Becomes the first player with presence across metros, offering unrivalled hosting options to customers.
Tata Communications, a leading global provider of a new world of communications, today announced the opening of its Data Center in Kolkata, the first such third party tier III data centre in eastern India. This latest addition to Tata Communications rollout of world class IDC infrastructure will enable customer access to reliable, secure data centers which are connected our Tier I India and Global network backbone.
The data centre, built to Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) 942 standards, is spread across 6,000 square feet of area capacity. Being in the same facility as Tata Communications’ core network infrastructure backbone, customers have excellent connectivity options to take them to any part of the country and the world with minimum latency and maximum reliability. The centre would tap not only east India based companies but also those who service customers in the east, allowing them to locate their data close to their customers for better service quality.
“We are extremely happy to enter the Eastern India market, making us the only data centre services player with presence across the metros. The eastern India market is a relatively untapped market and we hope to act as an enabler for attractive investment opportunities in this region through our services. Now customers will no longer need to invest in setting up captive data centers or locate it outside the region. We offer them the same stringent SLAs and quality assurance which they have come to expect from us,” said Abid Qadiri, Vice President, Data Center Services, Global Managed Solutions, Tata Communications.
Tata Communications has already acquired anchor customer for the data centre.
Launch of Data Center Services in Kolkata is part of the company’s $ 2 billion investment plan over the next three years. Increased footprint of the data center infrastructure, integrated with Tata Communications extensive network backbone is the foundation for offering our customers Value-added and Managed Services such as Managed Hosting & Storage, Managed Security, Virtualization, and a host of other solutions.
Tata Communications already has nearly a million square feet of data center space worldwide. Tata Communications’ data centers are spread across Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Pune, making it the largest and widest service provider in India.
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About Tata Communications
Tata Communications is a leading global provider of a new world of communications. With a leadership position in emerging markets, Tata Communications leverages its advanced solutions capabilities and domain expertise across its global and pan-India network to deliver managed solutions to multi-national enterprises, service providers and Indian consumers.
The Tata Global Network includes one of the most advanced and largest submarine cable networks, a Tier-1 IP network, with connectivity to more than 200 countries across 400 PoPs, and nearly 1 million square feet of data center and collocation space worldwide.
Tata Communications’ depth and breadth of reach in emerging markets includes leadership in Indian enterprise data services, leadership in global international voice, and strategic investments in operators in South Africa (Neotel), Sri Lanka (Tata Communications Lanka Limited), Nepal (United Telecom Limited), and subject to approval by the Chinese government, China (China Enterprise Communications).
Tata Communications Limited is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India and its ADRs are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. (NYSE: TCL) www.tatacommunications.com
