Portus Data Centers Muenchen GmbH has appointed Marco Kain as its new Managing Director.

With 25 years in the IT industry and expertise in sales and project management at international companies, Kain comes to Portus fro Sophis, where he was responsible for the National Channel Partner Business in Germany.

“New technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the increasing adoption of hybrid cloud by enterprise businesses is creating exponential demand for high performance, local colocation providers. This offers Portus Data Centers a major market opportunity with our state-of-the-art, future-proof, Energy Efficiency Act (EnEfG) ready and sustainable data centres. These are ideally positioned for meeting the growing requirements of our customers who demand maximum availability and agility from their IT systems to ensure their competitive edge,” said Kain.

“I am very much looking forward to the new challenge and working with the entire team at Portus Data Centers Munich. Together, we will set the course for a successful future by providing first-class solutions and services to our customers.”

Adriaan Oosthoek, Chairman of Portus Data Centers, added, “With our ongoing expansion and growth trajectory Marco is joining Portus Data Centers at an exciting time. I am delighted to have him on board as the Managing Director of our Munich data centre and fully confident that his proven leadership and IT industry track-record will play a key part in its future success.”