing them as potential beneficiaries. Turkey was chosen as a favoured location by 15% of respondents, with Eastern European countries such as Bulgaria, Romania and the Czech Republic also proving relatively popular.

All of these newly emerging growth centres were cited as areas that could benefit from cheaper sources of renewable energy. This reflects the finding that the most important driver in the decision making process for choosing a new data centre is the availability, security and sustainability of power. Just over half (53%) of respondents ranked it as their number one factor, and around four-fifths placed it in one of the top two positions of importance, alongside cost of land and fibre connectivity. Furthermore, over 80% expect to see a rise in their data centre power consumption over the next three years, reiterating the need for more efficient power delivery and usage methods to ease the financial burden, along with adhering to the legislative and ethical requirement for greener energy. n



IRISH APPLE DATA CENTRE COULD BE DELAYEDApples plans for a large new data centre in the Irish county of Galway may be delayed following the lodging of two objections with the planning appeals board, which could result in a delay of four months, the Irish Independent reported.

Apple plans to build a 25,000sq m data centre on a 500 acre site near Athenry in Co Galway. The facility – which was expected to be operational in 2017 - will help run online services, including the iTunes store, App store and Siri.

Galway County Council granted planning permission earlier this month; two objections have now been lodged with the board. It is understood that both are from local residents.

According to an Irish Independent report the objections are believed to centre on concerns about traffic, including the impact that trucks travelling to and from the site will have on nearby homes during the construction period. There is also concern about the impact rock blasting will have on drinking water wells. Objections have also been raised about the impact the development will have on wildlife.

If further objections follow, as parties which made submissions to the local authority have 15 days to appeal to An Bord Pleanala. The board is expected to deal with cases within 18 weeks, meaning a final decision is unlikely before the end of the year. n

KEYSOURCE PROVIDES UNISYS LEGACY DATA CENTRE WITH OPTIONS Keysource, the Sussex based company that specialises in the design and build, optimisation and on-going management of data centres, has detailed its participation in a data centre project for the Global IT service, software and technology company Unisys, reported Datacentres.com.

Unisys operates a number of critical, highly secure data centre facilities that deliver a range of colocation and managed services. Keysource was engaged to undertake an audit of the St Just House Data Centre in Milton Keynes to evaluate the opportunities to modernise the facility’s M&E infrastructure and design. The aim was to improve overall efficiency and performance and allow for greater IT capacity, including high density. Operational insights were combined with a technically aligned approach to ensure that all aspects were evaluated against the need to reduce risk; not impact live systems; and the likely investment required to upgrade.

After carrying out a capacity and energy efficiency assessment Keysource identified a series of simple but effective tactical improvements that would provide a moderate increase in efficiency of around 10%-15%.

Overall the Keysource consultancy provided simple and clear recommendations for improved performance which met both the short and long term needs of Unisys.

The comprehensive site survey covered all aspects of the facility including: construction; power (including all plant, and related redundancy, scalability and modularity); cooling (including rack power density, redundancy, humidity control, airflow patterns, and environmental implications); security and protection; and rack deployment (including cabling). It also took into account historical power consumption / metering data for key plant items.

After carrying out a capacity and energy efficiency assessment Keysource identified a series of simple but effective tactical improvements that would provide a moderate increase in efficiency of around 10%-15%.

Keysource also highlighted the potential options for a significant reduction in energy consumption, including UPS system upgrade, cooling infrastructure upgrade and optimisation of the airflow and controls in the data hall. n

IRISH-BASED BUSINESSES SPENT ON AVERAGE €160,000 HOSTING DATA IN THE PAST YEAR

TelecityGroup Ireland, a data centre provider, has announced results of a survey of senior IT decision makers which found that Irish-based businesses spent an average of €160,000 on data hosting solutions in the past 12 months. One in five (19%) said they spent upwards of half a million euro on data hosting in the past 12 months.

The findings show that increasingly, businesses are starting to view Ireland as a data centre hub. They were revealed at the official launch of TelecityGroup Ireland’s new data centre in Blanchardstown, Dublin, which took place last week, reported a Company press release.

Maurice Mortell, vice president of emerging markets and country manager Ireland, TelecityGroup, said: “Ireland’s growing reputation for data centres worldwide is one of the reasons we are announcing the investment of a new state-of-the-art data centre in Blanchardstown, Dublin. The new centre is now officially open and it will provide ten new jobs.

“The results of this survey are extremely interesting and reflective of our experience with customers. Ireland’s physical location and quality of transatlantic connectivity make it one of the fastest through-points for connecting to regions including the UK, US, and Europe.”

The top three reasons for choosing Ireland as a data centre location, according to respondents, were corporation tax (67%); climate, due to the low number of heating and cooling days required (61%); and Ireland’s proximity to Europe (52%).

Other motives included ease of doing business in Ireland (29%) and local workforce talent (28%), while 22% said high speed connectivity to international markets. Interestingly, almost half of respondents said it is the movements of some of the world’s largest internet companies to set up data centre operations here, that have caused them to think of Ireland as a data centre hub.

Additional findings from the survey:

The main reasons given for choosing a particular data centre were guaranteed uptime (60%), increased security (48%) and the ability to expand when needed (46%). Respondents also cited a 24/7 data centre team, reliable connectivity and data protection as key drivers.

The largest proportion of respondents (39%) said their organisation uses an on-premise data hosting solution, rather than a data centre. More than 30% use a split on-premise and a hosted data centre solution, while 29% use a data centre as a data host. 26% said their organisation plans to move to a split hosted data centre and cloud solution within the next two years.

Respondents said disaster recovery and business continuity will most impact data centre hosting needs over the next 12 months, while 27% said the growth of data would have most impact.

The survey was commissioned in August 2015 by TelecityGroup Ireland and carried out by TechPro among 131 senior IT decision makers in Irish-based businesses, which were typically larger enterprises. n


DATASOURCE ISSUE 140 NOVEMBER 2015 BRIGHTSOLID OPENS NEW TIER III ABERDEEN DATA CENTRE

brightsolid, the Scottish cloud hosting and data centre provider, has announced the opening of its second Tier III data centre. The new facility, built on Aberdeen Journal’s Lang Stracht site in Aberdeen, has been designed to the highest technical specification and will provide unrivalled digital infrastructure to Europe’s energy capital, reported Datacentres.com.

Completed in just nine months, brightsolid’s latest data centre represents a £5 million investment into Aberdeen’s digital economy and, as the only Scottish partner of the Microsoft Cloud OS Network, provides the first Microsoft Azure-enabled cloud platform in Scotland.

“I’m delighted to have reached this pivotal moment in our three year strategy after such an exciting two years,” said Richard Higgs, CEO of brightsolid. “We decided to build our next Tier III data centre in Aberdeen for a number of reasons. Our primary facility in Dundee was reaching capacity due to the positive market response to our clouds, and expansion was always in our business strategy. After a detailed review of the market we realised that Aberdeen had an absolute need for a world class data centre and cloud partner that could help deliver on cost saving efficiency objectives.”

“Our critical mission is technical innovation with personal service and key to delivering on this is our ongoing collaboration with customers, particularly in Aberdeen at this time of disruption, to craft and develop solutions together that really meet customers’ requirements. Another part of this is our Microsoft Azure enabled cloud, the first in Scotland. This is exciting as we hope it will be the first of many ground-breaking announcements to come from brightsolid to help Aberdeen stay digitally connected.”

At full capacity, the 2,200 sq m facility will hold the equivalent computer power of over 100,000 MacBooks and will have the ability to store the same amount of data that Facebook currently holds on a global scale. n

NGD BUILDS £10 MILLION DATA HALL FOLLOWING MAJOR CONTRACT SUCCESSNext Generation Data has announced the commencement of a major new data hall construction project at its data centre in south Wales, following the awarding of a long-term contract from a leading global company, reported a Company press release.

The dedicated £10M self-contained hall, to be delivered before Christmas, will provide the scale and technical infrastructure necessary for supporting the customer’s immediate and longer-term requirements and will be the 19th Data Hall at the facility. In what has already been a record sales year for NGD, this latest contract follows an £8M expansion phase completed earlier this year for five additional data halls which have now all been sold. These were for accommodating several multinational customers while meeting extra demand for space from local businesses and channel partners.

NGD’s giant data centre campus, located between Newport and Cardiff, was opened six years ago and has already seen the company invest more than £30M in creating the 750,000 sq ft world-class facility.

“This has been an exceptional year for NGD and 2016 promises to be even better. It seems our proposition, focused on ample space and power, is proving more and more attractive to the global market. NGD’s facility is one of the few with the scale and power available to meet accelerating demand for cloud, web, big data and other data intensive computing activities,” said Simon Taylor, Chairman, Next Generation Data. n

AMAZON TO INVEST IN NEW IRISH DATA CENTREAmazon, the global online retail giant, is set to invest in another data centre in Ireland.

