A data center is a hardware store full of servers, storage devices and network connections.

Benelux is a region of shapes, of unequal triangles and uncut diamonds. The triangle is the three variously-sized countries of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg; the diamond is the Randstad, the metropolitan area formed by the four main cities in the Netherlands

Last year saw two major events with global ramifications — the Brexit vote and the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States. These events ratcheted up the level of global uncertainty to unprecedented levels.