GDS plans $1 billion data centre in Thailand
08 November 2024
GDS International has received approval to build a hyperscale data centre in Thailand, will invest up to US$1 billion over the next five years in the project, and has signed a partnership deal with real estate developer Amata for the site in Chonburi.
GDS CEO Jamie Khoo said that the site is ideal for data centre development due to the presence of available zones, proximity to subsea cable landing stations, and secure location outside floodplains.
Find out more Bharti Airtel’s optical transport network completed
31 October 2024
Ribbon Communications has successfully completed a long-haul DWDM project to upgrade Bharti Airtel’s optical transport network.
Airtel has deployed Ribbon’s Apollo 9600 suite of programmable and open optical transport platforms, which support C+L bands, across its 30,000km network.
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Sparkle and Mobily sign MoU for Southeast Asia-Europe route
17 October 2024
Sparkle and Mobily have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create a new route to connect Europe to Southeast Asia and thus meet the growing demand for secured and diversified connectivity between the two continents.
Under the MoU, the parties agreed to leverage on Sparkle’s and Mobily’s terrestrial networks and the AAE1 cable in Jeddah to create a diversified and low latency route that will connect Italy to Saudi Arabia reaching Singapore.
Find out more OMS Group allocates $300 million for ASEAN cables
07 October 2024
OMS Group has allocated US$300 million for strategic investments in its global cable systems and terrestrial infrastructure in the ASEAN region.
The investment will focus on expanding its subsea cable systems and terrestrial infrastructure to meet growing regional demand for digital services driven by the growth of data centres and cloud services in the region.
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