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THE DATA CENTER JOURNAL | 17 www.datacenterjournal.com cally nervous to place assets in the region, with the exception of South Africa. e investment boost has come, in our opin- ion, from the hyperscale end users stating their need for a footprint from a trusted partner in the region. Organizations have seen that by having owned real estate, end users and their customers gain confidence that they will receive a service that they would expect from any Tier I or II market across EMEA. is situation will be inter- esting to monitor over the next 12 months as to whether the operators can establish themselves as the pan-African companies of choice. In our opinion, they must strike a relationship with the carriers and local telcos, as during the telecom boom of the 90s in Europe. On a general thought, we are starting to see end users of data center infrastruc- ture take a more pragmatic view of the asset class. Historically, data center assets have been the crown jewels of real-estate portfolios, but they are now being seen by forward-looking corporates as are a burden on resources, both from a capital and operational perspective. Alpha Real Technology is increasingly being asked to work with end users to look at rationaliza- tion of portfolios and to analyze financial scenarios involving sale and leasebacks of owned data center assets—either on a shell and/or powered-shell real-estate basis. ey are even modeling turnkey outsourced solutions where the end users want to relinquish any operational liability. We believe this trend to be continuing in the sector. n about the author: Alex Tilley has worked within the global data centre end user advisory sector for over 4 years and has worked with clients acquiring in excess of 24 MW (IT Load) over the past 18 months. Alex has detailed experience of working with a range of clients from Financial Services to Technology clients running the acquisition process for global data centre projects. Alex focusses his attention to the Total Cost of Ownerships of projects and has delivered results on individual projects worth over $100m. Alex is a trusted adviser to many leading Financial Services, Technology and Telecommunication clients. Alex previously worked within the specialist CBRE data centre advisory team and started his career working as a graduate at the surveying firm Lambert Smith Hampton. about the Company: Alpha Real Technology specializes in end-user advisory services to the data center sector, covering projects from ground-up data center development to wholesale and retail colocation acquisition. The company has a global remit and has advised on over 30 MW of IT load in data center projects throughout 2015. In addition to acquisition services, Alpha Real Technology has a leading investment as well as sale and leaseback structuring team that has worked on projects throughout the globe. If you would like to discuss any occupational questions regarding your portfolio then please contact us on the details below. Our ethos is to bring together IT, operations, engineering, networks, security, real estate, sourcing and delivery. Introducing the N-Series Performance Highlights: › 240 VAC, 277 VAC, 120/240 VAC › 22,000 Amps Max Interrupting Capacity › 1 – 30 Amps Current Rating › Optional Current Transformer › EN60947-2 Certified The N-Series Hydraulic-Magnetic circuit breaker is ideally suited for the rigors and confined spaces of telecom and datacom power distribution units and rack systems. Highest Circuit Protection Performance In the Lowest Profile Design Sliding Terminal Barriers UL 489 Compliant 60 Johnson Avenue, Plainville, CT USA 06062 sales@carlingtech.com • www.carlingtech.com view videos at www.youtube.com/carlingtechnologies Product Video 0.75 in [19.05 mm] 3.915 in [99.44 mm] Watch product video for complete details!