US-based Equinix partners with Omantel for a new data center in Oman

US-based Equinix partners with Omantel for a new data center in Oman

US-based Equinix, the world’s digital infrastructure company, will collaborate with Omantel, a leading wholesale carrier in the Middle East to build a new data center in the city of Salalah, Oman.

The new fracture is expected to be entirely commercially and operationally managed by Equinix as a carrier-neutral and open access Equinix International Business Exchange™ (IBX) data center.

The new site, named SN1, demonstrates Equinix’s commitment to Oman and the Middle East. SN 1 will be the second carrier-neutral data center to be built in Oman after MC1 in Muscat, Equinix’s fifth in the region, along with Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Once operational, SN1 will become a major interconnection point for traffic between Asia, Europe, and Africa.

Kamel Al-Tawil

MD – MENA

Equinix “We are seizing on this fantastic opportunity to invest in Salalah by building a world-class data center that will undoubtedly change the landscape of global traffic flows between three major continents. With access to several new and existing submarine cables, this major new interconnectivity point continues Equinix’s strategy of developing network-dense and interconnectivity-rich ecosystems.”

The new SN1 site in Salalah will change the landscape of global traffic flows by reducing the length and route of the most strategic and important cables in the