Tulip Telecom And IBM Build India's Largest Data Center To Address Rapid Growth Of Mobile Consumers In Emerging Markets

BANGALORE, India, Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- 

• 900,000 square foot facility uses advanced green design for maximum efficiency
• New IBM SmartCloud services allow Tulip to deliver Infrastructure, Storage and Platform-as-a-Service to customers
• Modular Data Center design and high reliability supports up to 100 megawatts of power
• Virtual tour takes you inside state-of-the-art facility

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has worked with Tulip Telecom Ltd. to design and help build the largest data center facility in India to deliver new cloud and networking services.

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Tulip Telecom is a leading telecommunications network and data service provider, reaching more than 2,000 cities and towns throughout India.  With the number of people using mobile devices to access the Internet increasing dramatically, IDC estimates that the amount of information managed by enterprises will grow 50 times over the next decade, and in the next two years alone the number of servers installed will increase by 49 percent over those installed today. 

IBM's data center and SmartCloud infrastructure services will support Tulip in dramatically extending its existing offerings to quickly meet customer demand.  Covering more than 900,000 square feet, and 20 Enterprise Modular Data Centers in a four tower building, the facility is engineered to support up to 100 megawatts of power, making it the third largest data center in the world.

Click here to view a video of the new data center facility and hear from Tulip and IBM executives.

Tulip Telecom teamed with IBM to design a solution that could easily scale to its customers' infrastructure needs quickly and efficiently.  IBM brings deep expertise in building modular data centers worldwide, and its enterprise-focused, secure SmartCloud services.