Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX) and global communications provider Oman Telecommunications Company have inaugurated their new International Business Exchange data center in Barka, near Muscat.
MC1 is Equinix’s first data center in Oman and its fourth in the MENA region.
The new IBX benefits from direct connectivity to strategic cable landing stations and subsea cable systems, and is expected to provide customers with increased performance and security, along with significant cost savings.
Kamel Al-Tawil, Managing Director for Middle East and North Africa, Equinix, said, “As IP traffic growth continues to accelerate, it is more important than ever that the IP peering community has a scalable, reliable and globally consistent Internet Exchange solution in all markets where they want to peer traffic. Oman is strategically positioned between Asia, Africa and Europe, and with our partnership with Omantel, we intend to create a hub that will allow drivers of internet traffic to efficiently peer, and expand operations across the world.”