Damac and Vodafone to build $100m data centre in Turkey

Damac and Vodafone to build $100m data centre in Turkey

Edgnex, a data centre subsidiary of Dubai real estate developer Damac, has established a joint venture with Vodafone Turkey to build its first data centre in the Turkish city of Izmir, at an estimated cost of $100 million. The six megawatts capacity data centre is expected to be completed next year, as cloud computing gathers […]Edgnex, a data centre subsidiary of Dubai real estate developer Damac, has established a joint venture with Vodafone Turkey to build its first data centre in the Turkish city of Izmir, at an estimated cost of $100 million.

The six megawatts capacity data centre is expected to be completed next year, as cloud computing gathers pace.

“The Eastern Mediterranean region has a high demand for data centres, making Izmir, one of the largest and oldest cities in Turkey, an ideal location to meet this need,” said Edgnex vice chairman Aqil Ali.

Demand is growing for data centres across the Mena region, which is “underserved” Hassan Alnaqbi, CEO of Khazna Data Centers, told AGBI earlier this year.

Dubai-based Khazna, which has 14 working centres, 10 to 12 under construction and four more planned, is one of the largest operators in the region.

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