Construction Magazine April 2020 | Page 23

23 we need to push compute closer to consumers . That ’ s going to require more local and regional data centres to handle all the data and best connect it to the network .” As for DC BLOX itself , the focus has been on edge markets and the goal is to increase the pace . “ We know that gets harder and harder as you get bigger ,” Uphues says , “ but we ’ re a company that is doubling revenue every single year and doubling the size of our footprint of where we go . It ’ s a great time to be in the data centre business . It ’ s a great time to be doing this across underserved markets . We can become a strong partner for the community , both in our ability to serve locally and connect globally as DC BLOX continues to expand across the Southeast United States .”
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