KIO Networks Spain: Empowering Enterprises in Spain and Beyond to Achieve Real Sustainability in the Cloud
With
the
most
advanced
tier
IV
data
center
in
Spain,
and
one
of
the
most
advanced
in
Europe,
KIO
Networks
Spain
provides
a
diverse
array
of
private-sector
and
public-sector
enterprises
with
Infrastructure-as-a-Service
for
mission-critical
systems
and
app
With
the
most
advanced
tier
IV
data
center
in
Spain,
and
one
of
the
most
advanced
in
Europe,
KIO
Networks
Spain
provides
a
diverse
array
of
private-sector
and
public-sector
enterprises
with
Infrastructure-as-a-Service
for
mission-critical
systems
and
applications.
The
company
also
offers
a
diverse
array
of
cloud
solutions
and
services.
Some
of
the
many
offerings
in
its
growing
portfolio
include
Disaster
Recover-as-a-Service,
Backup-as-a-Service,
a
fully
dedicated
private
cloud
based
on
VMware
technology
in
a
maximum-security
data
center,
and
Platform-as-a-Service
offerings
designed
for
Kubernetes-based
environments.
KIO
Networks
Spain
even
provides
cloud
services
designed
specifically
for
Software-as-a-Service
companies.
On
joining
the
VMware
Zero
Carbon
Committed
initiative,
Javier
Jarilla,
director
general
of
KIO
Networks
Spain,
says
he
believes
it
has
never
been
more
important
for
sustainability
efforts
to
be
genuine.
Jarilla
notes
that
high-performance
is
a
hallmark
of
KIO
Networks
Spain,
which
includes
a
high-touch
approach
in
which
the
company’s
engineers
are
personally
involved
in
all
phases
of
a
customer’s
cloud
deployment,
from
planning
and
design
to
data
migration
and
post
deployment
support.
“The
effectiveness
of
our
approach
can
be
seen
in
the
number
of
clients
who
outsource
100%
of
their
IT
systems
to
us,”
he
explains.
He
adds
that
the
organization’s
efforts
now
include
a
genuine
and
steadfast
effort
to
do
business
in
a
sustainable
way.
One
among
many
actions
we
are
taking
is
operating
data
centers
powered
by
renewable
resources.
“It
was
important
to
all
of
us
at
KIO
Networks
Spain
to
join
VMware’s
Zero
Carbon
Committed
initiative
for
a
number
of
reasons,”
says
Jarilla.
“We
were
one
of
the
first
data
center
companies
in
our
region
to
achieve
VMware
Cloud
Verified
status.
That
was
an
important
accomplishment
not
only
because
of
our
long
relationship
with
VMware,
but
also
because
so
many
of
our
cloud
offerings
are
based
on
VMware
technology.
The
Zero
Carbon
Committed
initiative
is
important
to
us
because
we
believe
that
awareness
of
climate
change
and
taking
actionable
steps
to
protect
the
environment
and
positively
impact
the
future
of
the
planet
should
be
intrinsic
in
business.”
With
this
in
mind,
KIO’s
engineers
and
data
center
experts
are
focused
on
five
fundamental
outputs
in
all
data
center
projects,
including
the
use
of
100%
renewable
power
as
required
in
VMware
Zero
Carbon
Committed.
Additional
goals
include
zero
water
input
to
combat
water
stress,
the
use
of
natural
refrigerants
in
cooling
systems,
reuse
of
waste
heat
that
is
generated
to
supply
local
heating
systems,
and
investment
in
environmental
projects
to
offset
any
of
the
minimal
carbon
footprint
that
will
be
created
through
these
efforts.
Jarilla
stresses
that
these
efforts
have
not
gone
unnoticed
and
that
the
intersection
between
sustainability
efforts
and
business
is
increasingly
visible,
as
evidenced
by
several
long-term
customers
who
have
requested
tangible
sustainability
targets
they
can
apply
to
their
own
efforts.
“Our
immediate
goal
is
to
be
the
most
sustainable
provider
of
cloud
services
and
solutions
on
the
Iberian
Peninsula.
More
broadly,
we
want
to
provide
enterprises
in
Spain
with
a
partner
who
not
only
has
made
a
genuine
commitment
to
achieve
zero
carbon
emissions
in
our
data
center
operations,
but
who
can
also
make
those
same
measurable,
auditable,
and
verifiable
gains
available
to
them.
We
all
win
when
we
create
an
ecosystem
of
companies
intent
to
achieve
real
sustainability.”
It’s
an
effort
Jarilla
says
will
impact
how
vendors
and
providers
are
viewed.
He
believes
that
in
the
near
future
the
commitment
to
doing
what’s
right
for
the
environment
will
be
another
factor
in
the
evaluation
of
vendors,
their
hiring,
and
renewals.
“In
that
sense,”
he
concludes,
“the
very
definition
of
high-performance
will
increasingly
include
a
commitment
to
be
achieving
zero
carbon
emissions.”
Learn
more
about
KIO
Networks
Spain
and
its
partnership
with
VMware
here.
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