Local media sources including the Irish Independent are saying that the new data centre building will be built over two storeys and have 16,065 sq m of floorspace and will be located in Blanchardstown Business and Technology Park. Amazon already has two data centres located in Blanchardstown, Dublin which have been in operation since 2010.

The report goes on “The proposed development involves the development of a new building as part of an enlarged data centre complex at this location,” architects for Amazon have told the local council.

A US -headquartered firm AECOM Engineers is leading construction of the new centre.

A year ago Amazon announced it was adding more than three hundred new jobs in the Irish capital. The highly-skilled roles data centre technicians, software engineers and customer support staff will be hired over the next two years and will be based out of Amazon’s expanded offices in Ballsbridge, Dublin. n

PARIS RESIDENTS UPSET BY “NOISY” INTERXION DATA CENTRELocal residents in Paris are fighting an Interxion data centre because of noise pollution from the site. The residents, in the suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis in the north east of Paris, also argue that the data centre was built in 2012 without sufficient consultation to the local population, Tech Week Europe reported.

A collective called Urbaxion’93, started by disgruntled local residents, is leading the debate and aims to take on data centre provider Interxion.

“We demand the cancellation of the authorisation to operate the data centre on Rateau Street in La Courneuve, due to an irregularity of the public inquiry and shortcomings in the impact study,” said environmental lawyer Roxiane Sageloli.

The data centre is Interxion’s PAR7 4facility, which was opened in November 2012. Interxion has yet to respond to TechWeekEurope’s request for comment. n

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INTERXION LOSES LA COURNEUVE DATA CENTRE OPERATING LICENSEThe European data centre company, Interxion has been ordered to shut its data centre located in La Courneuve, Paris by a French court in response to an ongoing dispute with local residents over ongoing noise, Le Monde reported.

The facility is located adjunct to residential habitats and now the Administrative Court of Montreuil

has cancelled the prefectural order authorizing the operation of Interxion data centre located in La Courneuve, according to the website Mediapart. According to the source the company declined to comment on the decision.

Local residents had complained of noise generated by the system that cools the hundreds of computer

servers located in the facility. Residents also expressed concerns about the fuel storage on site.

Interxion opened her Par7 4,500 sq m data centre in June 2012. n



DATAVITA TO LAUNCH IN £200 MILLION SCOTTISH DATA CENTREThis week sees the launch of DataVita, a new business which will operate from Fortis, Scotland’s largest and most energy efficient purpose built data centre. Fortis will open at Newhouse, Lanarkshire in May 2016, reported Datacentres.com.

DataVita will offer a range of innovative, agile data centre and cloud services. These will be aimed at private and public sector customers who are looking to store their data securely while reducing the financial and environmental costs.

The £200 million facility is situated just off the M8 between Glasgow and Edinburgh. It is Scotland’s first commercial colocation data centre to utilise the latest technology which harnesses Scotland’s cool climate to deliver the highest levels of power efficiency and is powered by 100% renewable energy sources. The 100,000 sq ft, 2000-rack facility is expected to create around 50 high-value skilled jobs over the next five years.

The DataVita fit out programme is under way and the site is available for customer tours from now. DataVita expects to be signing up customers from as early as November 2015.

Gareth Lush, Commercial Director at DataVita said: “Scotland is most definitely ready for a next-generation data centre, and DataVita will put Scotland on the global data centre map. We have a thriving IT industry but we are lacking the data centres to support this fully, resulting in valuable investment and jobs going outside of Scotland. DataVita will offer Scotland’s first “cloud enabled” data centre that will allow customers to easily mix traditional data centre services with the cloud and help our customers meet security and regulatory requirements. Planning permission has been granted for other new data centres in Scotland in the past, but it is important to highlight that Fortis is already a reality – the building is complete, our fit out works are in the final stage, and the latest technology is already in place.

“The Power Usage Effectiveness at Fortis is 1.18, meaning that the average public sector organisation could save around £200,000 annually on energy costs alone by moving away from trying to run inefficient in-house computer rooms to hosting their IT equipment with DataVita – and that’s before you look at other potential savings from space and staff time being freed up.” n

LDC SELLS EASYNET STAKE TO INTEROUTEFollowing the news late last month that Interoute, the European network and a global cloud services provider has entered into an agreement to acquire European managed services provider Easynet, the London team of mid-market private equity firm LDC has confirmed it has exited its minority investment in Easynet following the completion of its acquisition by Interoute, reported a Company press release.

No financial terms were disclosed by LDC but reports suggest an enterprise value of some £403 million was placed upon Easynet.

LDC backed the original buyout of Easynet from BskyB in 2010, working alongside management to build the UK’s leading independent provider of managed networking, hosting and cloud integration services.

It reinvested as part of Equistone Partners Europe’s simultaneous acquisition of Easynet and MDNX Group in 2013, a deal which created the largest independent network and hosting integrator in Europe. n

NETSUITE OPENS IRISH AND DUTCH DATA CENTRES

US software company NetSuite has announced the opening of two major data centre deployments in Europe, one in Amsterdam, Netherlands and the other in Dublin, Ireland. The two data centres will support NetSuite's growth in Europe and meet the needs of the increasing number of European companies that are adopting NetSuite's cloud business management platform to more efficiently manage and transform their businesses. Both data centres are expected to be operational this calendar year, a Company press release reported.

NetSuite's EU data centres will enable companies to store their NetSuite business data physically in the European Union. This is especially significant given that the EU Court of Justice has just declared the EU-US Safe Harbour framework invalid.

NetSuite's new data centres in both Netherlands and Ireland provide high levels of security, extensive connectivity, performance, support services and fully redundant infrastructure. Additionally both data centres are powered by 100% renewable energy.

NetSuite has a strong footprint and presence in Europe, and has an ongoing focus on strategic investments in the region and commitment to businesses across Europe. NetSuite demonstrated the importance of Europe to its growth strategy with the acquisition of UK cloud-based ecommerce pioneer Venda last year. Additionally, NetSuite's OneWorld and SuiteCommerce solutions are ideally suited to power organizations needing to successfully navigate the highly complex multi-currency, multi-language and multi-tax requirements of the European market. By contrast, companies stuck using ageing, disparate and poorly integrated legacy on-premise solutions lack the flexibility a cloud solution like NetSuite offers and instead are struggling to adapt to the ever-changing needs of the European and international business arenas.

In addition to the energy efficiencies NetSuite's multi-tenant technology model delivers, NetSuite is working with leading partners whose data centre operations are powered 100% by renewable energy in Europe.

"Europe represents one of NetSuite's largest growth opportunities," said Zach Nelson, NetSuite CEO. "Our data centres in Amsterdam and Ireland are proof of our continued strong commitment to our European customers. Today's news is a key part of our ongoing plan to bring more resources, focus, and investment to our European customers in the form of additional capacity, security and compliance with local data regulations. NetSuite has always had high standards for compliance and security and the European data centres will adhere to those standards." n



HYDRO66 OPENS WORLD‘S FIRST 100% HYDRO-POWERED DATA CENTREThe UK based Hydro66 Svenska has announced the unveiling of its new 1,000 sq m 3.2MW specialist data centre facility in Boden, Sweden, which dramatically reduces the cost model for secure enterprise colocation hosting with true ultra-green credentials designed in reported Datacentres.com.

The new data centre is situated next to the Luleå Älv River and harnesses renewable power from it.

Indeed the 4,200 MW of green hydropower that the river generates is twice that generated by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River in the US.

The facility is fed directly by the 78 MW Boden hydropower station, located less than 500m away.

Andy Long, CEO of Hydro66 says, “Conducting research into current and future requirements

we heard that CTO’s have four key concerns: cost, carbon footprint, security and connectivity. We decided to design a new kind of data centre engineered to meet these requirements in a future-proof and scalable way. n

NORTHERN IRELAND DOES BT DATA CENTRE DEALNorthern Ireland’s Finance Minister Arlene Foster has announced plans for two new data centres which will deliver annual savings of around £0.5million for the public sector, reported Datacentres.com.

The data centres will house much of the IT services, not only for the Northern Ireland Civil Service but also the wider public sector.

The Department of Finance and Personnel has awarded the contract for the provision of two secure, high availability data centres to BT. The contract is valued at circa £15million over 10 years. BT will manage the operation of the facilities, including continuity plans. The public sector will continue to manage the IT systems within the facilities.

The Minister said: “The new data centres will offer a much more efficient IT system for the public sector. Replacing a wide range of smaller, less efficient facilities, the centres will produce significant savings on running costs in the region of £0.5 million each year”.

“The new data facilities will also offer high levels of security and operational stability, providing a strong and secure foundation for the IT systems used by Northern Ireland citizens engaging with the public sector.”

