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Colt Data Centre Services secures 10 sites across Europe and APAC
The new sites see the capacity of Colt DCS ’ portfolio increase dramatically by over 500MVA of secured power to support the development of hyperscale data centres .
With these latest land purchases , Colt DCS is on track to be able to develop around 100MW of IT power in its key global markets to support its customers ’ growing capacity requirements .
The announcement follows the news that Colt DCS has refined its current portfolio to allow more focus on its hyperscale and large enterprise strategy with the sale of 12 colocation sites across Europe to AltasEdge Data Centres .
“ This announcement marks yet another major milestone in the acceleration of its hyperscale strategy and positions Colt DCS as a major hyperscale and large enterprise data centre provider in the market ,” said Niclas Sanfridsson , CEO , Colt DCS .
Colt Data Centre Services ( DCS ), a leading provider of global hyperscale and large enterprise data centre solutions , has announced that it has secured 10 new parcels of land across Europe and APAC for the development of greenfield hyperscale data centres . These include sites in London , Frankfurt , Paris and Japan .
“ Colt DCS has truly put a stake in the ground with the acquisition of these 10 new sites , signalling to the market the continued success of our approach . This is an extremely exciting time for the business as our vision of becoming one of the most trusted and customer-centric hyperscale data centre operators in the industry is realised .”
Vodafone Deutschland expands GigaTV service with Velocix
Velocix , video streaming and ad-tech supplier , has announced it has supported the expansion of Vodafone Deutschland ’ s GigaTV service as part of a multi-year agreement for its open audio-video ( AV ) pipeline software , including its carrier-grade CDN , origin server and video personalisation platform . cloud-native , carrier-grade video technologies . Vodafone is a true innovator in the global entertainment space and we are thrilled to support the company ’ s exciting vision for the future .”
Vodafone Deutschland provides pay TV services to more than 13 million subscribers and operates Germany ’ s largest cable TV network . The telecommunications giant is using Velocix ’ s latest software to extend its cloud-based TV platform , GigaTV , across multiple acquired video networks in Germany to unify its services under a single brand .
Wolfgang Zeller , Head of Video Centre of Excellence at Vodafone Group , said : “ Velocix has been a trusted technology partner for us on critical projects like the rollout of GigaTV in Germany .
“ The company ’ s open AV pipeline technology delivers one of the best viewing experiences for our customers while supporting our evolution towards cloud-based content delivery architectures .”
Anthony Berkeley , CEO at Velocix , added : “ We are delighted to expand our work with Vodafone and showcase the capabilities of our
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