Cloud storage firm Wasabi Technologies has opened its first German storage region in Frankfurt, to address data sovereignty demands and reduce data latency for its service provider customers.
Earlier this year, the US-headquartered company opened its first France region in Paris. The new Wasabi storage location is based in the Equinix Frankfurt data centre hub.
“The German cloud market is growing rapidly,” said Richard Czech, VP for EMEA sales at Wasabi Technologies. “Wasabi's expansion to Frankfurt helps us meet the growing demand there, while alleviating data sovereignty concerns. We continue to grow in EMEA with a sole focus on helping our customers get the most out of their data, by providing them with a cost effective, high performance storage solution close to home.”
Wasabi's Hot Cloud Storage is billed as a solution that is “one-fifth the cost compared to Amazon S3”, with no fees for egress or API requests, and no vendor lock-in.
More data locations are to be added in the coming months in APAC and North America, said Wasabi. The company will also be continuing the expansion of its channel partner network across Europe, which, to date, includes distribution partners Exclusive Networks and ERBERTLANG, and a network of hundreds of resellers and MSPs.
Wasabi opened an Amsterdam data centre facility in 2019, and more recently one in London. It has secured nearly $275m in funding to date and is headquartered in Boston.
