Equinix officially opened its second data center in Bulgaria and the event was attended by US Ambassador to Bulgaria Eric Rubin. The investment amounts to USD 19 million.
The new center, which will be named SO2, is only about one kilometer away from the first in the "Druzhba" neighborhood in Sofia. For starters, there are 350 server cabinets, and their number is expected to increase by a further 1,100.
Globally, the company has over 9,800 customers, including Coca-Cola, Mazda, Deloitte, Facebook, Dropbox, SAP, Oracle and many others. The two data centers in Sofia serve more than 100 companies for the time being, among the most popular names being VMWare and UniCredit Bulbank as well as cloud service providers, network service providers, large corporations and media companies.
The new data center will support Bulgarian companies in the process of digital business transformation, ensuring their interconnection with partners, easy switching to cloud technologies and access to new markets around the world" the company said.