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PLDT Group Builds Eighth Data Center Facility in Clark, Pampanga for $1.3 Bilion Peso

PLDT Group Builds Eighth Data Center Facility in Clark, Pampanga for $1.3 Bilion Peso Image Credit: PLDT

The largest service provider in Philiphines, PLDT, through its ICT subsidiary ePLDT, last week announced its fifth data center facility under its VITRO Data Center line in Clark, Pampanga to increase its capacity to cater for the digital communications market. Located in the heart of the Clark ecozone, VITRO Clark, once fully operational, will cater to the region’s thriving business communities and planned IT hubs in Central Luzon, that could also serve the disaster recovery requirements for other businesses elsewhere.

According to PLDT, with the latest addition, the PLDT Group now will have eight data centers with rack capacity of over 8,000. With a total investment of Php 1.3 billion when completed, the construction of the VITRO Clark facility will boost the growth of ICT-demanding industries in the area like the business process outsourcing, outsourcing & offshoring, and retail. PLDT added that much like the new VITRO facility in Makati, the VITRO Clark will be based on TIA-942 and LEED standard guidelines and will undergo certifications once completed, ensuring global standards are implemented that will make it at par with data centers in advanced countries.

Eric Alberto, PLDT EVP and ePLDT President and CEO
This new data center will be compliant to global standards with enough rack space to accommodate the production requirements of the enterprises based here in Luzon, as well as the disaster recovery requirements of those based elsewhere. We are confident that the PLDT Group will again make our mark in Philippine ICT history,” said. We are not doing this just for the prestige of becoming the largest data center operator in the country. We are doing this because we want to enable local enterprises to compete in the global arena and help fulfill our country’s destiny to become the next Asian Economic Tiger,” he added.

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