Construction Magazine November 2018 | Page 94

Aman Khan
GLOBAL SWITCH
94 standard or higher . The total size of the company ’ s data centres – all 100 % carrier and cloud neutral – comes in at 340,000 sq m with a massive 357MVA ( mega volt amps ) of total connected utility power capacity .
The company ’ s focus is on highly resilient , central , low latency , network dense locations in prime city centre areas and internet hubs close to its customers on the edge of financial and business districts . Due to customer demand from financial institutions , enterprises , global systems integrators , cloud providers , telecoms , managed service providers and other hosting businesses as well as government organisations Global Switch is part way through a significant global expansion plan with developments and upgrades currently underway in London , Hong Kong and Singapore . Germany ’ s financial capital Frankfurt is home to Global Switch ’ s next major development in Europe . Built by Mercury Engineering , the € 115mn Frankfurt North data centre – due to be operational in 2019 – will provide an additional 11,000 sq m of space with 14MVA power supply capacity to the company ’ s operations there and will be adjacent to Global Switch ’ s existing data centre , Frankfurt South . Customers will have access to a wide range of cloud and network
EXECUTIVE PROFILE

Aman Khan

Aman Khan is a passionate , forward-thinking and results- driven executive with several years ’ experience in strategical and operational leadership functions at multinational technology services enterprises . Khan has proven experience in business development , sales management and go-to-market strategies of technology companies that focus on mid-to-large enterprises including public , service provider as well as startup segments .