Anchor tenants for the new data centres will include Enterprise Shared Services, Translink and the Business Services Organisation.

The Centres will be available for live operation by autumn 2016. n

KEYSOURCE DELIVERS NEW MODULAR DATA CENTRE FOR JAGUAR LAND ROVERKeysource, the data centre and design build specialist, has announced that it has completed the prestigious data centre for Jaguar Land Rover’s new Engine Manufacturing Centre in Wolverhampton, reported a Company press release.

Due to the use of best in class modular design and Keysource’s expertise, the 1,100 sq ft data centre, which was commissioned in January 2015, has been successfully completed on time and within budget.

Andy Hayes, Director, Keysource explained, ‘Using a modular design means that the bulk of production and preparation can be done off site which reduces costs and saves time. Typically a project of this nature would take at least 12 months to complete but using modular designs reduced this by two thirds. Along with our cooling efficiency design measures, we see this modular approach as a template for future data centres.’t

As planned the core data centre module houses 30 racks with a capacity of 320Kw. It provides critical power through an N+1 UPS system and 2N standby diesel generators. The power module designed and built off-site also offers scalability to support future expansion.

Cooling efficiency has been a key specification for this project and variable speed controlled fans have been positioned so that hot and cold air are separated via the wall rather than under the floor and this has resulted in the desired achievement of PUEL2YC of better than 1.2* n



IRISH DATA CENTRE GROWTH COULD BE BOOM FOR WIND ENERGYNew research by the Irish Wind Energy Association (IWEA) - undertaken by Callaghan Engineering - has warned that Ireland will have to accelerate electricity generation as over €2billion worth of data centres come on stream here over the next five years, the Irish Independent reported.

Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Google and Amazon either already have data centres in the country or are planning to build them. In addition, other firms including Eir, Vodafone, IBM, Ebay, BY and Yahoo already have data centres or are also planning them here, while there are a number of data centre operators also involved in the sector in Ireland.

The IWEA estimate that the new centres could increase Ireland’s energy demand by 18%, and make an EU target for the country to generate 40% of all power from renewable sources by 2020 a more challenging goal. Wind energy is expected to account for 36% percentage points of that 40% target. About 18% of Ireland’s electricity demand was met by wind power last year.

The IWEA claims the surge in data centre construction could lead to a boom for wind energy companies, with multinationals seeking to power their facilities using green energy. The association has predicted that €1.36bn could need to be

invested in Irish renewable energy infrastructure to meet the associated electricity demand.

The report by Callaghan Engineering, which has worked on a number of data centre projects in Ireland. It reckons that data centre power usage in the country currently equates to about 7% of peak winter electricity demand, and 8.6% of demand during summer. n

MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY USING EXPONENTIAL-E CLOUD Middlesex University has selected British cloud and network provider Exponential-e, to enhance research opportunities and learning experiences for students and staff, while driving greater business efficiency. Exponential-e will use its UK based data centres to provide on demand cloud technology, which enables a fast and flexible environment that supports the University’s wide-ranging activities, a Company press release reported.

“Middlesex University is a global institution and innovator that continuously seeks to utilise technology to enhance learning, teaching and working across its campuses. The use of cloud technology and the managed services Exponential-e provides will enable the University to significantly enrich the student and staff experience,” explained Lee Wade, CEO of Exponential-e.

Using the flexibility provided by the cloud, Middlesex University will be able to easily turn on additional services, such as server provisioning, central processing units (CPU) and network bandwidth to ensure that reliable, modern hardware is underpinning systems and activities at all time. The flexible service provides Middlesex University with the agility to scale services to cater for short periods of time when additional capacity is required, for example, in response to new multi-partner academic research projects. It also means that test and development environments can be scaled back when they are not required to achieve further cost savings.

David Lozdan, Head of Public Sector for Exponential-e, confirmed that: “Moving to the cloud will ensure that Middlesex University can continue enriching the learning and working experience of more than 45,500 students globally and 1,700 staff by easily extending the use of new applications as they become available. Exponential-e will deliver the supporting platforms and services that will enable Middlesex University to concentrate on achieving its vision; to strengthen student achievement, bolster student satisfaction, support leadership and enhance staff performance.”

To deliver a highly secure and resilient platform, the cloud technology is seamlessly integrated into Exponential-e’s wholly owned 100Gig Ethernet network , ensuring that hosted services reside on the clean side of the firewall. Using the network, the University will also gain greater visibility into the activity that is taking place across its infrastructure to better manage its capacity, quickly respond to changing demands and provide robust security incident and event management.

“Today’s Higher Education institutions are operating in an increasingly uncertain and competitive market so the need for high quality, agile services is paramount. Middlesex University has already demonstrated its global aspirations through the development of international campus locations, including Dubai and Mauritius,” concluded Wade. “Our managed service offering will ensure that Middlesex University can spend more time dedicated to achieving its vision of becoming the leading university of choice, recognised internationally for excellence in all its activities.” n


AMERICASKENNEDY SPACE CENTER’S NEW DATA CENTRE IS OPENThe Kennedy Space Center in Florida has opened its new data centre, reported Space Coast Daily.

Located in Kennedy’s Industrial Area, the facility was officially opened late last week. The new facility marks another major milestone for Kennedy and is a key component in the spaceport’s capability to support multiple users, Kennedy Space Center Associate Director Kelvin Manning told the Space Coast Daily.

At only 16,000 sq ft, the data centre will replace approximately 45,000 sq ft previously dedicated to five “legacy” data centres and IT support areas. Once the facility is fully operational, it will be three times more efficient than the legacy data centres, positioning the spaceport to take on even more work, according to Vanessa Stromer, director of IT and Communications Services at Kennedy.

“The data centre will support multiple activities – and we have a lot going on,” Manning said, citing the efforts of the Ground Systems Development and Operations Program, the Commercial Crew Program, the Launch Services Program, and Kennedy’s research and technology projects. n


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YAHOO EXPANDS QUINCY DATA CENTRE Search engine giant, Yahoo! Has announced that the company is expanding their data centre in Quincy, Washington. Yahoo will add on approximately 300,000 sq ft to their Quincy data centre, effectively doubling the size of the facility, reported Datacentres.com.

Yahoo’s expanded Quincy data centre will house thousands of new servers to continue to provide users with the fastest, most reliable products and service possible. Yahoo will also create additional jobs at their Quincy data centre as a result of this expansion.

Yahoo’s Quincy data centre, a key component of the company’s data centre architecture, first opened in 2007 and serves hundreds of millions of users around the world.

“Yahoo’s decision to expand their data centre in Quincy will create additional good paying technology jobs in Eastern Washington, not just Seattle,” said Jim Hemberry, Mayor of the City of Quincy. “Our community fought for the tools to win the jobs created by new data centres. Yahoo’s decision proves the fight was worthwhile.”

“Yahoo’s announced expansion is exactly what our Senate majority had in mind when we led the drive to renew tax incentives for data centres. It is timely proof of how good tax policies can help our state compete for good jobs,” said Senate Majority Leader Mark Schoesler. “Washington’s economic recovery has been more evident in the greater Seattle area, so I’m especially pleased that central Washington will reap the benefits of this major new investment. This is a reminder that when government is mindful of the needs of employers, our state can be a great place to do business.”

Yahoo expects to open its expanded Quincy data centre in summer 2016. n

FACEBOOK ANNOUNCES PLANS TO EXPAND FOREST CITY DATA CENTRE Social media giant, Facebook is set to invest further in its data centre infrastructure with the announcement of its intention to build third such facility in Forest City, North Carolina.

In a company blog post Keven McCammon, Site Manager, Forest City Data Center wrote “In November 2010, Facebook broke ground on its data centre in Forest City. Our decision to locate here was based in large part on the commitment and the vision of the community and leadership here in Rutherford County. Over the last five years, our relationship with our community partners has only grown stronger, and we’ve worked together to create opportunity and invest in education. We’ve also built one of the most energy efficient data centres in the world, including two data centre buildings and one cold storage facility.

Today, we’re happy to announce that we’ll be constructing our third data centre building in Forest City, which will represent an additional capital investment in excess of US$200 million.”

McCammon went on to state “The construction will add to a project that has supported thousands of jobs in the regional economy and generated millions of dollars in economic impact, as highlighted in the economic impact study. n

EQUINIX TO OPEN NEW DALLAS DATA CENTREGlobal data centre company Equinix, has announced that it will open a new International Business Exchange data centre in Dallas later this year. The new IBX, called DA7, will support growing demand for interconnection in the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area, one of Equinix's most network-dense locations, reported Datacentres.com.

