By Grace Chng, The Straits Times
Rising demand for cloud services has prompted Singtel to invest in a $400 million data centre in Jurong.
The new seven-storey facility will serve the financial services industry, government agencies and cloud and Internet service providers like WhatsApp and Instagram.
Singtel said in a statement yesterday that the 570,000 sq ft centre will be completed by September next year.
The data centre will be the telco's 13th in the region. Singtel has eight others here, and two each in Hong Kong and Australia.
Chief executive for group enterprise Bill Chang said the facility “enables Singtel to attract and host world-class cloud players in Singapore, and position the country as a global hub for cloud computing and innovation”.
Businesses will be able to use Singtel's regional hosting capabilities to grow and connect their operations across the region, he added in the statement.
