Roger Lampach , CEO of LuxConnect , describes the company ’ s enormous contribution to Luxembourg ’ s data security and ever-strengthening connectivity
LuxConnect ’ s reception area
Nestled within the tiny nation of Luxembourg lies a powerhouse of innovation in the form of LuxConnect .
Fully owned by Luxembourg ’ s government , LuxConnect was established in 2006 with a view to improve the country ’ s connectivity . Now , the company runs four multi-tier data centre facilities – boasting 14,700sqm of server space – and has introduced at least 1,300km of optical fibre to the nation .
“ Dark fibre as a product was not really available when we started deploying fibre in 2007 ,” says Roger Lampach , Chief Executive Officer of LuxConnect . “ Therefore it was a very important product for new players coming into Luxembourg , such as telecommunications operators . International operators started employing their own dark fibre networks over Luxembourg , but in the end they all stopped their projects because it was such a small market and the effort to bring dark fibre in was very high .
“ We saw that this was a product that was really
32 September 2017