EXA INFRASTRUCTURE
A partner ecosystem , driving data centre interconnectivity As can be seen from the recent flurry of AI chatbot launches , advancing interconnectivity between data centres is a rapidly growing need , which is proving critical to fostering the successful growth of the industry at large .
“ This year in particular , one of the top trends that we ’ re seeing is enterprises looking into more distributed types of workloads ” Dobrev explains .
“ Essentially , it ’ s no longer the case that all enterprise applications are only positioned in the cloud . So , to be able to serve increasing distributed workloads , core colocation sites and edge sites , connectivity providers need a reliable and low latency network infrastructure . That ’ s why EXA and its services are playing a key role ”.
“ We are a B2B-focused business , so we work very closely with all the major telecom operators and carriers as well as small , medium and large tech companies needing to connect to them . We leverage existing partner networks where we can ’ t
“ This year in particular , one of the top trends that we ’ re seeing is enterprises looking into more distributed types of workloads ”
PRAVDOMIR DOBREV , SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER , EXA INFRASTRUCTURE
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build directly , or in geographies that we don ’ t see it as commercially viable , and our partners do the same with us . This means we help each other but also challenge each other and push each other to do better .”
The role of data centre interconnectivity in the next evolution of key industry markets As discussed , the growth of data centre interconnect services is linked to the increasing demand for higher bandwidth associated with technologies ’ advances , such as the Internet of Things ( IoT ), machine learning etc . This has triggered the need for linking data centres in a reliable and cost-effective way .
If we take Europe as an example , the European data centre market set to grow by 6.7 % from 2018- 2028 , and a projected 2.86 % CAGR predicted for the FLAP market from 2021-2027 . And this trend shows no sign of slowing down .
Being able to respond quickly to this demand is what EXA strives to achieve by investing where its existing or future customers need PoPs .
“ In the traditional markets , particularly FLAP , there is still a large amount of growth ( these cities dominate in terms of population and GDP ) but this is also , obviously , where there is the greatest amount of legacy investment to capitalise , and hence competition ”. Lesov states .
“ This is a growing trend , and we expect to see more capacity coming online throughout 2023 . However , it ’ s important to note that other European markets are also growing considerably , with plenty of edge nodes to improve end-user experience as well as new interconnection points coming online – between continents . This will be a game
106 April 2023