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China Telecom opens data centers in Hong Kong and Singapore

Updated:2010/9/30 13:15

China Telecom launched on Tuesday two Internet data centers (IDC) in Hong Kong and Singapore, representing a HK$200 million (US$25.78 million) investment in its data center expansion efforts in the Asia Pacific.

These two IDCs will add to China Telecom's existing 260 IDCs interconnected in 280 cities worldwide, forming a unified network to provide hosting and data storage services, as well as to support the customers' growing demand for infrastructure virtualization, said Deng Xiaofeng, chairman and CEO of China Telecom (Hong Kong) International.

Benson Yeung, sales managing director, China Telecom Hong Kong, added that the group is targeted to become Asia's top three data center services provider in three years' time.

China Telecom's expanded data center in Hong Kong covers 27,000 sq feet space, and 3,500 sq ft for its Singapore data center. Together they will offer hosting and data storage services.

At present, with its global data centers worldwide, China Telecom's data center space has a combined total of 230,000 square meters with over 530,000 racks globally and connected by 13 land-based fibres and four seabed-based optical cables.

In the mainland, China Telecom has four tier-one IDCs that possess disaster recovery capability -- Beijing, Shanghai, Xian and Chengdu. These IDCs are equipped with multilateral security controls including global data backup and management, network monitoring, and disaster recovery.

"All stored data is protected regardless of data center outage, whether through human error, equipment failure, or natural disaster," said China Telecom in a media statement. "Of these four tier-one IDCs, only Chengdu lies in an earthquake zone. But so far, it has not been affected by the recent major earthquakes in the Mainland (the Sichuan earthquake in 2008 and the Gansu earthquake in 2009)," Deng added.

According to a study by research company IDC in 2009, despite the impact of national policies and the global economic downturn, China's IDC market has maintained strong growth. The total market size reached US$667.1 million, an increase of 22.7 percent compared with 2008 figures. The market is expected to reach US$1.9 billion in 2014, with a five-year (2009-2014) compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 23.8 percent.

By:Carol Ko  Source:computerworld
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