IXcellerate Campus - 3D Overview
“ EURASIA PEERING IS A THE BEATING HEART OF THE DATA CENTRE ”
— Guy Willner , CEO , IXcellerate
That ’ s now , but against this background it was quite an achievement to get serious backers for his project . Nevertheless after talking fruitlessly to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ( EBRD ), in 2012 the World Bank through its subsidiary the International Finance Corporation ( IFC ) came on board , soon followed by Sumitomo Corporation , which had been investing in Russia for more than 60 years . “ It was a fight as it always is in Russia ,” he admits . " But that draws the best out of you , just as creative artists are often at their best when they are swimming against the tide of fashion or even perceived common sense .”
There have been setbacks , for example when his co-founder and business partner Cliff Gauntlett died in 2014 , of a heart attack at the age
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IXcellerate Campus - 3D Overview
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