EUROFIBER
QUICK FIRE QUESTIONS
IN THE HOT SEAT WITH , DANIEL DANON , MANAGING DIRECTOR EUROFIBER CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE
What technology do you predict will be used by data centres in the future ? “ Data centers will bring data closer to the consumers and businesses . It will not just be about cloud but edge and ultra low latency . At the end of the day it ' s making sure data is very close to customers . This will impact things such as Artificial Intelligence , Augmented Reality , 5G , 6G as we move into the future .”
What plans do you have for the future ? “ To be the best open infrastructure for the digital world . We want to enable our customers to grow and innovate without any digital limitations , and thus empower the digital society .”
What is the next smart city you will be working on ? “ We are not focusing on one city . We ' ve got a very dense mesh network across our territories and on a daily basis we are connecting more elements within a city than ever before . We are working with cities across all of our footprint in The Netherlands , Belgium and France .
“ Our work in Berlin with Vattenfall is an amazing asset for the community to have in the ground and will benefit households and businesses as well as the city ' s optimisation management .” the fibre for everyone . We ' ve brought that into the larger digital infrastructure , including colocation and connecting data centres , which is unique and powerful .
“ Our open network is different and powerful as it allows us to invest once , for many . It allows us to deliver ultra low latency and because we have a mesh network the routing is much more dynamic and direct ,” said Danon who also pointed out having a presence across Europe was also important .
“ In addition , when you ' re thinking about data , it ' s also about colocation and connecting to the cloud . Managing and controlling all aspects of this hybrid cloud also puts us in a competitive position . That
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