Edge, micro data centres, new company formation, capital raises
The sector continued to push forward through long weekends in the US, Canada and UK.
The global cloud build out continues, with expansion activity across all primary hyperscale markets. But edge locations are starting to pick up the pace. Network locations are being built in advance of spinning up compute infrastructure and Microsoft is doing exactly that with 31 new edge locations underway for Azure.
As the edge is built out, compute infrastructure is going to come in smaller increments. These smaller units, or micro data centres, will go out to the edge. But they will also be used for specific requirements on hyperscale infrastructure sites. NextDC in Australia, for example, partnered with Flexenclosure to house a micro data centre in Perth.
An evolving sector is still producing new company formation as operators target new workload requirements and improve on traditional infrastructure delivery. Bigstep Metal Cloud is one of these newer providers.
The flow of expansion activity continues to fuel capital requirements. In the past week, Element Critical and Vantage secured resources to fund expansions driven by customer demand.
Finally, there was a significant movement in executive circles as the likes of Aligned Energy, Sungard AS, Codero and Bigstep Metal Cloud all brought in new executives.
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