36 Global Switch

Founded in 1998

CEO: John Corcoran http://www. globalswitch.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ global-switch/

London-based Global Switch is a provider of carrier-neutral data centre solutions. It’s a strategic partner for businesses seeking secure and scalable data centre solutions. Customers include multinational corporations, financial institutions, government agencies, telecoms companies and technology providers.

The company says a point of differentiation is it offers state-of-the-art facilities, reliable powerand-cooling infrastructures, robust network connectivity and a commitment to sustainability.

Real Estate

United Kingdom

35

Africa Data Centres

Founded in 2018

CEO: Tesh Durvasula http://africadatacentres.com/ https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ africadatacentres/

Africa Data Centres (ADC) – whose HQ is in Johannesburg, South Africa – is a leading provider of data centre solutions across Africa. It runs carrier-neutral facilities that offer colocation, cloud services, interconnection, disaster recovery and managed-hosting solutions.

ADC’s goal is to deliver high-quality, scalable, and resilient data infrastructures, to support the digital transformation and growth of businesses throughout Africa.

Computer & Network Security

South Africa

34 TierPoint

Founded in 2010

CEO: Jerry Kent

http://www.tierpoint.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/tierpoint/

US-based TierPoint provides data centre solutions and managed services. The company's USPs are its centres’ robust infrastructure and its comprehensive suite of managed services.

TierPoint says that its data centres also offer high levels of security, redundancy, and connectivity – ensuring the uninterrupted operation of customers' critical IT systems. Its customers include leading enterprises, healthcare organisations, financial institutions and government agencies. Customer collaboration is another feature of TierPoint’s service offerings.

IT Services and IT Consulting

United States

33 GlobalConnect

Founded in 2018

CEO: Martin Lippert

https://www. globalconnectgroup. com/ https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ globalconnect-a-s/

GlobalConnect is one of the leading digital infrastructure and data communication providers in Northern Europe. The group delivers FTTH offerings to private households and end-to-end connectivity solutions to enterprises across its infrastructure, consisting of 155,000km of fibre network and 35,000sqm of data centre space in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany and Finland. As the leading data centre partner in the Nordics, GlobalConnect employs a workforce of around 1,800 people and has 30,000 B2B customers, connecting more than 700,000 private households with a high-capacity fibre-based broadband. With data being business critical and deserving the greatest possible attention, GlobalConnect’s focus is taking responsibility for business’ data and IT while clients dedicate their time, energy and resources to their core business.

AirTrunk

Founded in 2016

CEO: Robin Khuda http://www.airtrunk. com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/airtrunk/

Australia-based data centre provider AirTrunk furnishes customers with leading-edge facilities with high-power capacity, innovative cooling systems and hyperscale designs that meet modern needs for data storage and processing. Its customers are typically cloud providers, content delivery networks and large enterprises. AirTrunk offers customised co-location and wholesale options to meet the burgeoning demands of their customers, enabling them to store and process vast amounts of data efficiently.

Telecommunications

Australia

31 Switch, Inc

Founded in 2000

CEO: Rob Roy https://www.

Switch, Inc, a leader in exascale data centre ecosystems, edge data centre designs, industryleading telecommunications solutions and next-generation technology innovation. The company was founded by Rob Roy, who has developed more than 700 issued and pending patent claims in the data centre industry, that combined create the world-renowned data centre and technology solutions Switch, Inc provides. Headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, Switch, Inc was founded on the intelligent and sustainable growth of the Internet, and the belief that the future progress of humanity depends on this. Switch, Inc’s ecosystem of data centres empowers its clients with unlimited options for innovation, economies of scale, risk mitigation, sustainability and investment protection.

Information Technology & Services

United States

30

EdgeConneX

Founded in 2009

CEO: Randy Brouckman http://www. edgeconnex. com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ edgeconnex/

Focused on driving innovation and helping customers define and deliver their own unique vision for the Edge, EdgeConneX was founded in 2009 to deliver innovative and proximate data centre solutions.

EdgeConneX works closely with its customers to provide the scalable capacity, power, and connectivity needed to meet growing demands of both businesses and their end users. Customers can rest easy knowing that their content, connectivity, cloud services or any data requirement is securely delivered with enhanced performance and lower latency to any device, anywhere.

Since 2013, EdgeConneX has built over 50 data centres in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and South America.

Telecommunications

United States