Data center in Israel: benefits for business
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Leading technology companies are increasingly choosing Israel as a region for strategic growth. There are 300 research centers here, half of them belong to such business giants as Intel, IBM, Google, Cisco, Motorola, Philips, Apple.
The data center market is also a promising area. Oracle, Microsoft, Amazon create regional data processing centers together with partners. In 2021, Google announced plans to create a local cloud infrastructure in Israel.
Israel is a high-tech country with the presence of large IT equipment vendors, with many telecommunications data centers and with a well-established system of information interaction. The activities of international tech giants in Israel, together with the natural growth of digitalization, are driving demand for data center hosting and a flurry of investment in local server farms.
Between 2020 and 2026, the size of the data center market in Israel is expected to grow by over 17% on average.
Why does international business choose Israel?
The country is notable for its active, communicative business environment and the quality of its technological products;
It is also one of the most developed economies in the world: according to Bloomberg, Israel is firmly in the top 10 in the ranking of innovative countries;
Economists call Israel a « Start-up Nation». Here, the ICT services market is highly differentiated due to the number of participants. So, as of September 2020, there were more than 6,700 technology startups in the country with a population of 9 million people. The concentration of start-ups per capita is 14 times higher than in European countries;
There are more than 500 companies in the cybersecurity segment in Israel.
DATA CENTER MARKET
Data centers in Israel are concentrated in Tel Aviv and Haifa.
Tel Aviv has
7 data centers and 11 service providers
Haifa has
2 data centers and 5 service providers
Israel guarantees the maximum level of reliability and protection of information. The legislation of the country guarantees the inadmissibility of pre-trial seizure of data both on external and internal requests.
Today, the leader in the Israeli data center market is MedOne.
Vilengy, the official representative of MedOne in the CIS and Baltic countries, offers the services of a modern and strategically secure data center in Israel.
Four MedOne facilities are located in industrial areas in the north and in the center of Israel and cover a total area of more than 25,000 m2;
Autonomous operation of the data center, regardless of the supply of electricity, air and water for 72 hours in case of an emergency;
Strict and uncompromising physical security system. Security technologies are designed and built with a strong focus on a wide range of threats: malicious sabotage, attempts at loud or silent hacking, and attempts to introduce electronic surveillance. There is an over-emphasis on security systems;
Objects are protected by a massive reinforced concrete double shell;
Security guards undergo rigorous testing, advanced training and professional training. The team consists of veterans of combat units and graduates of command courses;
A sophisticated control and monitoring program is in place that allows responsible individuals to manage the operation of each of the systems 24/7.