Equinix will invest approximately US$20 million in the DA7 facility, which includes an initial phase of 300 cabinets with 800 additional cabinets expected by Q2 2016. At full build the site will have approximately 40,000 sq ft of total colocation space and Equinix's total Dallas footprint will exceed 214,000 sq ft of colocation space across six data centres.

A Fortune 100 global manufacturing company has committed to 200 cabinets or almost 1 MW of the initial phase of DA7 to support connectivity to Microsoft Azure via the Equinix Cloud Exchange. This deployment enables the customer to meet its changing IT needs by driving innovation in the cloud. n

TELEHOUSE EXPANDS ITS NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL INTERNET EXCHANGE

Telehouse, a global provider of data centres, has announced the expansion of its New York International Internet Exchange (NYIIX) to five new locations, through its global reseller partner, IX Reach. Now NYIIX customers can access the exchange through IX Reach’s geographically diverse points-of-presence, in addition to its metropolitan area network in New York, reported a Company press release.

IX Reach joined NYIIX in February 2015 as its first premier global reseller. Furthering the partnership, customers can now connect into NYIIX and take advantage of a fractional port offering not only in New York, but also Ashburn, Virginia; Chicago, Illinois; Boston, Massachusetts; Dallas, Texas; and Toronto, Ontario.

“Historically, United States-owned Internet exchanges have not offered a variety of fractional ports, until Telehouse opened NYIIX in 1996,” says Ruth Plater, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for IX Reach. “We are excited to provide our customers access to this level of flexibility across all of our markets”

“Now that NYIIX can be accessed from interconnection hotbeds other than New York, a significantly greater number of networks can gain value from neutral peering and cultivate ecosystems more effectively,” says Akio Sugeno, Vice President of Internet Engineering, Operations and Business Development at Telehouse. “We look forward to leveraging the IX Reach platform to greatly expand our radius of coverage.” n

APPLE BUYS MORE LAND IN CROOK COUNTYIT giant Apple has bought more land in Pineville, Oregon, to which could see the company expand its operations in the state, reported The Bulletin.

The company has bought a 200 acre site – adjacent to its existing huge data centre location, just south of state Highway 126 in Crook County.

Crook County Judge Michael McCabe told the Bend Bulletin that the company paid some US$3.6 million for the site.

In April, the company filed an application to expand its data centre operations. The application, which McCabe said is still pending, called for two pods, the large structures that house server farms that Apple uses for its cloud computing services.

Apple bought 159 acres and started its Prineville campus in 2012. n



ASCENTY RAISES R$350 MILLION

The Brazilian-based data centre services company, Ascenty has obtained R $350 million in an issue of debentures operation, which was completed in September. The funds will be used to aid expansion of the company’s infrastructure, reported Datacentres.com.

“Despite the current scenario of economic downturn, we are looking to the future and to market needs in the coming years,” said Chris Bent, founder and CEO of Ascenty. “And this market will demand more and more infrastructure for storing a volume of information is growing every day,” emphasizes the executive.

Ascenty has three data centres in the cities of Campinas, Jundiai (state of São Paulo) and Maracanaú, the metropolitan area of Fortaleza. It will inaugurate another in November in Hortolandia, also in São Paulo state.

In addition, the company has started the construction of its first data centre in São Paulo - the fifth in the country - which represent an investment of about R $ 200 million. It also plans to expand the capacity of the unit in the Northeast, which opened in June this year.

In addition, Ascenty has more than 3500 kilometres of its own fibre-optic networks in the states of São Paulo and Ceará. n

DIGITAL REALTY COMPLETES TELX ACQUISITIONDigital Realty Trust, a global provider of data centre solutions, has announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Telx, a premier provider of data centre colocation, interconnection and cloud enablement solutions, from private equity firms ABRY Partners and Berkshire Partners in a transaction valued at US$1.886 billion, reported a Company press release.

The acquisition approximately doubles Digital Realty’s footprint in the rapidly-growing colocation business, in addition to providing a leading interconnection platform. It builds on Digital Realty’s technical real estate expertise and expansive global reach, while satisfying customer demands for new products and services.

“The combination of Digital Realty’s and Telx’s portfolios of data centres and capabilities gives customers the platform they need to grow and compete in a data-driven world. Our focus on openness, agility, and exceptional service will provide a foundation for new business growth for our customers, and give them the ability to scale on a global basis,” said A. William Stein, Digital Realty’s Chief Executive Officer. “This transformative acquisition is a significant step forward for our strategy of delivering an unparalleled range of data centre solutions, real estate acumen, and financial strength to create unrivalled choice and value, when and where our customers need it.”

Telx will now operate as Digital Realty’s colocation and connectivity line of business. n

EQUINIX TO BREAK GROUND AT FUTURE ASHBURN DATA CENTRE CAMPUSGlobal data centre company Equinix, has announced that it will be holding a ceremony to commemorate the ground breaking at its future development site in Ashburn, Virginia. Located in close proximity to its existing data centre campus, the new North Ashburn campus site will eventually make way for five facilities that are expected to total over one million sq ft of new space at completion, making this one of the largest builds in Loudoun County’s booming “data centre alley”, reported Datacentres.com

Equinix data centres in the Washington, D.C. metro area serve 750+ customers and represent the largest Internet exchange point in North America and one of the largest in the world. With 10 data centres located in this market today, Equinix has invested over US$1 billion in the local economy over the last 17 years. These facilities house rich ecosystems that allow network and content providers, cloud and IT services providers, and enterprise and federal government customers to quickly and efficiently exchange critical business data with their customers and partners through interconnection. n

PROPOSED COLORADO SPRINGS DATA CENTRES GET TAX CREDITSThe state of Colorado’s Economic Development Commission has given approval to tax credits designed to aid jobs growth for two new data centres that could open in Colorado Springs.

The Colorado Springs Gazette reported that the Commission approved up to $428,400 in job growth tax credits for the company, which is being kept anonymous as negotiations proceed, also received incentives from the city of Colorado Springs and El Paso County.

Nicknamed Project DC West, the company is headquartered in Europe and employs 50,000 people worldwide, including 350 in Colorado. The new project would bring 10 new jobs to Colorado Springs, and another 10 new jobs to an existing data centre in Boulder County.

The centres are expected to cost US$84 million to construct and equip. n



CENTURYLINK ANNOUNCES SDN ROLLOUT TO DATA CENTRESCenturyLink has announced that it has taken a leadership position in building a service-centric environment for customers through the integration of its network and cloud, combined with virtualization functions. The company is currently building an end-to-end network platform with software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization capabilities to deliver a self-service application marketplace and on-demand services, creating an enhanced customer experience currently offered by few providers, reported Datacentres.com.

CenturyLink is aggressively working to transform its existing core network into an SDN and NFV-based environment and will virtualize 40% of its global IP core network locations by end of 2015 with plans to have full global virtualization coverage in its IP core network and data centres by 2018. The company has already built its NFV platform in 36 network and data centre locations in seven countries, with plans to expand into a total of 44 locations by the end of the year. CenturyLink also was one of the first providers to use NFV technology to virtualize security features such as firewalls and a content delivery network) to distribute video through its Prism TV service, providing quicker delivery of these services. In the coming months, CenturyLink will begin deploying a range of virtualized data and voice infrastructure services, including virtualized MPLS routers and Customer Premises Equipment to enable dynamic delivery of scalable services for customers.

"CenturyLink is taking its network assets and combining them with our expanded NFV platform and cloud services to create a customizable and dynamic applications marketplace infrastructure that will give businesses near real-time provisioning and more control over their service experience," said Aamir Hussain, CenturyLink executive vice president and chief technology officer. "The customer experience is a top priority for CenturyLink. Integrating virtualized services into our network and developing an interactive marketplace and portal for our customers allows us to be more responsive to market opportunities and meet changing customer demands. We are pleased that our efforts position CenturyLink as an industry leader in virtualization."

CenturyLink is actively replacing hardware with software over its recently launched Programmable Services Backbone to quickly deliver new services to enterprises and small and medium businesses through virtualized functions. CenturyLink and Ciena announced in March 2015 that the PSB will be mobilized by Ciena's Blue Planet NFV Orchestrator. The PSB platform will bring SDN and NFV functions to CenturyLink's core and metro networks, and new next-generation CPE, bringing the company's networking, cloud, hosting and IT services into an integrated offering that will be accessed through a portal and set of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).

CenturyLink began implementing network virtualization and automation in 2013 when it partnered with five vendors to develop an open environment through common API structures, creating interoperability and enhancing the creation of applications. In February 2014, CenturyLink announced its agreement with Ericsson to deliver a next-generation Operations Support Systems (OSS) and Business Support Systems (BSS) solution through a single, reliable transport infrastructure which can rapidly fulfill customer demands and create the support needed for implementing NFV and SDN services. n

COLOGIX TO ACQUIRE NET ACCESSCologix, a US data centre company, has announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Net Access, a colocation provider and a portfolio company of private equity firm Seaport Capital - with over 200,000 sq ft gross across three enterprise-grade facilities in Northern New Jersey. No financial details of the acquisition have been disclosed, reported Datacentres.com.

