The New York-listed digital company ServiceNow has confirmed to open a new data center in Dublin.
It stated that this investment would continue to support digital transformation journeys and also show ServiceNow’s commitment and investment in Europe. The company will also be opening a new data center in Newport in Wales.
ServiceNow’s expansion to five continents with support of six global data centers
These new data centers will form part of the advanced high-availability architecture and continue to ensure the scalability of ServiceNow’s cloud services. These data centers will establish an EU-sovereign pair between Amsterdam and Dublin, and a UK-sovereign pair between London and Newport.
The new Amsterdam and Dublin pair went live in early July, and the London/Newport pair is expected to go live soon. This investment has taken ServiceNow’s global data centers to 11, expanding to five continents, and supported by six global data centers to serve customer’s digital transformation needs.
Customers wary of adopting cloud-based technologies in the post-Brexit Europe
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Mark Cockerill, the vice-president, legal and head of global privacy stated that some customers especially from the public sector have become more cautious in their adoption of cloud technologies. He said that this is due to the fear of the unknown, particularly in post-Brexit Europe.
He stated that these new data centers will help better serve organizations, including their local Irish customers. These centers can help them address requirements and further strengthen trust and comfort.
A resilient cloud-based geographic capacity the need of the hour, says Omedia analyst Roy Illsley
Omedia analyst Roy Illsley said that with the coronavirus pandemic, Brexit seems to be a forgotten event. Although in both scenarios, he thinks that the need for resilient cloud-based geographic capacity is extremely important.
Illsely said that, by opening new data centers, one in Dublin as a twin for Amsterdam and another in Newport as a twin for London, could help address customer concerns in the post-Brexit world. He believes that both Brexit and COVID-19 will increase demand for cloud-based services. Organizations are now looking for an increasingly agile and flexible environment, as they link IT expenditure directly to business activity.