Savvis expands Singapore data centre
ConvergenceAsia staff
12/12/2007

Responding to growing global customer demand for integrated hosting and network services, Savvis, a global provider of IT infrastructure services for business applications, has announced plans for a significant expansion to its existing data centre in Singapore.

The expanded Singapore facility will provide a broad range of IT infrastructure services including co-location, managed hosting, virtualised and utility computing, managed networks, and security, to meet the requirements of enterprise IT within the Asia Pacific region.

In addition to the Singapore facility, Savvis has recently announced a new data centre in London and significant expansion to its data centre in the New York metropolitan area. Both the Singapore and London data centres will offer Savvis Proximity Hosting to key financial exchanges. Initially, the expanded Singapore facility will offer direct connectivity and low latency network access to the Singapore Exchange (SGX).

Noted Tan Aye See, Managing Director of Savvis, Asia Pacific, “The Asia Pacific region is experiencing tremendous growth and this creates pressure on companies to manage their IT infrastructure to meet its growth requirements and at the same time manage their costs.”

She added, “With Savvis’ infrastructure as a service strategy, businesses now have the option to remove the burden of running their IT operations and increase their focus on business growth. Our offering in Singapore will give companies here access to our full portfolio of managed hosting, networking, utility computing and security solutions.”

As part of its aggressive expansion plans, Savvis has also recently acquired the Geo-Tele data centre in Singapore. Over and above the acquisition, Savvis will be making further substantial investment into Singapore to upgrade and increase the footprint in the current facility. The total facility in Singapore is expected to be approximately 18,000 sq ft of raised floor space.

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