AFS relocates its UAE data center operations to Equinix Dubai International Business Exchange

AFS relocates its UAE data center operations to Equinix Dubai International Business Exchange

Arab Financial Services (AFS), the leading digital payment solutions provider and fintech enabler in the Middle East and Africa, has relocated its UAE data center operations to Equinix Dubai International Business Exchange (IBX) facilities in Dubai, known as DX1. AFS currently has data centers in Bahrain and UAE.

Through connecting to one of the prime commercial hubs for international business in the MENA region, AFS opens a vast range of international opportunities for its customers, enabling them to benefit from connections to major international payments companies and cloud providers such as AWS and Microsoft, which cements AFS’s reputation for delivering the best opportunities and highest quality payments experience for its customers.

Equinix, the world’s digital infrastructure company, currently operates more than 240 data centers globally, each one housing rich and vibrant ecosystems that allow network and content providers, cloud and IT service providers, and enterprise customers to exchange critical business data quickly and efficiently. The new Equinix data center connection gives AFS’s regional payments processing business a secure and powerful global data center platform for which to scale its operations with next-generation digital infrastructure.

Ghassan Mardini, AFS Chief Operating Officer, commented: “Equinix is the right partner for AFS. As a Company that recognizes