Chapter 1 Introduction Introduction This project report gives a description of the research and process for selecting the best location to build data centers for cloud providers in West Africa. We study and analyze different factors when considering the best location for a cloud provider to choose a data center in a region [1]. This project analyzes countries in West Africa as a potential choice for hosting the data center which serves the region. There are many studies, reports and expert demonstrations on what are the most important elements in deciding the best location to build a data center for a cloud provider. There are different factors to be considered. Among them, the most important factors are network capability and cost of setting up a data center. They are the most critical business decision for building and maintaining the infrastructure required. IT businesses, small and large are similar in the way they make decisions. In order to make the best decision for their company, researchers and management require sufficient information before arriving at a decision and thus the purpose of this project. In this project, we attempt to go through the decision criteria and options available for IT businesses which are looking to build their data centers in West Africa. This project attempted to produce a detailed list of the most important factors [2, 3, 4]. The decision for include Cost of data center includes Buildings. Electricity Landscape ( per square foot) Data center distance from submarine cable Network capability includes Network latency (RTT) Throughput
Chapter 1 Introduction Introduction This project report gives a description of the research and process for selecting the best location to build data centers for cloud providers in West Africa. We study and analyze different factors when considering the best location for a cloud provider to choose a data center in a region [1]. This project analyzes countries in West Africa as a potential choice for hosting the data center which serves the region. There are many studies, reports and expert demonstrations on what are the most important elements in deciding the best location to build a data center for a cloud provider. There are different factors to be considered. Among them, the most important factors are network capability and cost of setting up a data center. They are the most critical business decision for building and maintaining the infrastructure required. IT businesses, small and large are similar in the way they make decisions. In order to make the best decision for their company, researchers and management require sufficient information before arriving at a decision and thus the purpose of this project. In this project, we attempt to go through the decision criteria and options available for IT businesses which are looking to build their data centers in West Africa. This project attempted to produce a detailed list of the most important factors [2, 3, 4]. The decision for include Cost of data center includes Buildings. Electricity Landscape ( per square foot) Data center distance from submarine cable Network capability includes Network latency (RTT) Throughput
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