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Geopagos and BAC provide e-commerce solutions to SMEs
Argentinian payments startup Geopagos and Costa Rican bank
BAC have launched Pyme Store BAC to provide e-commerce solutions to SMEs in Latin America and Central America.
The platform, which makes it easier to create e-commerce store, is intended to act as a commercial bridge, connecting products and services with potential customers.
Pyme Store BAC has been designed in conjunction with Geopagos to offer an intuitive interface that, as pitched, will make it easier for small and medium-sized businesses to manage and design robust digital catalogues with great depth in the description of prices, offers and discounts, configuration of payment methods and personalized shipping, among other essential functionalities.
“ At BAC we know how important SMEs are for Central America and the prosperity they generate in their communities. That is why we support entrepreneurs in their digitalization process, offering a simple way to sell their services and products online, through a secure and reliable platform,” said Jaime Compte, Corporate Vice President of Personal Banking and Payment Methods, BAC.
This marketing channel will help SMEs position their sales through a digital ecosystem that fuses the essence of small and medium-sized businesses with e-commerce, including preferred payment methods such as Compra Click and Apple Pay.
Sebastián Núñez Castro, CEO and Co-founder, Geopagos, said:“ This launch marks a crucial step in BAC’ s digitalization strategy, bringing to its network of merchants a solution that combines flexibility, simplicity and a completely omnichannel experience.”
ODATA announces new data center in São Paulo
ODATA has announced DC SP04, its new data center located in the city of Osasco, São Paulo.
With an investment of over $ 450m upon completion, the 48MW facility will be the first ODATA facility in Brazil to feature the award-winning Delta Cube( Delta ³) cooling system developed by ODATA’ s parent company Aligned Data Centers and exclusively available to ODATA across its LATAM facilities.
“ We take great pride in operating with 100 % renewable energy in Brazil, reinforcing our ongoing commitment to sustainable and responsible energy practices,” said Ricardo Alário, CEO, ODATA.
Designed to support power densities of up to 50kW per rack, Delta ³ allows ODATA’ s data centers to maximize space utilization and significantly reduce the load required to cool them, thereby decreasing energy consumption. Unlike conventional methods that simply push cold air into data halls, Delta ³ captures and removes heat directly at the source, creating a hyper-scalable and highly efficient environment that dynamically adapts to the IT load demands of customers. with high-density computing environments that can scale easily to accommodate AI, cloud and high-performance computing deployments,” said Kelvin Tamura, Design Director at ODATA.
“ Delta ³ enables us to cool hyperscale IT environments efficiently, saving both energy and space. The system also seamlessly integrates with liquid cooling solutions, enabling ODATA to provide customers
The facility’ s establishment addresses a critical gap in data center expansion capacity within Osasco, providing robust IT infrastructure and a reliable power supply.
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