Panamá: New green Panama data center launched by Sparkle
Jul 14, 2023 | Posted by MadalineDunn
Sparkle, Telecom Italia's infrastructure unit, has launched the Panama Digital Gateway, a 3.5MW site offering the first "green data center" in Panama. Located in the Corozal area of Panama City, the site spans 5,500 square meters (59,200 sq ft) of space for up to 650 equivalent racks across five modules.
With a PUE of 1.4, the site was set to launch back in 2022, but was delayed as a result of the pandemic and supply-chain issues.
The Panama Digital Gateway, in partnership with local telco Trans Ocean Network (TON), connects to Sparkle's global backbone with over 600,000km of fiber connecting Europe, Africa, the Americas and Asia.
David Gonzalez Solis, CEO of Trans Ocean Network said the Gateway consolidates and positions Panama as "the digital hub of the region," strengthening the connectivity of the country, and "becoming a strategic interconnection offer for OTTs, carriers and enterprises."
"We are very pleased to be participating in the construction and operation of this open hub in conjunction with a partner of experience and global scale such as Sparkle."
Enrico Maria Bagnasco, CEO of Sparkle, commented: "The development of infrastructures in the Americas represents a pillar of Sparkle's plan to consolidate its positioning in the telecommunications wholesale market while reinforcing its offering of digital solutions."
He added: "Panama is a natural crossroad of Central America and a bridge between the Atlantic and the Pacific as well as a strategic cross-point between North and South America. Our Panama Digital Gateway aims to be the reference landing hub of new submarine cables and the center of choice to develop an ecosystem of interconnected players."
With a PUE of 1.4, the site was set to launch back in 2022, but was delayed as a result of the pandemic and supply-chain issues.
The Panama Digital Gateway, in partnership with local telco Trans Ocean Network (TON), connects to Sparkle's global backbone with over 600,000km of fiber connecting Europe, Africa, the Americas and Asia.
David Gonzalez Solis, CEO of Trans Ocean Network said the Gateway consolidates and positions Panama as "the digital hub of the region," strengthening the connectivity of the country, and "becoming a strategic interconnection offer for OTTs, carriers and enterprises."
"We are very pleased to be participating in the construction and operation of this open hub in conjunction with a partner of experience and global scale such as Sparkle."
Enrico Maria Bagnasco, CEO of Sparkle, commented: "The development of infrastructures in the Americas represents a pillar of Sparkle's plan to consolidate its positioning in the telecommunications wholesale market while reinforcing its offering of digital solutions."
He added: "Panama is a natural crossroad of Central America and a bridge between the Atlantic and the Pacific as well as a strategic cross-point between North and South America. Our Panama Digital Gateway aims to be the reference landing hub of new submarine cables and the center of choice to develop an ecosystem of interconnected players."
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