In 2010, Sami Slim, an engineer with degrees from the University of Michigan and Télécom SudParis, started working for Telehouse France as a Technical Sales Engineer. His career advanced rapidly as he gained experience, particularly holding positions in Telehouse’s Strategic Planning Division. In 2014, he was appointed Deputy Director of Sales and Marketing. He identified and put into place the resources required to increase the capacity of customer connectivity, which allowed Telehouse to dramatically accelerate its expansion. Sami Slim has proven his competence and won the Group’s trust with his varied experiences. of 37 years old, he is the youngest senior executive of Telehouse, a global company with over 40 data centers.
To bolster the digital sovereignty of the continent, Telehouse said in 2021 that it would invest one billion euros over the course of five years in its European operations. Sami Slim’s primary responsibility in his new position will be to expedite the implementation of this massive project, especially by improving the Paris-Marseille axis, which now serves as a crucial intersection for the information highways. In addition, he will have the difficult task of maintaining Telehouse’s leadership position in a rapidly evolving and technologically advanced environment.
About Telehouse France
Telehouse is a prominent industry supplier of data center colocation services with a global presence and network. Home to Europe’s most carrier-dense data center ecosystem, which includes top internet exchanges, cloud service providers, ISPs, ASPs, and much more, the Telehouse London Docklands campus is well situated. Telehouse is a global supplier of data center services owned by KDDI, a Fortune 500 business based in Japan and ranked among the top 10 telecommunications firms globally.
The first purpose-built colocation data center in Europe, Telehouse North, located in London, opened for business in 1990. Since then, it has increased the number of data centers it has established across the world and added Telehouse West, East, and—most recently—Telehouse North Two to its London Docklands complex. Telehouse is one of the most well-known colocation data center providers in Europe as a result of its worldwide coverage of carrier-dense data centers. The original and still major location of LINX, the London Internet Exchange, is Telehouse London Docklands.
