TELEHOUSE FRANCE
“ We are monetising our business based on the value we create for our customers within their traffic strategy , and ensuring they get close to their users and to their customers with our technology . That ' s a fundamental difference , we are not a real-estate player , we are a connectivity player .”
And this , says Sami , is the blueprint for the future when it comes to data centre development .
Telehouse France was already reshaping the data centre and connectivity business back in the 1990s . It established large data hubs in Paris and in London ’ s famous Docklands .
“ This created data hubs that attracted the most traffic , the largest number of cables and the widest variety of ecosystems ,’ Sami says .
This is what he calls the company ’ s ‘ Connectivity Strategy ’: “ It is making those data centres really prominent on the map of the internet today .”
“ Today , London Docklands is the most connected data centre in the world , and Paris Voltaire is the fourth most connected hub on the planet , routing more than 50 % of all the internet traffic in the country .
“ This is our connectivity strategy – to make our centres the heart of the telecoms world .”
Sami says his company is fundamentally convinced that Europe will be the backbone of the global Internet .
“ Europe is in a perfect position ,” he says . “ Geographically , for hosting both the Southern hemisphere and the northern hemisphere junction in terms of data . Europe can connect the Nordic countries , the US , Russia , China in the north , Africa , the Middle East , and the countries of Latin America from the south .
“ That value can happen with a ‘ backbone ’ coming from Marseille , going up to Paris and then diverting with two branches , East and
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