The FINANCIAL -- IBM 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.

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. 

According to IBM, 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.

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.

The new highly efficient data center is designed to international green building standards and engineered with power, chillers, cooling, rack layout and uninterrupted power supply systems.   IBM has designed and delivered more than 1,000 modular data centers for customers around the globe helping customers save up to 30 percent in energy costs per year compared to traditional data centers.

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