Wesco International has announced that it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Rahi Systems Holdings, a leading provider of global hyper-scale data centre solutions, for $217 million. The purchase price represents approximately 7.5x Rahi’s projected trailing twelve months of adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA). Rahi Systems serves the full lifecycle […]
Khazna Data Centers, wholesale data centre providers in the Middle East and North Africa, and BEEAH Digital, BEEAH Group’s digital transformation and future technology business, have formed a joint venture that will bring to Sharjah its first Tier 3 data centre. Data centres are fast becoming the foundation blocks of smart cities that safeguard business […]
Nutanix has reiterated its commitment to helping financial services organizations in the Middle East discover the power of hybrid multicloud architecture to enable them to strike a balance between cost, complexity, speed, and scale of operations and generate more revenue. “A key development in the ‘business of finance’ is that IT isn’t a support function […]
Pure Data Centres, the global data centre developer and operator, has formed a new partnership with STEM Returners to help engineers, construction and IT specialists get back into work after a career break. The company will offer a STEM Returners programme at its site in Brent Cross, London but many of the roles can be […]
Google has announced intentions to build a data center in South Africa that will host data from all around the continent and assist Google Cloud users. According to the research by the law firm DLA Piper in South Africa, the number of data centers in Africa has grown rapidly in recent years, with SA having […]
Subsea Cloud, the company proposing to put commercial data centers in deep ocean waters, has moved closer to a physical launch. The company plans to install a pod near Port Angeles, Washington State. The “Jules Verne” pod will start with of a 6m (20ft) shipping container around nine meters underwater, holding 800 servers, eventually scaling […]
Ericsson is once again setting the pace for sustainable networks with the introduction of a new triple-band, tri-sector radio that can do the job of nine radios. Radio 6646 cuts energy consumption by 40 percent compared to triple-band single-sector radios, and with reduced weight – including use of aluminum – by 60 percent, minimizing site […]
ST Telemedia Global Data centres (ST Telemedia) has reached an agreement for Macquarie Asset Management, via Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 7, to acquire a significant minority stake in leading data centre provider VIRTUS Data Centres (VIRTUS). VIRTUS provides colocation and cloud connectivity services to blue-chip clients, including global technology companies and enterprise clients. Its portfolio […]
Accenture has completed its acquisition of Sentia’s businesses in the Netherlands, Belgium and Bulgaria. Headquartered in the Netherlands, the Sentia group provides cloud advisory and delivery services spanning hybrid and multi cloud strategy, cloud transformation and migration. The acquisition, previously announced on August 2, adds more than 300 cloud specialists to Accenture Cloud First, bolstering […]
Record-breaking heat waves are making headlines and straining economies around the globe, with no signs of cooling down in the immediate future. Beyond the impact on human lives, extreme heat is taking a major toll on data center operations and infrastructure, from outages and disruptions at data centers in the United Kingdom, to reduced production […]
