Fujitsu Asia opens third data centre in Singapore
ConvergenceAsia staff
14/01/2009

IT services provider Fujitsu Asia has opened the Fujitsu East Data Centre (FeDC) in Singapore to accommodate the growing demand for cost-efficient and energy-efficient managed IT services throughout ASEAN.

Located at The Fort, a high-security building in Changi, the Data Centre (DC) is the third by Fujitsu Asia in Singapore, with the first two centres based in Ayer Rajah and Tampines.

The FeDC is the most energy-efficient of Fujitsu Asia’s four DCs in ASEAN, and conforms to best practices from Tokyo-based parent firm Fujitsu Limited, which operates 53 DCs in Japan and 32 more DCs in 16 other countries worldwide.

With a set-up cost of S$15 million, the FeDC represents Fujitsu Asia’s latest capital investment in the Singapore economy. Fully operational since last month, phase 1 occupies 7,400 sq ft of space, with options for extending the floor area to 18,000 sq ft.

"The opening of the FeDC augurs well for our ASEAN customers. It provides high-quality data centre services in a cost-efficient and energy-efficient manner, and allows customers to scale their computing needs to maintain their competitiveness amid ever-changing business conditions," said Masaki Kajiyama, President (Singapore Operations), Fujitsu Asia.

"This investment is in line with plans by Fujitsu Asia, the ASEAN HQ for Fujitsu Limited, to expand its regional presence while consolidating all administrative, logistics, marketing and sales operations in Singapore. Its opening marks a significant milestone in our corporate history," he added.

The facility also incorporates a full security system incorporating Fujitsu’s PalmSecure palm vein biometric access, closed-circuit television surveillance, on-site electricity generation and uninterruptible power supplies. This represents a Tier III+ availability for all the infrastructure and telecommunications.

Fujitsu offers
- Collocation (assigning private racks for individual customers)
- Server and database administration
- Local area network, wide area network and firewall administration
- DC design-and-build services
- Disaster recovery and business continuity services

at the FeDC. These FeDC services are available to all the ASEAN markets (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam) which the company operates in. 

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