Kao Data Ramps-Up Hyperscale Cloud Connectivity for Cambridge with Megaport partnership
Kao Data, the UK Innovation Corridor’s state-of-the-art data centre campus, has signed a partner agreement with Megaport, a leading Network as a Service (NaaS) provider, expanding hyperscale cloud capabilities at the data centre.
Megaport will be Kao Data’s primary software-defined networking (SDN) provider - and, when the services go live at the data centre campus in Q1 2021, it will be the closest Megaport presence to Cambridge’s academic and high-tech and scientific communities. The service will provide direct, secure and private SDN access to a global cloud and connectivity ecosystem including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud, IBM Cloud, Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud.
Businesses and institutions will be able to connect to leading public clouds, software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers, and benefit from direct data centre to data centre interconnections, Multi Cloud and Cloud-to-Cloud connectivity.
In bypassing the public Internet, customers are guaranteed improved security, higher availability and ultra-fast connectivity speeds, predictability, and resiliency.
Alongside Kao Data’s capability to house high density, industrial-scale, high performance computing (HPC) environments, this seamless accessibility and flexibility into cloud providers reinforces the award-winning data centre campus as the home for HPC and intensive compute within easy reach of Cambridge.
Kao Data’s CEO, Lee Myall said: “Enterprise, HPC and AI organisations depend on high-performance, low-latency connectivity with varying peering and interconnection demands – many requiring local data centre capacity that links directly to their chosen cloud provider.
“We’re proud to offer our clients in Cambridge and beyond, a world-class home for their compute. Our partnership with Megaport further strengthens this, offering them unrivalled cloud accessibility through agile networks complementing the already strong foundational carrier attributes present across our campus.”
Eric Troyer, Chief Marketing Officer, Megaport said: “We’re excited to partner with Kao Data to provide their customers with on-demand cloud connections. Megaport’s industry-leading SDN platform removes traditional cloud access complexities and costly overheads. Through our global ecosystem of service providers Kao Data’s customers will be able to choose and rapidly connect to the services that are right for their needs in a matter of minutes, not months.”
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About Kao Data
Founded in 2014, Kao Data develop and operate advanced data centres for high performance colocation. From our hyperscale inspired campus in the heart of the UK Innovation Corridor between London and Cambridge - we provide cloud, HPC, AI and enterprise customers with a world-class home for their compute.
Our Harlow campus - built on the site of Sir Charles Kao’s pioneering discovery of fibre optic cable in 1966 - is a development of four state-of the-art, OCP-Ready™, carrier neutral data centres. When fully completed the 15 acre, +£230m campus will support an ITE load of over 40MW, across 150,000sq ft of technical space – all powered by 100% renewable energy.
Backed by Legal & General and Goldacre - Noé Group, Kao Data is one of the largest campus developments in the UK and represents the future in sustainable, efficient and scalable computing - providing an industry blueprint to develop further best-in-class data centres.
About Megaport
Megaport is the global leading provider of Elastic Interconnection services. Using Software Defined Networking (SDN), the Company’s global platform enables customers to rapidly connect their network to other services across the Megaport Network. Services can be directly controlled by customers via mobile devices, their computer, or our open API. Megaport connects more than 2,000 customers in over 700 enabled data centres globally. Megaport is an Alibaba Cloud Technology Partner, AWS Technology Partner, AWS Networking Competency Partner, Cloudflare Network Interconnect Partner, Google Cloud Interconnect Partner, IBM Direct Link Cloud Exchange provider, Microsoft Azure Express Route Partner, Nutanix Direct Connect Partner, Oracle Cloud Partner, OVHcloud Connect Partner, Rackspace RackConnect Partner, Salesforce Express Connect Partner, and SAP PartnerEdge Open Ecosystem Partner.