A wholly-owned subsidiary of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. said it expects its data centers in Makati and Clark to start operation by May next year.
Eric Alberto, president and chief executive of ePLDT, said the P1-billion state-of-the-art data facility in Makati would have the largest floor space among its current line of data centers at 18,000 square meters.
It will deploy an eight-layer level security to safeguard critical equipment and data of customers with maximum protection. Vitro Makati will have data center-rated generators designed to run continuously to eliminate the need for periodic cut-over to other gensets during long commercial power failures.
The P1.3-billion data center in Clark has a capacity of 1,230 racks and will cater to the region’s thriving business communities and planned information technology hubs in Central Luzon that could also serve the disaster recovery requirements for other businesses elsewhere.
The construction of the Vitro Clark facility will boost the growth of ICT-demanding industries in the area like business process outsourcing, outsourcing and offshoring and retail.