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Jens Peter Mueller , Country GM of premier data centres across Asia- Pacific and Europe . Mueller , having worked with Deutsche Telekom , was brought into Keppel DC to oversee the company ’ s expansion into the German market , which was solidified by the acquisition of its first data centre in Frankfurt Kalbach earlier last year , Keppel DC Frankfurt 1 ( KDC FRA 1 ).
Mueller believes that where Keppel
DC is different from other data centre providers in Germany is in its approach to grow fast ; the company acquires existing data centre sites rather than opting to build from scratch or take over competitors . “ That is something different because if you own the sites , that ’ s not the end of the story because you need to have much more than just
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