Construction Magazine April 2018 | Page 98

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“ It ’ s also important to me as the north of Europe is cold and electricity is cheap . Those are two of the key design criteria for these mega scale data centres . Companies want low cost of electricity and as much natural cooling as possible . The third thing they need is connectivity . “ We really are aiming to connect the data centre and the cloud centres on either side of the Atlantic .” “ Ireland has the unique position because of its tax rate and its hightech workforce . It has enormous data centres for Apple , Amazon , Microsoft , Google and Facebook already established . Connecting the three big places where data centres will develop over the next five years was a very good strategic move for us ,” adds Bayliff . “ We can also enter Sweden and Finland and pull through traffic that comes up from Russia and China , which travels into Frankfurt . All of those northern European locations are where the traffic flows will come onto our cable and , obviously , help us monetise it .”

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Working with international companies , as well as smaller enterprises , has enabled Aqua Comms to build a strong , global network and close-knit relationships with its partners . Working with INOC in particular has seen the company eradicate any issues within its network operation centres ( NOCs ), where the company has put up walls up between Aqua Comms ’ data and knowledge
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