Internet exchange will be owned by AWASR

Pentagon paid for a third of cable costs to get secret trunk to British-owned island in the Indian Ocean

Company launched eight Local Zones outside US since start of October

2.5MW, 7,000 square meter facility designed for 300 racks

The facility comes with a whole host of submarine cable connections

Hardware for Data Mount's upcoming facility in Jebel El Akhdar

In a joint venture with local telecommunications provider Omantel

As part of a government scheme to expand the country’s ICT sector