EUROPE
2014
The year that Data Valley Group was founded
on which Data Valley Group could build . Over time , the two secured an investor who pledged to fund the first five locations for the company ’ s data centres . The first step then was to secure a location .
“ The first location I wanted in Eindhoven . It ’ s one of the most high-tech regions in the world ,” he says . But finding the location was not without its problems .
It took Gorissen and Kuijs almost two years to find it and the reason as to why it took so long is a simple one , connectivity .
“ The advantage of data centres in London , Amsterdam , Frankfurt is that they are all well connected . Outside of cities ? Not so much . We found three areas of connectivity good enough for a
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