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a prepared site for rapid assembly.
Placing essential infrastructure on
barges—such as energy barges and
water treatment barges--is a wellestablished
model for enabling rapid
and flexible access to such infrastructure
in fast growing and emerging
markets. The opportunity and need is
equally strong today when it comes to
providing access to digital infrastructure
to those who currently lack it.”
Connaughton believes data centers
are the newest and most important
component of critical infrastructure
that sustains and enriches the lives
of people around the world. “Data
centers now stand alongside power
generation, drinking-water plants,
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