Sparkle wins “Green Data Center of the Year” award at Infocom World 2021

Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top ten global operators, received the “Green Data Center of the Year” award at Infocom World 2021 for Metamorfosis II, the company’s new data center in Athens. This award, along with the “Best Data Centre” honor received at the Global Carrier Awards in 2020, shows that the time is right and Sparkle is ahead for the “Revolution of the Evolution”, as the message of the summit suggests.

Located in Athens, in the industrial area of Metamorfosis and just next to the other proprietary facility Metamorfosis I, the multi-awarded data center Metamorfosis II encompasses an area of about 6,000 sq.m., with a maximum capacity of 700 racks and 7.7 MW of total power and a modular design to accommodate customers’ needs. It is built following the most stringent anti-seismic criteria and designed to guarantee the maximum standards of reliability and security. In addition, Metamorfosis II implements the latest energy-efficient power and cooling systems available in the market resulting in a carbon footprint reduction of around 28,000 tons. The quality and energy excellence of the new data center is confirmed by the Uptime Institute Tier III, the LEED Gold and the ISO 14001 certifications.

Sparkle operates four open data centers in Greece:  three in Athens - where the proprietary metropolitan fiber optic network is originated, running through the city business district and directly interconnecting corporate customers and institutional entities - and one in Chania, with a total area of 14,000 sq. m. and 13.7 MW of power.

All data centers are designed to provide customers with sustainable, secure and best-in-breed infrastructures for their mission-critical IT systems while providing fast and reliable connectivity to the world, thanks to their integration with Nibble, Sparkle’s pan-Mediterranean optical network, and with Sparkle's Tier-1 global backbone Seabone. In addition, thanks to their open and resilient configuration, Sparkle data centers offer a rich ecosystem of interconnected players for domestic and international connectivity.

At its 23rd edition, InfoCom World Conference is the largest event for Telecom, IT and Media players in South East Europe. This year’s recognition follows those achieved by Sparkle in 2019 for “Cloud Service of the Year” and in 2018 as “Data Center of The Year”, recognizing once again Sparkle’s leadership in the Cloud and Data Center business as well as its contribution to development of the Greek market overall.

 

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