ACI Worldwide, a global provider of electronic payment and banking solutions, has announced that it will expand its European datacentre operations with the opening of a new datacentre in Limerick, Ireland. The new facility will accommodate growing EMEA demand for SaaS-based payment solutions and the burgeoning market for its Universal Payments solutions, all while positioning ACI to better adapt to evolving regional regulatory requirements.
The Ireland facility, scheduled to open in the second half of next year, will become ACI’s premier European datacentre. It will be a fully redundant facility and will meet the most stringent security and compliance standards. ACI currently operates several smaller regional facilities in EMEA that serve hundreds of banks and retailers. Additionally, the company operates US datacentres in Georgia and Nebraska that serve banks and retailers as well as biller organizations. This latest datacentre will serve current and future European customers as well as those in other regions.
ACI’s European expansion is part of the company’s overall global growth investment strategy, which also incorporates product investments—providing the necessary features and functionality for the numerous European countries and regions. This new regional datacentre capability further leverages ACI’s product investments to make its Universal Payments solutions available to European companies in a SaaS-based delivery model.
