2021 in Battembourg, Luxembourg

In order to respond to demand and maintain a premium quality of service, LU-CIX’s six Points of Presence (PoPs) in Luxembourg must adapt. At the start of this year, the organisation’s Executive Board decided to reinforce the Battembourg data center’s capacities by scheduling the installation of a private cage. All that was left to do was choose the right partner for the job. Michel Lanners: “When it comes to choosing equipment, we weren’t just going to go off a catalogue or a website, however well put together they were. You could say that’s somewhat of a paradox for an organisation that works in digital technology. Wrong! It was crucial to see the cabinet, to touch it, handle it, get an idea of the volume, the mass, the material, the quality ... Before making our decision, we arranged a configuration session at Legrand in February 2020. Lasting more than four hours, we met with their experts, who presented the Nexpand cabinets.