Iraq to build first data centres with Nokia to boost digital sovereignty

Digital infrastructure company Equinix has officially opened what it describes as its state-of-the-art data centre in Salalah, Oman, built in cooperation with integrated telecommunications services provider Omantel.

Microsoft’s charm offensive in Southeast Asia this week has yielded two major commitments to build new cloud and AI infrastructure in Indonesia and Thailand, with the latter including its first data centre region in the country.

MainOne, Solutions by Equinix, which provides connectivity and data centre solutions in West Africa, said on Tuesday it has acquired and lit up capacity on the Equiano subsea cable to add more redundancy to its services.