DataBank adds $350m financing to US edge data centre expansion

Data Centre

DataBank Inc., a connectivity and cloud provider, has secured $350 million in financing for an expansion of its US data centre infrastructure.

The financing, led by TD Securities, includes a 5-year loan of $175 million as well as a delayed loan of $125 million and $50 million in revolving credit.

The $350 million package comes weeks after the Dallas, Texas-based company announced a $715 million financing on 1 March.  

DataBank will use the new funds to...

Aarna Networks launches zero-touch edge orchestration platform

Virtual Management

Aarna Networks, an edge management solutions provider, has launched a zero-touch orchestration platform called Aarna Edge Services (AES).

The Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution aims to help enterprises simplify their management processes and cut operation costs.

AES will allow for a range of tasks including designing, provisioning, and managing multi-cloud strategies.

The company also says it can be used as cloud edge storage, for machine learning...

Equinix Metal and InsidePacket partner on global multi-cloud network

Metal

Digital infrastructure provider Equinix has partnered with networking solutions firm InsidePacket to launch a global multi-cloud network on Equinix Metal, the company’s bare metal offering.

The joint solution provides enterprises with a global, scaling network built on Equinix's backbone that prioritises high performance and low latency.

Enterprise clients will be able to take advantage of easy access to many of their assets, such as public cloud and SaaS, through the...

Zenlayer and Digital Edge bring edge cloud services to East Asia

Data

Zenlayer, an edge cloud service provider, and Digital Edge, an Asian digital infrastructure firm, are working together to deliver edge cloud services throughout East and Southeast Asia.

The partnership aims to give local cloud and service providers a one-stop digital hub for multiple edge solutions, helping them access global interconnectivity and reduce costs.

Tapping in to Digital Edge’s extended geographic coverage and energy-efficient data centres will support the...

Versa Networks secures £105m for SASE security platform

Cyber Security

Secure networking firm Versa Networks has secured £105 million in a pre-IPO round of investment for its Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) platform.

The company, which has raised £276 million across seven funding rounds since 2012, plans to use the funds to better market itself and further advance the SASE industry.

Kelly Ahuja, CEO at Versa Networks, said: “This funding will allow us to expand our go-to-market and accelerate new innovations that will further expand...

IBM and Bharti Airtel to deliver edge services over 5G to India

Interconnected Globe

IBM plans to work with Indian telco Bharti Airtel to bring secure edge cloud services through 5G networks to the nation’s enterprises.

The Airtel edge platform will combine IBM Cloud Satellite with Red Hat’s OpenShift technology. Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest passenger car maker, already plans on using the platform to make its quality inspections faster and more accurate.

Rajesh Uppal, senior executive director of HR and IT at Maruti Suzuki, said: “At Maruti...

Hut 8 and Zenlayer partner to supply edge services for Web3 users

Crypto Mining

Cryptocurrency mining company Hut 8 has partnered with edge solutions provider Zenlayer to bring edge computing services to blockchain and Web3 users.

Hut 8 customers will gain access to Zenlayer’s edge platform, allowing for the deployment of mining applications across a system which is accessible in 40 nations around the globe. Miners will also be equipped with self-provision compute and networking services through an online console or APIs.

Jaime Leverton, CEO of...

Lumen expands edge services into Europe

Europe on a globe map.

Edge solutions provider Lumen Technologies is bringing its edge infrastructure and services across the pond from American to European customers.

The expansion is part of Lumen's continued investment in next-generation solutions that transform digital experiences and meet the demands of today's global businesses.

With the update, enterprise and public sector customers in Europe can now deploy applications and workloads at the cloud edge.

Lumen has already begun...

Iceotope cooling to help Intel and HPE reach sustainability goals

Ice

Iceotope Technologies, an IT cooling solutions firm, is joining forces with Intel and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) to try and reduce edge data centres’ energy usage by 30 percent.

By integrating Iceotope’s precision immersion cooling technology into edge data centres, the three companies hope to faster reach their sustainability goals of net zero operations.

The Ku:I data centre, the product of the companies’ collaboration, reduces energy consumption and...

Scale Computing taps Wasabi for hot cloud storage at the edge

Sunshine breaking through the clouds.

Scale Computing, an edge computing and hyperconvergence specialist, is partnering with Wasabi Technologies, a cloud storage company.

The partnership will facilitate a fast and reliable solution for hybrid cloud storage, archiving, and backup that allows organisations to deploy and manage hundreds of locations with cloud-like orchestration.

Wasabi intends to offer low-cost cloud storage for mass data collection on Scale Computing’s infrastructure software platform so...