Italian wholesale fixed network provider FiberCop has announced plans to build more than 100 Edge data centers across the country.
The facilities will reside in former telecommunications exchanges throughout Italy. FiberCop said in a statement that one Edge data center has been activated in Italy’s capital, Rome, with new facilities to open shortly in Genoa, Bologna, Palermo, Turin, and Naples.
No information was released on the collective compute power of the network, or that of individual nodes. DCD has approached FiberCop for comment.
“Our exchanges are moving from network access points to become true innovation hubs, in which connectivity, computing power and storage capacity are integrated to support the country's digital development,” said FiberCop’s chairman and CEO, Massimo Sarmi. “With this plan, FiberCop takes a further step forward in transforming its network infrastructure into an enabling technology platform, capable of supporting the growth of the Edge cloud, artificial intelligence and new digital services.”
– FiberCop
