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Agility Logistics Parks announces master-planned datacentre campus sites in Kuwait , Saudi Arabia
latency , security , and compliance challenges to speed their growth and improve competitiveness .
Agility Logistics Parks is a market leader in industrial real estate in the Middle East , South Asia and Africa with 1.5 million SQM of warehousing and 12 million SQM of industrial land across 12 emerging markets countries . Agility Logistics Parks has readied datacentre campuses in its existing parks with power allocation , fibre connectivity , building permits , strong sustainability features and high security .
The first set of campuses is in Agility Logistics Parks in Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Kuwait , Cairo , Egypt and Accra-Tema , Ghana . Agility Logistics Parks expects to add sites in other rapidly growing datacentre markets , including Nairobi , Casablanca , Lagos and more .
Agility Logistics Parks , a developer of industrial and logistics real estate in the Middle East , Africa , and South Asia , announced the launch of tailored , master-planned datacentre campus sites in Saudi Arabia , Kuwait , Egypt and Ghana , with more to come .
In Kuwait , for example , the company ’ s site offers an existing sub-station with 80 MW capacity , and the property is allocated for two 46,000 SQM datacentre plots with capacity for expansion . In addition to conventional power , the Kuwait site offers 15 + MW of solar capacity .
The sites are being readied at ultra-modern Agility Logistics Parks warehousing complexes in fast-growing markets and mega-cities that are looking to add hyperscale datacentre capacity and resolve data
Most global tech giants : Amazon , Microsoft , Google and others , have announced their intention to add datacentre capacity in the Middle East , Africa and South Asia .
Jerusalem ’ s Shaare Zedek Medical Centre implements Juniper Network ’ s Apstra to boost network performance
Juniper Networks announced that Shaare Zedek Medical Centre ,
Jerusalem ’ s multi-disciplinary medical centre , has embarked on digital transformation of its operations using Juniper ’ s datacentre solutions .
Shaare Zedek is a research and teaching hospital , running thirty departments and 70 outpatient clinics , which provide innovative treatments and therapies to one million patients per year . The hospital is also a model for large-scale emergency medicine and a leader in applying AI to patient care .
With Juniper Apstra software , Shaare Zedek has been able to deploy its network fabric faster , guarantee datacentre uptime with network visibility and automation , streamline network operations , resolve issues more quickly and reduce total cost of ownership for its datacentre network .
The hospital operates 24x7 and cannot shut down the datacentre for maintenance to switches , clusters , etc . With Juniper Apstra , Shaare Zedek can fully automate changes in real time and assure continuous operations .
Using Juniper technology , the hospital built state-of-the-art datacentres on its two campuses to ensure the availability of lifecritical systems and applications for uninterrupted patient care and robust data analysis to guide the best courses of treatment .
Shaare Zedek uses the Juniper Apstra software to automate datacentre network operations , which leads to improved patient experiences . Apstra assures the network is running as intended and alerts the IT team if brownouts or deviations occur . The IT team also uses Apstra to manage changes , maintenance , and updates .
The Juniper Networks QFX5120 Switches form the datacentre network fabric , delivering 100- Gbps of capacity to support clinical and administrative applications and massive data stores .
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