Leading
telecoms and digital services provider PLDT, together with its digital
enterprise solutions arm ePLDT, recently launched the PLDT Group’s eighth
operating data center facility situated in Mindanao, the first such facility
built in the region.
Adding more
racks to the PLDT Group’s current rack capacity of almost 7,000 from the ePLDT
VITRO Data Center line and IP Converge facilities, the latest VITRO Data Center
will easily cater to the growing data service requirements of thriving
industries in the south.
“Digital
technologies and platforms are changing enterprise operations and how
businesses grow and protect their digital assets. We’re particularly optimistic
of the thriving industries in Mindanao and we hope to further boost this
economic development by providing the region the solid foundation for their
much needed digital infrastructure,” said PLDT Chief Revenue Officer and ePLDT
President and CEO Eric R. Alberto.
“The build
out of our data center capacity and our incessant network expansion nationwide
prove that the PLDT Group’s serious commitment to invest in building the
foundation to support a data-driven future for the country.”
The newest
VITRO Data Center in Mindanao is a Tier 2 facility designed to meet global data
center standards required by industries with heavy data-security requirements
like banks and financial institutions. It will serve hosting, collocation, and
business continuity services for enterprises in Mindanao, and can serve as a
secondary backup location for businesses with data already housed in other data
centers across the country.
Already
operational, the data center can now providethe necessary boost to the region’s
businesses with services critical to operating and handling ICT requirements.
The facility can improve operational efficiencies through professionally
managed IT services, and enable businesses to grow their operations in a more
cost effective manner through colocation of their server requirements.
The PLDT
Group now operates eight data centers in the country with the recent addition
of this facility in Mindanao. It will soon operate two more facilities located
in Clark and the expanded data center in Cebu, bringing the PLDT Group’s data
center total count to 10 with an unmatched rack capacity of over 9,000 – the
largest in the country.
Aside from
the data center, PLDT also completed the Davao cable landing station project
that links Mindanao to PLDT’s three existing international gateways located in
Nasugbu, Batangas; Bauang, La Union, and Daet, Camarines Norte. This further
improves the network resiliency in Mindanao through PLDT’s international
managed network providing high bandwidth global connectivity with automatic
re-routing and switching capability through different international cable
routes in the event of cable faults.
PLDT has also
opened the upgraded Innovations Laboratory housed in PLDT Davao, where products
and digital services are showcased for customers, and enterprise clients can
experience and test out new offerings from PLDT. It also serves as a venue for
collaboration with the local ICT community and educational institutions,
thereby spurring technopreneurship and building the region’s ecosystem of developers.
“As part of
our commitment to help the government achieve broad-based, nationwide growth,
we are working to strengthen and nurture that digital hub in the southern
Philippines to further enable businesses and serve the need for a stronger and more
robust digital infrastructure,” concluded Alberto.
PLDT has
geared up for the digital economy by building its fiber optic backbone and
distribution network which has reached more than 140,000 kilometers, the most
extensive in the Philippines.
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