CTEX breaks ground to build the region's most advanced datacenter to service the Caribbean and North

Through local and international partners, such as Schneider Electric and CISCO, the company has officially started construction of the Tier-IV design, LEED certified data center.

Curaçao Technology Exchange N.V. (CTEX), at an official groundbreaking ceremony attended by local government officials, financial institutions and international technology partners, kicked off the construction of what will be the most advanced and newest data center in the Caribbean and Northern Latin America.

CTEX’s ‘CU-1’ is the first of four 5,200 square meter (52,000 square feet) super high-density data centers to be built in Curaçao on top of a mountain terrace 60 meters above sea level. Through local and international partners, such as Schneider Electric and CISCO, the company has officially started construction of the Tier-IV design, LEED certified data center. The facility will be interconnected with six existing submarine fiber systems, while additional international carriers are planning to make the facility a major carrier interconnection point for the Caribbean, Latin America and Europe. The CTEX facility is being built on the island of Curaçao. The island offers excellent fiscal benefits, including zero import duties on equipment, a 2% profit tax regime for international companies seeking to establish an operating entity on the island, and is safely located outside the hurricane belt. Too, Curaçao is part of the Dutch Kingdom, boasting a multi-lingual workforce (English, Dutch, Spanish, Papiamentu) making it the perfect gateway to Europe, the Caribbean, Latin America and the world.  Read more...