“ WHEN YOU BRIDGE THAT GAP , REDUCE THAT DISTANCE , YOU UNLOCK NEW VISITORS THAT ARE CREATING VALUE , CREATING JOBS AND CREATING COMPANIES ”
“ WHEN YOU BRIDGE THAT GAP , REDUCE THAT DISTANCE , YOU UNLOCK NEW VISITORS THAT ARE CREATING VALUE , CREATING JOBS AND CREATING COMPANIES ”
SAMI SLIM CEO , TELEHOUSE FRANCE
is physical buildings and cables — which are very definitely earthbound .
“ What most of us are missing is that 99 % of the Internet today is not in the cloud . It is under the sea . This is what we call the submarine system that is powering the Internet today .
“ Our traffic is in there , and most of the Internet routes are deep in the ocean . This is where cities such as Marseille have a great geographic advantage in attracting that traffic , with ‘ breeding ’ hubs to bring content and users closer to each other .”
Put even more simply , this was an opportunity Telehouse France could not let slip through its fingers .
Monetising with a difference Sami is keen to stress that the opportunities for Telehouse France in this venture are in no small part down to the way his company is monetising its data centres in Marseille . Although location is a huge factor in Telehouse France ’ s strategy , property acquisition is not .
“ The difference between Telehouse France and the rest of the big players in this industry is our approach . We are not monetising our data centre based on the number of square metres .
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