Unlocking Telecom Connectivity between the Middle East and Europe

Maya Glick

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July 18, 2024

MedOne Data Centers in Israel:  Unlocking Telecom Connectivity between the Middle East and Europe

Israel is becoming a major hub for telecom connectivity between Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Western Europe, especially following Abraham Accords in September 2020, normalizing the relations between Israel and the UAE and Bahrain. Israel’s strategic location and robust infrastructure are attracting data center operators from around the world.

Discover how MedOne Data Centers in Israel serve as a vital bridge for telecom connectivity and traffic between the Middle East and Western Europe, enabling seamless communication and data exchange.

This article explores the strategic advantages of leveraging MedOne’s state-of-the-art facilities for Telecom Operators, Content Delivery Networks, and Cloud Providers, fostering an ecosystem of innovation, reliability, and exceptional performance.

In today’s hyper-connected world, where 5G, AI, and Cloud Computing are shaping the future, the role of Data Centers as critical infrastructure cannot be overstated. For Telecom Operators, Content Delivery Networks, and Cloud Providers seeking to bridge the gap between Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Western Europe in a new route, MedOne Data Centers in Israel emerge as an unrivaled solution.

With their cutting-edge facilities, MedOne empowers businesses to leverage unprecedented levels of connectivity, enabling seamless communication, and fostering the exchange of data on a regional and global scale.

What are the key factors that make Israel an attractive location for Data Centers?

There are a number of key factors that make Israel an attractive location for data centers. These include:

Strategic location: Located at the geographical crossroads between Africa, Europe, and Asia, Israel plays a pivotal role in international data traffic. By strategically positioning presence in Israel, businesses can take advantage of its proximity to major markets, effectively reducing latency and enhancing end-to-end performance.

Robust infrastructure: Israel has a robust infrastructure, including a high-speed fiber optic network and a number of submarine cable landing stations.

In fact, the Mediterranean region is a long-term key hub for undersea fiber optic cable systems, offering crucial connectivity between the Middle East and Western Europe. With landing stations along the coast, these subsea cables provide high-capacity connections that form the backbone of global communication networks. MedOne Data Centers capitalize on this strategic advantage, establishing direct links to the submarine cables outgoing Israel, ensuring enhanced reliability, and minimizing potential bottlenecks.

Talent pool: Israel has a highly skilled talent pool, with a strong focus on technology. Concentration of engineers and IT professionals, that makes it easy to find and recruit the talent needed to operate a Data Center.

Technological Innovation: Israel has become a fertile ground for technological innovation, attracting global technology giants. This concentration of industry leaders creates a collaborative ecosystem that fuels advancements in telecommunications infrastructure and digital services. By co-locating with MedOne, businesses gain proximity to these innovation hubs, fostering partnerships and accelerating growth.

How is MedOne’s Data Centers network positioned to take advantage of these factors?

MedOne’s Data Centers network is positioned to take advantage of these factors in several ways.

First, MedOne’s Data Centers are located in strategic locations throughout Israel, operating four (4) highly secure, underground facilities, with additional seven (7) facilities under development and construction nationwide. This gives MedOne direct connectivity to the major submarine cable landing stations in the country, as well as to the national domestic fiber optic network.

In addition to submarine cables, a robust and resilient infrastructure is built by connecting MedOne’s Data Centers through an extensive network of terrestrial fiber optic cables. This seamless interconnectivity is facilitating efficient traffic routing, ensuring optimal data transmission speeds, and providing exceptional performance for businesses operating in the region.

Second, MedOne’s facilities are strategically situated at the heart of Israel’s interconnection ecosystem, offering customers access to the highest concentration of global and local networks and cloud operators. MedOne’s Data Centers network is carrier-neutral multitenant environment, which means that MedOne’s customers can connect to any carrier they choose, facilitating easy interconnection and peering. This rich interconnectivity enables the exchange of data and content, fostering collaboration, and enabling the delivery of services to end-users with minimal latency.

Third, on top of the most secured physical layer of the Data Centers, MedOne offers a wide range of local Israeli public cloud services, flexible and tailormade to the customers’ needs, with a 24/7 NOC. By joining forces with global technology leaders, MedOne facilitates the creation of availability zones, enabling businesses to distribute their workloads across multiple data centers for enhanced redundancy and disaster recovery capabilities. Such collaborations also foster the development of shared platforms and services, accelerating time-to-market for new solutions and technologies.

Fourth, MedOne has a team of experienced professionals who is at the customer side from the get-go, helping customers design and implement the best solution for their needs and budget, accompanied by ongoing support and end-to-end quality services, assisting large and medium-sized organizations in their journey to the cloud and building business continuity.

And most importantly, MedOne’s Data Centers facilities are built in a unique infrastructure set up, providing an extraordinary level of survivability, and continued operations independently for 72 consecutive hours in emergency situations.

In conclusion, Israel is becoming a major hub for telecom connectivity between Southeast Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Western Europe. MedOne’s Data Centers network is well-positioned to take advantage of this growth. If you’re a Telecom Operator, Content Delivery Network, or Cloud Provider, we encourage you to contact MedOne to discuss your specific needs. To learn more about MedOne’s Data Centers network, please visit our website: https://medone.co.il/en/