This will be Cologix's tenth acquisition, adding a new market and significant scale to its rapidly growing network neutral North American data centre platform.

The acquisition will enable Cologix to address the vibrant New Jersey market and provide a compelling alternative to colocation options in New York City. "Acquiring Net Access will expand Cologix's service offerings to address new demand and will allow us to introduce our unique footprint elsewhere to 700+ new customers," says Grant van Rooyen, president and chief executive officer, Cologix. "We have been very impressed with the team and operations Net Access has built and look forward to harnessing the strength of the combined company."

The pending addition of facilities in Northern New Jersey to the Cologix platform follows Cologix's approach of focusing on unique, growing markets that offer alternatives to legacy data centre hubs like New York or Chicago.

When this transaction closes, Cologix will support over 1,600 customers across its North American data centre platform, which will include 700,000 sq ft across 24 data centres in 9 markets. Post close, Cologix will operate network neutral data centres in Columbus, Dallas, Jacksonville, Lakeland, Minneapolis, Montreal, Northern New Jersey, Toronto and Vancouver. n

CYRUSONE EXPANDS NORTHERN VIRGINIA DATA CENTRECyrusOne, the Global colocation solutions provider has announced that it has completed the latest expansion of its location in Sterling, Virginia with the recent addition of nearly 30,000 colocation sq ft and an extra 6 megawatts of power capacity, a Company press release reported.

“We continue to see solid demand in this market. As our customers’ data infrastructure systems continue to grow, we’re able to provide just-in-time inventory to meet their needs,” said Laramie Dorris, Director, data centre design and construction, CyrusOne. “Additionally, with access to our National IX [Internet Exchange], customers have a superior level of interconnection across states and between CyrusOne sites.”

With this recent expansion, CyrusOne’s Sterling location now has a total of 75,000 cubic sq ft and a power capacity to handle 12 megawatts of critical load. At full build, the 14-acre data centre campus is expected to accommodate multiple buildings, adding up to approximately 400,000 sq ft of data centre space, 36,000 sq ft of Class A office space, and up to 48 megawatts of critical load.

Globally, CyrusOne operates 31 carrier-neutral facilities across the United States, Europe, and Asia to provide customers with the flexibility and scale to match their specific IT growth needs. CyrusOne facilities are engineered to include the power-density infrastructure required to deliver excellent availability, including an architecture with the highest-available power redundancy (2N). Renowned for exceptional service, enduring customer relationships, and high customer satisfaction levels, CyrusOne serves nine of the Fortune 20 and more than 160 of the Fortune 1000 among its more than 900 customers. n



RACKSPACE CLOUD SERVICES NOW AVAILABLE THROUGH EQUINIX DATA CENTRESGlobal data centre company Equinix, together with managed cloud provider, Rackspace, have announced a collaboration to offer private access to Rackspace cloud services from Equinix International Business Exchange data centres across North America. For customers who require the flexibility and elasticity of the cloud, with the enhanced security and performance characteristics of traditional hosting, Equinix will offer direct access to Rackspace dedicated data centres via direct cross connects, as well as through Equinix Cloud Exchange, the interconnection solution that provides direct access to leading cloud providers from a single port, a Company press release reported.

By offering direct connection to Rackspace services via Equinix Cloud Exchange, Equinix and Rackspace are empowering their customers to realize the full benefits of hybrid and multi-cloud solutions by providing access to leading cloud service providers in a secure and high-performing environment. In addition, existing Equinix customers will now be able to add Rackspace managed services to their hybrid or multi-cloud deployments. Initially, access will only be available to Microsoft Azure via Rackspace, with the possibility of adding additional cloud service providers.

Rackspace services will initially be available through the Equinix Cloud Exchange platform in Chicago,

Dallas, and Washington, DC, with future expansion planned for EMEA and Asia Pacific.

John Engates, Chief Technology Officer, Rackspace said: “Equinix’s vast global data centre footprint and the direct network access they provide to leading cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure is a very powerful combination. With this new collaboration, Rackspace continues to simplify interconnection to multiple clouds in a way that enables our customers to reap the full benefits of the hybrid cloud – cost savings, scalability and increased performance – in a managed and secure way.” n

VANTAGE DATA CENTERS BRINGS 12 MW TO SANTA CLARA MARKET Vantage Data Centers, a provider of data centre solutions has announced the availability of 12 megawatts of contiguous space within its V2 building in Santa Clara, six megawatts of which is fully commissioned with high-end, fit-out in place. The premium V2 facility is a high-density, ultra-modern space that incorporates the latest in data centre design, reported a Company press release.

This slab-on-grade design boasts ultra-low PUEs, designed to run as low as 1.2 on an average annual basis and leveraging outside air economization an average of 300 days per year. The 12 megawatts of capacity are in addition to a new three megawatt build announced in September 2015 that is also available for immediate occupancy.

Vantage is the only provider in Silicon Valley to offer a complete range of space options and mixed-use solutions, from slab-on-grade to raised floor, from 150 to greater than 400 watts per foot density, and with varying levels of redundancy to serve even the most advanced and complex workload requirements. The company offers the largest contiguous spaces currently available in Silicon Valley, allowing for localized expansion and consolidated environments.

“Today’s announcement underscores Vantage’s commitment to continually scale its capacity and meet growing customer demand, with a variety of offerings to meet a broad range of requirements,” said Sureel Choksi, President and CEO, Vantage. “This new availability within V2 represents a strategic opportunity for major Silicon Valley companies that want to take advantage of highly efficient data centre design, while remaining close to home.” n

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ASIA/PACMICROSOFT SET TO LAUNCH THREE DATA CENTRES IN INDIA US IT giant Microsoft have confirmed previous reports that it will open three data centres in India - two in the west and one in the south, reported the Times of India.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told Prime Minister Narendra Modi at their recent meeting in Silicon Valley that the company will soon announce data centres in India that would focus on offering cloud services.

Bhaskar Pramanik, chairman of Microsoft India, told the Times of India “India is one of the first countries outside the US where we have made such big investments in data centres. It will be one of the largest footprints in terms of data centre capacity in India. It will have the highest levels of security and privacy. In terms of scale, scope and capability, we are going to change the way computing will happen here,” he said some 125 companies have already signed up for trials on these data centres since July when Microsoft opened up the centres for private previews. The public launch is expected over the next few days.

There is a rush to build data centres in India. Amazon told TOI in June that they would establish multiple data centres in the country in 2016 with an investment of many millions of dollars.

For Microsoft, the move is particularly significant because they have traditionally depended on selling proprietary software such as the Windows operating system and the Office suite. With data centres, it will also get to play in the hardware and services segments. “We can now address more than 80% of the $52 billion Indian IT industry (hardware, software and services). With only software, we were playing in a $4 billion market (Microsoft has a 30% share of that),” Pramanik said. n




SINGTEL BUILDING S$400 MILLION DATA CENTRE

Singapore Telecommunications is making its biggest data centre investment in Singapore to date with a new S$400 million, Tier 3-Plus data centre in Jurong to meet growing demand for colocation and cloud services in Singapore, reported Datacentres.com.

With an approximate gross floor area of 570,000 sq ft the network-ready data centre features secure, high-grade private and co-location data hosting capabilities. To be completed in the third quarter of 2016, it can host an array of new technologies from cloud solutions, smart applications to different platforms for analytics.

This new facility brings Singtel’s network of data centres in Asia Pacific to 13 – nine in Singapore and two each in Hong Kong and Australia. Bill Chang, Chief Executive Officer, Group Enterprise, adds again, “This enlarged footprint enables businesses to use Singtel’s regional hosting capabilities to grow and connect their operations within Singapore and the region, seamlessly.”

The facility is equipped with a total power capacity of up to 36 megawatts, which is one of the highest power densities in the region. This high power density enables customers to deploy and scale virtualisation and blade servers more efficiently, according to future needs. n

NSW GOVERNMENT SIGNS MICROSOFT FOR CLOUD SERVICESThe NSW Government has announced an agreement that will see Microsoft’s cloud, mobility and collaborative solutions made available to NSW Government departments, reported ZDNet.

The agreement with Microsoft, which is one of the largest of its kind in Australia, is a great example of the way in which NSW Government Departments can transform the way they operate using technology to deliver better results for their communities.

The agreement means NSW departments will be able to access a range of cloud and mobility services, including Microsoft Office 365, which are hosted in Microsoft’s local data centres.

NSW departments will be able to integrate Cloud solutions with their existing Microsoft platforms which will provide great potential over time for them to collaborate, share information and encourage greater community feedback and engagement.

