Globenet has begun construction on its second edge data center in Barranquilla, Columbia, hoping to expand its current infrastructure and meet demand for colocation and connectivity services, the company announced in a Sept. 20 release.
With this new location, the wholesale telecommunications firm hopes to quadruple the number of racks and power available at the existing Barranquilla data center, the release states.
"We decided to build our second Edge Data Center in Barranquilla because it is a strategic interconnection point in South America for local and international Carriers, ISPs, OTTs and CDNs," Globenet CEO Eduardo Falzoni said in the release. "In fact, Globenet's own network provides direct, low-latency submarine routes to Brazil and the United States from Barranquilla, as well as a direct route to Bogota through our redundant terrestrial backhaul."
Globenet currently serves customers in Argentina, Brazil, Bermuda, Colombia and the United States, the release states. By the end of 2022, the company hopes to have five data centers located around Latin America.
This announcement comes just two weeks after Globenet announced construction of its first data center in Fortaleza, Brazil, expected to be completed by the third quarter of 2022. According to the release, the Barranquilla data center is expected to be in operation around the same time.