Data Centre Magazine June 2024 | Page 28

LIFETIME OF ACHIEVEMENT IN DATA CENTRES
edge infrastructure company Turbidite in 2021 , working as founder and CEO of the company . The company focuses on the development of a wide network of international-standard edge data centres across multiple countries within the Asia-Pacific region .
“ It ’ s a very exciting industry ,” he says in an interview with The Pacific Telecommunications Council . “ We ’ re trying to take edge computing in a different way .”
A leading force in the connectivity sector A prominent figure within the data centre sector , Bill currently sits on the board or in advisory positions for major data centre companies . These include EdgeConneX , where he is an Advisor and Non-Executive Director in Asia , a Non-Executive Director position at IXAfrica Data Centre and a board membership at Ctrls Datacenters .
He is also the founder and chairman of Asian Century Equity , an emerging markets private capital technology investor .
IXAfrica is a data centre organisation established in Kenya in 2021 , reacting to soaring demand for Kenyan internet connectivity from a young and fastgrowing population . The company soon secured a 17,300 square metre data centre in the capital , Nairobi .
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