The technology will provide the potential for greater flexibility and mobility in their work as they will be able to connect to the same services using different devices.

Being able to store preferences, share knowledge more easily and automate more functions will also have a big impact on productivity.

More than 130,000 employees in five NSW departments will be the first to have the opportunity to take advantage of the new services – Departments of Health, Finance, Services and Innovation, Family and Community Services, Planning and Environment, and Justice. n

UPTIME INSTITUTE AWARDS METRONODE FOR DATA CENTRE DESIGNThe Australian data centre company Metronode has received Tier III operational sustainability gold certification from the Uptime Institute for its Silverwater and Illawarra data centres, meaning these facilities meet international best practice certifications for data centre design and management, Computerworld reported.

Metronode won a A$182 million contract in May 2012 with the New South Wales government to build two Tier III facilities in Silverwater and Unanderra.

The data centres are being used by the NSW government as part of its Data Centre Reform Strategy which will see agencies move from 130 existing decentralised government data centres into the two Metronode facilities by the end of this year. n

NTT COM COMPLETES PT. CYBER CSF ACQUISITIONNTT Com, the ICT solutions and international communications business within NTT, has announced that it has wholly acquired PT. Cyber CSF (Cyber CSF), the largest data centre service provider in Jakarta, Indonesia, and has renamed the company “PT. NTT Indonesia Nexcenter” on Tuesday, October 6, 2015. The transaction was initially annocued at the end of July, a Company press release reported.

The acquisition has enabled NTT Com to acquire 7,700 sq m of server rooms in a Tier III compliant data centre located in the heart of Jakarta. NTT Indonesia Nexcenter leverages its own data centre and NTT Com’s global network, security services and cloud services to serve major local and multinational customers operating in Indonesia.

NTT Com’s data centres service Nexcenter offers globally standardized service with “Quality”, “Flexibility”, and “Cost-efficiency” in over 140 locations worldwide. Going forward, NTT Com will further enhance its global seamless ICT solutions as it continues to increase its data centre business across the globe. n

BANGLADESHI GOVERNMENT’S DATA CENTRE PROJECT APPROVEDThe Bangladeshi government’s Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) yesterday approved a major project to ensure maximum use of ICT in government activities.

The project, titled Establishment of Four-Tier National Data Centre, is also supposed to speed up information flow with safe and secure data when complete. Once built, the data centre is expected to improve the hosting capacity of the government’s shared data centre, as well as turn all government work paperless, the Dhaka Tribune reported.

Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC), under the ICT Division, will implement the project which will be built on seven acres of land at Kaliakair Hi-Tech Park in Gazipur, to be completed by June 2018. n



EQUINIX RECEIVES GREEN INNOVATION LEADERSHIP AWARD Global data centre company, Equinix, has announced that it has been awarded the 2015 Asia Pacific Data Center Green Innovation Leadership Award by Frost & Sullivan. Equinix was specifically recognized for its continued focus on designing and managing industry leading green data centres across the Asia Pacific region, reported Virtual Strategy.

Equinix was awarded the Green Innovation Leadership Award based on its ability to demonstrate outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as leadership, technology innovation, customer service and strategic product development.

An example of this includes the retrofitting of its SG1 International Business Exchange data centre with a granular temperature control system that has improved the facilities power usage effectiveness (PUE) and achieved savings of more than 8 million kilowatt hours of energy between 2012-2014.

Equinix’s data centres in Sydney (SY3), Hong Kong (HK2 phase 2, HK3 phase 2) and Tokyo (TY4) have earned Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certifications for high building standards by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The three data centres were awarded for excellent performance in terms of energy

savings, water efficiency, CO2 emission reductions, stewardship of resources and sensitivity to its impact on the environment. Additional data centres in Hong Kong (HK1 phase 9) and Singapore (SG3) are pending gold certification. All of Equinix’s data centres in Singapore have received SS 564 certifications, a Singaporean green building standard similar to LEED.

To reinforce Equinix’s focus on green initiatives and energy conservation, it has set aggressive targets of 1.45 or lower for the company’s design average power usage effectiveness (PUE). n

AUSTRALIAN ORGANISATIONS INCREASINGLY ADOPTING HYBRID ITA new report from CenturyLink reveals that hybrid IT is the architecture of choice for Australian organisations. The Australian Hybrid IT Adoption Index found that 66% of respondents are already using managed services, while more than one-fifth of those remaining plan to used managed services in the next 12 months, reported the Jakarta Post.

A hybrid IT blend of in-house and third-party IT services – such as colocation, managed hosting, managed services, network solutions and/or cloud – can provide powerful and highly responsive infrastructure capabilities, according to Stuart Mills, CenturyLink’s regional director for Australia and New Zealand.

“Successful hybrid IT planning needs to begin with a clear understanding of the organisation’s existing IT capabilities, business objectives and workloads,” Mills said. “The key is to identify which areas are not performing optimally and decide whether the organisation needs to supplement those in-house capabilities with external expertise.”

According to the CenturyLink report, the most popular types of applications being run on outsourced infrastructure are online applications such as websites and e-commerce (48%), applications used for back-office services such as finance and enterprise resource planning (43%) and disaster recovery/business continuity planning solutions (31%).

Security is the main concern for 78% of organisations when looking for data centre colocation and outsourcing due to the increasing number, variety and sophistication of cyber-attacks. A perceived lack of security is also cited as the main barrier to moving infrastructure into a hybrid IT model for 29% of companies.

Survey respondents who are considering a hybrid IT approach are looking for providers that can deliver a full spectrum of security products and services that fit their business and technology needs perfectly. This includes outsourced experts that can act as an internal security team, and the ability to deliver comprehensive protection inside the company’s offices, the data centre (on-premise, outsourced, or third-party) or in the cloud. n

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COMPANY RESULTS WORLD: INTEL REPORTS THIRD-QUARTER REVENUE OF US$14.5 BILLIONIntel has reported third-quarter revenue of US$14.5 billion, operating income of US$4.2 billion, net income of US$3.1 billion and EPS of 64 cents. The company generated approximately US$5.7 billion in cash from operations, paid dividends of US$1.1 billion, and used US$1.0 billion to repurchase 36 million shares of stock, reported a Company press release reported.

‘We executed well in the third quarter and delivered solid results in a challenging economic environment,“ said Brian Krzanich, Intel CEO. “The quarter demonstrates Intel innovation in action. Customers are excited about our new 6th Gen Intel Core processor, and we introduced our breakthrough 3D XPoint technology, the industry‘s first new memory category in more than two decades.“

Q3 Key Business Unit Trends:

Client Computing Group revenue of US$8.5 billion, up 13% sequentially and down 7% year-over-year

Data Center Group revenue of US$4.1 billion, up 8% sequentially and up 12% year-over-years

Internet of Things Group revenue of US$581 million, up 4% sequentially and up 10% year-over-year

Software and services operating segments revenue of US$556 million, up 4% sequentially and flat year-over-year

OCT 14TH

WORLD: IBM THIRD-QUARTER RESULTS SEE FALLING REVENUEIBM has announced third-quarter 2015 diluted earnings from continuing operations of US$3.02 per share, down 13% year-to-year. Operating (non-GAAP) diluted earnings from continuing operations were US$3.34 per share, compared with operating diluted earnings of US$3.68 per share in the third quarter of 2014, a decrease of 9%, reported a Company press release.

“In the third quarter we again made progress in the transformation of our business to higher value, with strong growth in our strategic imperatives and expanded operating margins,” said Ginni Rometty, IBM chairman, president and chief executive officer. “We are continuing to make significant investments to build platforms around analytics, cloud, mobility and security that lay the foundation for a new era of cognitive business -- where we see long-term value for our clients and shareholders.“

Third-quarter net income from continuing operations was US$3.0 billion compared with US$3.5 billion in the third quarter of 2014, a

decrease of 14%. Operating (non-GAAP) net income was US$3.3 billion compared with US$3.7 billion in the third quarter of 2014, a decrease of 11%, impacted by currency.

Total revenues from continuing operations for the third quarter of 2015 of US$19.3 billion were down 14% (down 1%, adjusting for currency and the divested System x business) from the third quarter of 2014.

OCT 20TH

WORLD: AWS SEES 78% REVENUE GROWTHOnline retail giant Amazon has released its latest quarterly results and has revealed that its cloud-computing unit, Amazon Web Services saw third-quarter revenue grew 78% year-over-year, a slight deceleration from 82% growth in the second quarter. Growth was significantly slower in previous quarters because of a price cut in early 2014, the Seattle Times reported.

The division generated more than US$500 million in operating income during the quarter, and US$1.4 billion over the past four quarters. It represented more than 50% of Amazon’s consolidated-segment operating income, despite only generating 8% of the company’s sales.

