INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Data Centers

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“ With the kick-off of the new edge data center complex , V . tal consolidates itself as an ecosystem of neutral infrastructure solutions that provides its customers with robustness , resilience , redundancy , capillarity and very low latency ,” said Cícero Olivieri , Vice President of Engineering at V . tal .

V . tal now has four complete edge data centers in operation ( two in Fortaleza , one in Rio de Janeiro and another one in Barranquilla , Colombia ), connected by 26,000KMs of undersea optical cables that connect Brazil to Argentina , Venezuela , Colombia , Bermuda and the United States .

. tal , one of the largest end-to-end neutral digital infrastructure solutions companies , operating in Brazil and five other countries in South and North America , has launched its second edge data center in Fortaleza , Brazil .

The unit will start operation with a 4MW capacity and will have four ‘ data halls ’ with space to accommodate 400 racks .

The new edge data center is fully integrated with its undersea cable landing station ( CLS ). It has connection redundancy , which ensures data transmission security . The unit will also be integrated with the company ’ s other edge data center in Fortaleza . Combined , the units have a 7,000m ² built-up area , capacity above 5MW and over 600 rack positions .

The CLS , which has been operating since 2002 , is critical to the entire Brazilian Internet as it holds the central PIX ( traffic exchange point ) of Brazil ’ s north east state of Ceará , the nation ’ s third-largest Internet traffic . It allows operators and providers to exchange traffic directly and access content from the major OTTs .

The entire V . tal complex , comprised of the CLS buildings and the Edge data center , was

“ V . tal will invest to expand its data center park , as it complements its capillarity and footprint in all Brazilian regions , in addition to meeting the present and future requirements of its customers , due to innovations and new technologies that have been emerging ,” said Eduardo Silveira , Vice President of Strategy at V . tal . p

V . tal ’ s new edge data center opened in Fortaleza

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