Turkey to receive a new data center with DAMAC, Vodafone and JV funding.
- Turkey is to host a data center funded by DAMAC, Vodafone and JV with an estimated investment of USD100 million and a power capacity of 6 Megawatts.
- The data center powered by green energy sources will have an uptime of 99.9%
- The data center is designed to be a bridge connecting the Middle East with Europe.
EDGNEX, a company owned by DAMAC in Dubai, is working with Vodafone to build a data center in Izmir, Turkey.
The company announced in a press statement that:
- They plan to allocate USD100 million to the data center with a capacity of 6 megawatts (5 megawatts is enough to support 2,000 servers).
- The project is estimated to be completed by the year 2025.
Quotes about the data center in Turkey:
Aqil Ali, Vice President of EDGNEX, DAMAC said that The Eastern Mediterranean region has a high demand for data centers, making Izmir, one of the largest and oldest cities in Turkey, an ideal location to meet this need,”
Engin Aksoy, CEO of Vodafone Turkey, said the partnership aims to develop data center facilities in Turkey and international markets.
He added that the company plans to grow exponentially with investments in data centers, cloud solutions, cyber security, mobile private networks, and IoT over the next five years.
He also stated “We believe that Turkey should take part in this rising economy. It remains crucial to invest in reliable and high-capacity data centers for cloud computing,”
The statement said the data center will employ the most recent tech and adhere to Tier 3 requirements, promising a 99.982 percent uptime, total redundant Ness, and fault tolerance.
The planned data center will act as a bridge connecting the Middle Eastern region to Europe through cross-ocean and terrestrial cables.
EDGNEX is a company established by the Dubai-based DAMAC Group, it is a multi-tenant data center provider supporting hyperscale wholesale and retail colocation across the Middle East and Europe.
