ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has commenced construction on its sixth data center in Singapore, joining the other new builds in Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen and London.
STT GDC’s global portfolio comprises STT GDC Singapore, STT GDC India, GDS Services and VIRTUS Data Centres with over 50 data centers globally.
Known as STT Defu 2, the new facility is located adjacent to existing facility STT Defu 1. Together, both facilities will form STT GDC’s flagship data centre campus. With this expansion, STT GDC is able to meet the growing market demand for colocation in Singapore. The construction is expected to be completed in the second half of 2018.
STT Defu 2 will be a five-story, carrier-neutral data center facility with a total floor space spanning over 150,000 square feet. With rising expectations from enterprises for data center facilities that are highly resilient, secure and able to support their current and future growth, STT Defu 2 is designed with the highest industry standards in mind.
To this end, STT Defu 2 intends to obtain certifications such as TIA-942, LEED, ISO 27001, BCA-IMDA Green Mark Platinum, PCI DSS/OSPAR, SS507 and TVRA compliance.
STT Defu 2 will be interconnected to the other STT GDC properties in Singapore, allowing customers to leverage the many network connectivity options available. A selection of support services will also be available on a 24x7 basis, ensuring uninterrupted mission-critical applications for our customers.
“Over the past three years, we have expanded our data center platform rapidly and established ourselves as a leading player in the data center industry. The advent of STT Defu 2 will serve to further cement our position in the industry and we look forward to starting operations in it,” ST Telemedia Global Data Centers CEO Bruno Lopez said.
“STT Defu 2 is designed to meet the most critical infrastructure needs of cloud, telco, IT and financial services industries. We are confident that this expansion will enable us to effectively meet our customers’ evolving business needs, and help them scale up their deployment requirements easily and quickly – both essential factors for success in our increasingly digitized world.”
First published in NetworksAsia