Global Switch expands global sales network

Global Switch has formed a partnership with AI and cloud solutions provider AVANT, bringing the company’s portfolio of low latency, network dense data centres in Europe and Asia-Pacific to AVANT’s UK and European marketplace.

  • Sunday, 23rd March 2025 Posted 1 year ago in by Phil Alsop

Through the partnership, AVANT’s platform will feature capacity at Global Switch’s sites in its offering to over 800 customer partners in the UK, Europe and USA, as well as benefiting from its large team of international salespeople.

Global Switch’s global channel sales strategy complements its other routes to market, ensuring that the business continues to service the full breadth and depth of client needs.

Matthew Dent, Chief Commercial Officer at Global Switch, said: “This partnership is a further demonstration of the attractiveness of the Global Switch offer. We look forward to working closely with AVANT to meet the wants and needs of their most innovative partners.”

Rob Merhej, Vice President EMEA at AVANT, said: “Global Switch is one of the world’s leading operators and a fantastic addition to our network of infrastructure solutions providers. Through our platform, we ensure our customers can keep up with the industry’s rapid change by accessing solutions fit for the future.”

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