Interconnection

With plans to bolster its presence in one of the world's fastest growing data centre markets, Datalec has appointed a new, Dublin-based operations manager.

Enterprise colo provider DataBank is boosting its presence in Data Center Alley with a new facility it said will double its colocation footprint in the area.

Colt has announced that it will offer connectivity to Oracle Cloud for businesses in Singapore.

Interconnection enhancements are in the works for data centre customers in Tokyo, Osaka, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Sydney following a new partnership between Digital Realty and Ciena.

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in Africa have increased by 300% this year when compared to 2019 and, according to the firm behind the numbers, the trend "shows no sign of slowing down".

Vodafone has announced a partnership agreement with Telekom Srbija, covering Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia & Herzegovina, all parts of the former Yugoslavia that are now independent countries.

DigitalBridge's sustainable Hyperscale platform, Scala Data Centers, has appointed a new chief technology officer (CTO).

Freshwave, a UK network service provider, has appointed Tom Bennett as its new chief technology officer (CTO).

To keep up with exploding demand for bandwidth, broadband operators are spending significant amounts of money on their networks. Of course, they want to see a healthy return on that investment, but with traffic growing many times faster than revenues, that can be a challenge. How do you close the gap? Where do you invest to increase revenues or reduce cost

Savills has launched its EMEA data centre advisory team, headed by former Digital Realty exec Scott Newcombe.

Hyperscale specialist AirTrunk is planning to build a new Sydney facility it describes as " the largest single campus in the Asia-Pacific region", excluding China.

Veon’s Bangladesh subsidiary is to use the country’s national wholesale network provided by BTCL.