OCT 23RD

AMERICAS: ALERT LOGIC REPORTS Q3 2015 RESULTSAlert Logic a provider of Security-as-a-Service solutions for the cloud, has announced GAAP revenues for the quarter ended September 30, 2015 of more than US$20.8 million, up more than 39% from the third quarter of 2014. Alert Logic‘s annualized revenue under contract in the month of September 2015 exceeded $91 million, up from just over US$70 million at the beginning of the calendar year. Alert Logic currently has more than 3,500 customers using its cloud Security-as-a-Service solutions to protect their networks and data, across cloud, hosting and on-premises environments, reported a Company press release.

“With the strong growth of cloud computing, cybercriminals are increasingly targeting cloud deployments, attempting to break into a growing number of applications with ever-more mission critical data being deployed there,“ said Gray Hall, Alert Logic‘s CEO. „Businesses are meeting this challenge by choosing cybersecurity vendors that provide both the technologies and the fully managed services to help keep their customers‘ data safe.“

Alert Logic‘s notable highlights for Q3 2015 include:

Product Updates: Alert Logic announced the availability of Alert Logic Cloud Insight, a cloud-native vulnerability and configuration management solution designed for customers running on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Recognition: Alert Logic Cloud Defender was recognized with a 2015 Cloud Computing Excellence Award by TMC.net and Cloud Computing Magazine and included on the Inc. 5000 list and Houston Business Journal‘s Fast 100 list of fastest-growing Houston-area companies.

Executive Hires: Prabuddha Biswas joined Alert Logic as Chief Technology Officer. Prabuddha brings almost 30 years of engineering and research experience to Alert Logic having held senior executive engineering positions at Medio Systems, Smartdesktop, Amazon and Oracle Corporation. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Engineering at Airbiquity.

OCT 15TH

AMERICAS: DATALINK REPORTS 2015 3Q RESULTSThe Minnesota based provider of data centre infrastructure and services Datalink has reported results for its third quarter and nine months that ended September 30, 2015. Financial results for both reporting periods include the results of operations from the acquisition of Bear Data Solutions, which closed on October 19, 2014, reported a Company press release.

Revenues for the quarter ended September 30, 2015 increased 37% to US$198.0 million compared to US$145.0 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2014, and increased 8% over revenues of US$182.6 million in the second quarter of 2015. Revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, increased 25% to US$556.0 million compared to US$443.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014.

OCT 22ND

AMERICAS: CORESITE REPORTS THIRD-QUARTER RESULTSUS data centre provider, CoreSite Realty has announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2015, reported Virtual Strategy.

Quarterly Highlights included Reported third-quarter funds from operations of US$0.74 per diluted share and unit, representing 34.5% growth year over year: Reported third-quarter total operating revenues of US$86.6 million, representing a 22.7% increase year over year; total data centre revenues of US $84.6 million increased 23.5% year


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ASIA PAC: SIFY REPORTS SECOND QUARTER RESULTSSify Technologies, a Indian Managed Enterprise, Network, IT and Applications services provider has announced its consolidated results under International Financial Reporting Standards for the second quarter of fiscal year 2015-16, reported the Wall Street Transcript.

Highlights included: Revenue for the quarter was INR 3715 million, an increase of about 18% over the same quarter last year; EBITDA for the quarter was INR 663 million, an increase of 43% over the same quarter last year; Net Profit for the quarter was INR 133 million, an increase of 48% over the same quarter last year; CAPEX during the quarter was INR 669 million.

Mr. Raju Vegesna, Chairman, said, ‚Our sustained efforts at building a comprehensive ICT ecosystem is reflected in the results this quarter. Within India, our broad portfolio and cost competitiveness places us in a strong position to win multi-year contracts for managed services among Enterprises looking for a technology refresh.

OCT 21ST

ASIA PAC: KEPPEL T&T REPORTS Q3 PROFIT FALLThe Singapore based data centre and logistics provider Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation Group has reported a 17.1% fall in net profit to S$15.31 million from S$18.47 million one year-ago, for the 2015 fiscal third quarter which ended on September 30, reported The Business Times.

This follows a 5.1% drop in revenue to S$50.91 million for the quarter from S$53.65 million one year ago.

For the nine month period, also ending on September 30, net profit was down 2.5% to S$46.97 million from S$48.18 million a year ago. Revenue for the period was down 3.7% to S$147.97 million from S$153.64 million.

OCT 21ST

over year; Executed 64,087 net rentable sq ft of new and expansion data centre leases representing US $8.8 million of annualized GAAP rent at a rate of $138 per sq ft: Commenced 66,330 net rentable sq ft of new and expansion leases representing US$9.3 million of annualized GAAP rent at a rate of US$139 per sq ft and Realized rent growth on signed renewals of 4.2% on a cash basis and 9.7% on a GAAP basis and recorded rental churn of 1.4%

Tom Ray, CoreSite’s Chief Executive Officer, commented, “We are pleased that our sales momentum carried into the second half of the year and that our Q3 financial results reflect our work to increase efficiencies and scale our business.” Mr. Ray continued, “Further, we continued to execute upon our strategic priorities, including increasing transaction count; enhancing the network and cloud density of our portfolio; and diversifying our customer base with a record number of new logos in the quarter. As we look forward, we believe the growth potential of our business remains highly attractive and we believe in our ability to continue to execute upon our growth plans and deliver superior returns on capital.”

The company provided more detail on its development activity during the period:

Santa Clara –During the third quarter, CoreSite commenced construction of Phase 1 of SV7, comprised of a 230,000 sq ft powered shell plus 80,000 sq ft of turn-key data centre capacity within the shell. CoreSite expects to invest US$110 million to complete Phase 1 and expects to substantially complete construction in the second quarter of 2016. Additionally, as of September 30, 2015, CoreSite had incurred US$10.9 million of the estimated US$30.0 million required to complete the previously-announced 136,580 sq ft SV6 build-to-suit development. CoreSite expects to substantially complete SV6 and commence the associated lease in the first half of 2016.

Northern Virginia – As of September 30, 2015, CoreSite had 96,274 NRSF of data centre space under construction in Phase 3 and Phase 4 at VA2 and had incurred US$11.0 million of the estimated IS$32.5 million required to complete these projects. CoreSite expects to complete construction on Phase 3 in the fourth quarter of 2015 and Phase 4 in the first quarter of 2016.

Additional markets – During the third quarter, CoreSite placed into service 12,500 NRSF at LA2 in Los Angeles, of which 64.8% is currently leased. CoreSite also placed into service 11,704 NRSF at CH1 in Chicago, of which 53.9% is leased. As of September 30, 2015, CoreSite had 14,031 NRSF of turn-key data centre capacity under construction at BO1 in Boston.

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EVENTS EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA

3rd November 2015 DataCenter 360, DubaiIDC is proud to pioneer a one of a kind roadshow that will for the first time encompass a holistic 360 degree view of the data centre. The roadshow will showcase the key aspects of data centre technologies covering overall adoption trends and dynamics, economics and cost optimization, management, capacity planning, business continuity and key implementation strategies.

The conference will accommodate a niche audience that consists of key industry players and decision makers that have an strong impact on the IT related strategic decisions within an organization. The panel discussions would be based on technologies adopted and implemented in the region and will be centred around uncovering best practices. This will enable every participant of this roadshow to gain tremendously from knowledge sharing and networking and to also remain in the loop with regards to technological buzz.

Through to further info:

http://idc-cema.com/eng/events/60208-datacenter-360-roadshow-2015

5th November 2015 – IDC Cloud Customer Experience 2015Through to further info (in French):

http://www.idc.fr/events/eventshome.jsp

5th November 2015 DataCenter 360, Abu DhabiIDC is proud to pioneer a one of a kind roadshow that will for the first time encompass a holistic 360 degree view of the data centre. The roadshow will showcase the key aspects of data centre technologies covering overall adoption trends and dynamics, economics and cost optimization, management, capacity planning, business continuity and key implementation strategies.




11th November 2015 DataCenter 360, KuwaitIDC is proud to pioneer a one of a kind roadshow that will for the first time encompass a holistic 360 degree view of the data centre. The roadshow will showcase the key aspects of data centre technologies covering overall adoption trends and dynamics, economics and cost optimization, management, capacity planning, business continuity and key implementation strategies.




18th-19th November 2015 – StackingIT, LondonStackingIT is a new event concept that pulls together data centre professionals responsible for the fabric, the rack infrastructure and the critical environment, and empowers them to create more intelligent and free-flowing IT infrastructure that takes the industry closer to the promise of Software Defined Data Centres.

