TELEHOUSE will launch a new data center in Beijing, China, and further expand facilities and services in the Greater China Market, including Hong Kong and Taiwan
New York, NY, USA – June 11, 2012 – TELEHOUSE Group (www.telehouse.com), the leading global provider of dedicated data centers, international Internet exchanges, and managed IT services, announces today that its parent company, KDDI Corporation (TOKYO:9433), will invest approximately $140.6 million (11 billion Japanese yen) to expand its data center business in the Greater China market including China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. A new TELEHOUSE data center will be opened in Beijing, China, and will offer its TELEHOUSE global standard data center services in December 2012. At that time, TELEHOUSE will also expand its customer colocation space in TELEHOUSE HONG KONG CCC
KDDI, along with SINNET, a provider of data center and internet services based in Beijing, have worked together to establish the joint venture, TELEHOUSE BEIJING BDA Co, Ltd. Both companies making up this new venture will operate the TELEHOUSE BEIJING site.
KDDI presently operates four data centers in three cities in the Greater China Region, including Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. The Beijing data center will be the fifth TELEHOUSE brand data center with the total floor area of 67,000 square meters (㎡) in the region.
The second Beijing data center from TELEHOUSE will be a brand new large scale, carrier-neutral facility boasting a floor area of about 25,000 square meters (㎡) located in the city’s Technological Development Area (BDA), a highly sought after base for major companies.
In addition to the new data center, the TELEHOUSE HONG KONG CCC facility, which opened in 2011, will be further expand by 11,500 square meters (㎡), making it one of the largest data centers in Hong Kong
“KDDI and TELEHOUSE America recognize Greater China as one of the most important growing markets, and leading the whole Asian economy,” comments Satoshi Adachi, VP of TELEHOUSE America. “Additionally, active entry of Japanese, European and American companies requires world quality standards with high reliability services. In response, the KDDI group will support its customers’ business expansions by providing premier data center services and a high quality global network, using TELEHOUSE as its core, backed by the service advantages KDDI has in China with CD Networks (CDN) and DMX Technology.”
Specifications for the new TELEHOUSE Beijing data center are as follows:
Feature Details Location Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area Total floor area About 25,000㎡ Power Receiving system 2 systems (standing & backup) receiving method Private power generation N＋1 UPS configuration 2N/N＋1 CRAC N＋20% Water-cooling system N＋1 Operation system 24-hour operation Language Chinese, English Security 24 hour manned support, CCTV monitoring cameras, Contactless IC cards etc. Basic service Rack unit, Open and Caged colocation service Option Customer facility monitoring service Customer work representative service
For more information on TELEHOUSE global data centers, visit www.telehouseglobal.com.
About TELEHOUSE
America A stable and trusted pioneer of carrier-neutral data center services, TELEHOUSE provides secure, power-protected environments, where clients house and operate their telecommunications and network resources. Among the many benefits of colocating with TELEHOUSE is the ability to connect to state-of-the-art peering exchanges in New York (NYIIX) and Los Angeles (LAIIX). Through Manage-E (http://telehouse.com/mngdservices.php), TELEHOUSE provides a comprehensive suite of solutions – from help desk and hardware support to managed IT infrastructure, security and compliance services – all delivered by expert consulting and operations teams on a global scale and from one point-of-contact. Additionally, the global availability of 43 TELEHOUSE-branded data centers in 23 cities throughout Asia, Africa, North America and EMEA, delivers continuous, cost-effective operation of networkdependent, IT infrastructure to businesses around the world. Please visit http://www.Telehouse.com, or contact us at sales@Telehouse.com. Follow TELEHOUSE on Twitter @TELEHOUSE.
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