Data Centre Industry Update – 25th November

Globally, we are seeing a surge in data centre activity. This surge is largely brought about by remote working as a result of COVID-19. This is a turning point for work-management structures and the data centre industry as a whole.

This seismic growth in online activity has created jobs in tech, engineering, construction and more as a result. Our last update included key trend predictions for 2021, Lenovo’s revenue increases and more.

Here are this edition’s updates:

Data Centre Industry Update – 25th November 2020

American tech giant Oracle has launched a regional cloud data centre in Dubai in order to reflect the importance of the UAE as a local, regional and global technology hub.
Rostelecom has launched a data centre in northern Moscow, comprising 1,500 sq m and a hosting capacity of 600 racks. The Tier 3 NORD-5 will be operated by Rostelecom and DataLine.
Vantage has bought Hypertec’s hyperscale campus in Montreal, which will give Vantage five times its current capacity in the market. The campus currently has two facilities with 25MW capacity total.
Catalyst Cloud has launched a managed database service, the first of its kind in New Zealand. It allows IT, administrators, to focus on their applications, saving them time on day-to-day administration.
Bharti Airtel’s subsidiary Nxtra Data Limited will set up two new data centre campuses in Mumbai and Pune, adding to a portfolio of 10 large and 120 edge data cfacilities providing a range of cloud services.