Tuesday, 28 October 2008

Japanese Telco Giant Launches First Asian Telehouse

KDDI Singapore Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Japanese-based KDDI Corporation has officially launched its first South East Asian data centre facility in Singapore.

Telehouse Singapore, the eleventh Telehouse data center worldwide, spans over 16,000 sq feet and will be the first data center to be wholly-owned by a Japanese ICT provider based in Singapore.

Telehouse was first established in London and New York in the late 1980s.

“Singapore’s excellent geographical location, stable economic conditions and conductive business environment has attracted a growing number of Japanese companies and multinational corporations to set up their regional headquarters here. Information technology plays a crucial role in the daily operations of all businesses. We recognise the strong demand for quality, reliable data centre space and services. Building upon our years of experience in the IT industry, Telehouse Singapore aims to combine our data centre expertise, capabilities in global network services and IT systems integration to value-add and deliver total solutions for our customers in a most reliable and competitive manner,” said Mr Shinichi Suzukawa, Managing Director of KDDI Singapore.

The new Telehouse Singapore facility is fully-equipped with stable power supply from Singapore Power from two independent paths, uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and privately-owned back-up generators.

Telehouse Singapore will provide data centre space through three basic services – rack co-location, caged co-location and open co-location – with a variety of optional monitoring and proxy services. 24-hour technical support is offered in English, Mandarin as well as Japanese.