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While these are notable successes for IMDC in the EMEA region , Boonstra adds that “ we are currently one of the top 10 global data center providers , and we have strong ambitions to get into a top 5 position .” As a result the company ’ s ambitions to expand its global operations continue . “ We currently have 15 locations globally with eleven data centers in the US , one in Singapore and three in Europe that we are heavily investing into . But we want to continue to expand our portfolio and enhance our position to be a global leading data center provider in the future . So that ’ s why our target markets are retail , enterprise and hyperscale businesses . In the past you had providers for each industry , but I believe that leading providers of the future will be able to provide their services to all of these markets ,” comments Boonstra .
When it comes to the effects of COVID-19 , Sharp adds that “ if you look at revenues and pipelines there is luckily no impact , we are growing fast despite COVID . But where we have seen some impact is in the construction projects . Currently we have
construction projects all around the world , and while we are still doing okay , we have seen a few delays as a result of COVID . We have seen both good and bad outcomes due to COVID-19 . One of the things we have all seen is that there is a lot more traffic going through the internet due to people working from home , which is channeled through our data centers . So we ’ ve seen a much bigger increase in demand for immediate space that our customers need - particularly cloud service providers . So the demand has
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