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“ Switch covers the US ’ four major latency zones with its four megascale campuses .” 08
China Telecom
CEO : Xiaofeng Deng
Data Centres : 683 With more than 287,000 employees , China Telecom is one of the largest communication service providers and data centre operators in the world . The company has more than 456 data centres operating in mainland China alone , with another 187 spread across 71 metros internationally . The company also owns and operates the world ’ s largest data centre campus , the Inner Mongolia Information Park , which has a footprint of more than 10mn square feet .
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Switch
CEO : Rob Roy
Data Centres : 4 ( Campuses )
The dark horse of the US data centre market , Switch - largely thanks , perhaps , to the company ’ s maverick tech genius CEO Rob Roy - does things a little differently . Switch covers the US ’ four major latency zones with its four megascale campuses . The largest , in Tahoe Reno , Nevada , will have a total capacity of up to 815 MW upon completion , making it the world ’ s most powerful colocation campus .
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