Inspired by the work of OpenStack, Open Compute, The Linux Foundation and other major industry organisations who have identified the opportunity to increase the pace of innovation in a proprietary world, we have developed a dedicated conference track and technology exhibition that runs alongside DCD Converged the world’s leading peer-led data centre event. DCD has the ability to unify the enterprise data centre community, those people comsuming data centre services with the people building them, in order to help accelerate the understanding and adoption of this exciting new technology shift.


http://www.dcdconverged.com/conferences/europe-2015

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18th-19th November 2015 – Datacenter Dynamics Converged, LondonSDN, Hyper Converged, Open Architecture, NFV, Web Scale, Disaggregation…. it’s getting confusing isn’t it? The data centre stack keeps on getting more complicated, that’s why the smartest crowd in town converges on London’s ExCeL every November.

As the Internet of Things, Smart Cities, Big Data and Clouds drive the industry, DCD Europe is about NOT forgetting the engine. Join 3,000+ other professionals whose day job is to keep the digital world up and running.

With 100+ hours of expert presentations, interactive workshops and innovation labs… Not to mention an expo with over 100 of the latest technologies on show... In less than 48 hours you will network, learn and share your way to a more decisive 2016.


http://www.dcdconverged.com/conferences/europe

30th November – 1st December 2015 – Gartner Data Center, Infrastructure & Operations Management SummitT, LondonThe premier destination for I&O leaders around the world focusing on today’s most important I&O topics, trends and technologies.

Our attendee–driven agenda provides you in–depth coverage of mobile, cloud, storage and other IT forces that are making new demands on the data centre — as well as expert advice that will help you position I&O as a key contributor to business strategy and competitive advantage.


http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/emea/data-center/

2nd December 2015 DataCenter 360, RiyadhIDC is proud to pioneer a one of a kind roadshow that will for the first time encompass a holistic 360 degree view of the data centre. The roadshow will showcase the key aspects of data centre technologies covering overall adoption trends and dynamics, economics and cost optimization, management, capacity planning, business continuity and key implementation strategies.




8th December 2015 – Datacenter Dynamics Converged, TurkeyOur event in Istanbul will celebrate its 6th year in 2015. Its ever-growing reach is reflected in the name change to DatacenterDynamics (DCD) Converged Turkey, drawing in participants from around the region.

The 4-track conference programme brings together practitioners and experts from the facility level right through to the virtual machine and cloud infrastructure. Over the course of the event, industry leaders explore, examine, and dissect the strategic implications of IT, as well as the impact strategy has on IT.


http://www.dcdconverged.com/

9th December 2015 – DataCenter 360, DohaIDC is proud to pioneer a one of a kind roadshow that will for the first time encompass a holistic 360 degree view of the data centre. The roadshow will showcase the key aspects of data centre technologies covering overall adoption trends and dynamics, economics and cost optimization, management, capacity planning, business continuity and key implementation strategies.




21st January 2016 – Finance and Investment Forum for Data Center, Hosting and Cloud, LondonData centre, hosting and cloud continue to evolve globally. Cloud data centres are now indispensable infrastructure for computing, storage and management of big data that facilitates the delivery of a range of services offered by the cloud. As such, investment appetite remains keen across the sector, constantly assessing new financial and business models and financing options now extending to debt, mezzanine, bonds and IPOs.


http://www.financeinvestmentforum.com/

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2nd-3rd March 2016 – Gartner Enterprise Information & Master Data Management Summit, LondonDesigned to address all maturity levels, the Gartner Enterprise Information & Master Data Management Summit delivers the insights, frameworks and best practices across IM topics to help you take control of your data and dramatically improve business value.


http://www.gartner.com/events/emea/enterprise-information-master-data-management#!section_agenda

14th-15th March 2016 – Datacenter Dynamics Converged, CeBIT HanoverCeBIT in collaboration with DatacenterDynamics is back for the 2nd annual DCD at CeBIT –delivering the world’s largest full-stack data centre event onto CeBIT’s international stage in 2016. The whole data centre eco-system – everything, North and South of the rack – will be represented in Hall 12, helping IT professionals make the right infrastructure decisions.

Data centres are the mission critical infrastructure that underpins the digital economy in the era of connected living, and whilst these platforms are getting easier to provision and manage, the infrastructure layer is getting more complex. Driving performance and efficiency with mission-critical ICT infrastructure is a major challenge. It requires multi-skilled professionals, who need to understand ‘the data centre’ from an organisation’s many viewpoints and who are adept at cross-discipline collaboration in order to drive effective results.


http://www.dcdconverged.com/conferences/cebit-2016

7th April 2016 – Datacenter Dynamics Converged, MadridThrough to further info (in Spanish):

http://www.dcdconverged.com/conferences/espana-2016

12th-13th April 2016 – Data centre World, LondonData Centre World, the world’s largest and most influential gathering of data centre expertise for data centre professionals and the data centre industry.

Data Centre World where else in the world will you hear from over two hundred speakers, including industry leaders, analysts and top technologists, sharing their extensive wisdom? We’ve lined up experts such as: Tesco, Deutsche Bank, Ford Motor Company, Norman Disney & Young, Imperial College London to name a few.


http://www.datacentreworld.com/

21st-22nd June 2016 – Interop, LondonAn event for IT and technology professionals looking to connect with leading vendors, source new products and hear thought leadership around operational efficiency, project management, new and emerging tech and managing team.


http://www.interop.co.uk/

June 2016 – Datacloud Europe 2016 MonacoThrough to further info:

http://www.datacloudcongress.com/

TBC 2016 – Invest in Data Centre Africa Investment Forum, ParisIn this timely event exploring the next phase of data centre development across the continent, Invest in Data Centre Africa uniquely brings together the leadership of operating companies across the continent together with investors, hedge funds, private equity firms, banks, financiers, regional growth funds, government investment agencies, legal counsel and solutions companies and consultancies engaged in the sector


http://www.fif-africa.com/

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10th-11th November 2015 – Datacenter Dynamics Converged, Brazil Enterprisie, Sao PauloThrough to further info; (In Portuguese):

http://www.dcdconverged.com/conferences/brazil-enterprise

19th November 2015 – Datacenter Dynamics Converged, ChileThrough to further info (in Spanish):

http://www.dcdconverged.com/conferences/chile

7th-10th December 2015 – Gartner Data Center, Infrastructure & Operations Management SummitT, Las VegasThe premier destination for I&O leaders around the world focusing on todays most important I&O topics, trends and technologies.

Our attendee–driven agenda provides you in–depth coverage of mobile, cloud, storage and other IT forces that are making new demands on the data centre — as well as expert advice that will help you position I&O as a key contributor to business strategy and competitive advantage.


http://www.gartner.com/events/na/data-center/

4th-5th April 2016 – Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Data Center Management Summit, Sao PauloThrough to further info (in Portuguese):

http://www.gartner.com/events/pt/la/data-center#!section_agenda

19th-29th April 2016 – Datacenter Dynamics Converged, New YorkThrough to further info:

http://www.dcdconverged.com/conferences/new-york-2016

13th-16th June 2016 – Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, National Harbor, MarylandGartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2016 provides you with best practices and strategies so you can maintain cost-effective security and risk programs in order to support digital business and drive enterprise success.


http://www.gartner.com/events/na/security#!section_agenda

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12th November 2015 – Finance & Investment Forum, Hong KongData centre, hosting and cloud continue to evolve globally. Cloud data centres are now indispensable infrastructure for computing, storage and management of big data that facilitates the delivery of a range of services offered by the cloud. As such, investment appetite remains keen across the sector, constantly assessing new financial and business models and financing options now extending to debt, mezzanine, bonds and IPOs.


http://www.fif-asia.com/

28th January 2016 – Datacenter Dynamics Converged, Focus on Thailand, BangkokWith strong government support and growing inward investment Thailand is beginning a digital infrastructure journey that will see it support a growing community of cloud users and data centre operators. Already counting foreign investors like NTT and SuperNAP International, the market is set for high Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) to 2020 for assets (12.32%) and investment (12.11%) - DCD Intelligence 2015 report.

Furnished with expert panels, keynote presentations, and an expo showcasing the latest technologies, you will network, learn and share your way to a more decisive 2016.


http://www.dcdconverged.com/conferences/focus-on-thailand

7th April 2016 – Datacenter Dynamics Converged, JakartaWith an estimated population of more than 250m and its people adopting social media fast, it is no surprise that the data centre industry is set for high CAGR to 2020 for assets (9.54%) and investment (15.96%). Despite this, the market is holding back; facing resource limitations of energy reliability, natural risks, build quality, lack of deregulation of telco and electricity markets, and skills shortage. - DCD Intelligence.

Join 450 top data centre and IT professionals to network and learn from expert panels, keynote presentations, and an expo showcasing the latest technologies. Be at the forefront of the industry to prepare Indonesia’s data centre infrastructure for the soaring demand.


http://www.dcdconverged.com/conferences/indonesia2016

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