OS-IX, the city of Oslo’s largest data center, completes expansion and sees rising demand for combining data center platforms and cloud services
Oslo, Wednesday 7th May – Bulk Infrastructure (Bulk) has completed the expansion of the Oslo Internet Exchange (OS-IX), Norway’s best-connected data center, adding three new data halls.
As companies seek greater control over costs, security, and data sovereignty, Bulk is seeing an increasing demand from businesses transitioning from legacy on-premises and public cloud storage to a colocation and hybrid cloud approach.
“We see a clear trend where businesses and public organizations want a secure, scalable, and highly connected data center solution that is centrally located,” said Rob Elder, Chief Commercial Officer at Bulk. “The combination of cost control, increased data processing and a growing need for sovereignty means that more customers are moving to a hybrid cloud strategy while ensuring their critical data stays close to home.”
Intility, a leading Nordic IT provider, uses OS-IX to support the company's hybrid strategy, combining data center platforms and public cloud services. The company handles the IT needs of more than 600 companies across 2,500 locations in Norway and around the world, including some of Norway's most demanding and security-conscious organizations.
“We need to be thorough when choosing partners because we make the decision on behalf of hundreds of customers. With the growing demand for colocation to secure and process their data, we prioritize partners that meet our high standards for security connectivity, compliance, and certifications,” said Erfan Mohammadi, Head of Cloud Infrastructure at Intility.
Doubles capacity
The OS-IX expansion includes three new data halls, meeting demand both from existing customers in need of increased capacity, and new customers. This has doubled the current capacity and OS-IX is now the largest data center in the Oslo metropolitan area. OS-IX currently houses infrastructure across sectors from public companies to large enterprises and international cloud providers.
New regulatory requirements for the public sector are accelerating this shift, with Norwegian and international institutions and businesses needing greater oversight and control over their data.
Bulk will continue to invest in critical infrastructure supporting Norway combining data center and fiber infrastructure and planning further expansion at the site in the coming years. OS-IX still has access to additional power and space to cater for future growth.
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Bulk offers highly adaptable, interconnected, and scalable data centers supporting AI, HPC, and large cloud service providers IT workloads, backed by essential fiber networking capabilities. We are the only neutral fiber network company providing strategically diversified, sustainable connectivity linking sites across the Nordics with markets in the US, UK, and Western Europe. We are trusted by a broad range of organizations including cloud service providers, Nordic enterprises, system integrators, teams running AI and HPC workloads and cloud providers.
For Additional Information
Einar Stabell, Head of Communication & Corporate Affairs Bulk Infrastructure,+47 93632361, einar.stabell@bulk.no
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