Hyperscale data centre operator EdgeConneX said it is to acquire Global Data Center (GDC), an Israel-based data centre operator headquartered in Herzliya. The transaction, of which financial details have not been disclosed, represents EdgeConneX’s first hard assets in Israel and indeed the Middle East. The EQT Infrastructure-backed US operator will add two underground ...

Build-to-suit acquisition data centre platform Global Technical Realty (GTR) has launched a new 10.5MW data centre project in Petah Tikva, has more companies expanding their footprint in Israel amid the country’s growing tech scene. The location of the campus has a connectivity ecosystem currently made up of seven cloud service providers, the Israeli-Internet Exchange (II...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) has announced plans to built not one, but two subsea cable systems linking the Middle East with southern Europe and Asia. In collaboration with Italian telecom company Sparkle, the public cloud giant will deploy the Blue Submarine Cable System connecting Italy, France, Greece, and Israel; and the Raman Submarine Cable System connecting Jordan, Saudi ...