DataBank, a provider of enterprise-class colocation, connectivity, and managed services, has made a $30 million strategic investment in EdgePresence, an owner and operator of multi-tenant, modular data centers, providing space, power, bandwidth and interconnection across key U.S. markets.
Located at targeted locations at the base of cell towers, key real estate and enterprise campus locations, EdgePresence’s Edge Data Centers (EDCs) will enable DataBank to colocate its customer workloads at the “far edge” to further reduce latency and improve performance for select applications. This modular capability expands DataBank’s edge strategy and comes weeks after it tripled its footprint with the acquisition of Zayo Group’s zColo data centers.
“With the continued expansion of 5G and internet infrastructure, we are seeing the need for geographic specific colocation solutions,” said Raul Martynek, CEO of DataBank. “The combination of DataBank’s expanded footpr
