Singapore's 1-Net has announced strategic partnerships with Cyber CSF in Indonesia and TCC Technology (TCCT) in Thailand to provide customers in the region with seamless access to data centre services. The collaboration will see 1-Net, Cyber CSF and TCCT expand their capabilities through the alignment of key operations that result in a heterogeneous network of data centres.
Customers of 1-Net, Cyber CSF and TCCT will now have access to a comprehensive portfolio of data centre services, cloud, network and security solutions through this combined data centre footprint across Asia. This single customer interface across different markets with a uniform service level agreement (SLA) will improve efficiency and make it easy for customers to expand their data centres in the region.
“We are happy to partner with the Asia’s key data centre providers to facilitate data centre expansion for businesses across Asia. Together with Cyber CSF and TCCT, we are working toward sharing a common product management platform that will allow us to offer our services in a harmonised manner,” said Wong Ka Vin, Managing Director of 1-Net.
Customers will be able to procure data centre space and services from 1-Net in Singapore as well as enjoy options to expand to TCCT’s three data centres located in Thailand and to Cyber CSF’s data centre in Jakarta. This partnership complements 1-Net’s recently announced 1-Net North, an upcoming 200,000 sq ft data centre which targets to be operational in the last quarter of 2015. This allows the parties to provide a comprehensive suite of services which will contain common obligations, terms and conditions, and operation methodology to govern the commercial arrangement.
In recognition of the growing demand in the region, 1-Net’s partnership with Cyber CSF and TCCT is the latest in the company’s regional expansion milestones in the Asia. All parties will work towards sharing a common product management platform that allows them to productise, organise and publish the services in an integrated manner.
According to Datacenter Dynamics Intelligence, the ‘white’ space or raised floor of data centres in Asia Pacific will grow at a CAGR of 9.1% over the period from 2012 to 2015 to 98.1 million sq ft.
TCCT has three data centres located in Thailand – Empire Tower Data Center (ETDC) in Central Business District of Bangkok, Bangna Data Center (BNDC) near international airport, Bangkok, and Data Center at Amata Nakorn (AMDC) in the eastern part of Thailand. TCCT also has a “Carrier Neutral” policy, making them a centralised hub of premium ISPs and telcos, offering customers greater choice for their connection requirements.
Kosit Suksingha, Executive Director of TCC Technology said, “TCCT and 1-Net have worked as partners for more than 10 years, collaborating on various projects, done joint R&D, and shared knowledge on best practices and technology. We are committed to serve market demand and create business value for customers. Today we are proud to officially announce that our best-in-class data centres have become one and are utilisable by our customers throughout Asia Pacific.”
Cyber CSF’s purpose-built data centre is located in Jakarta, Indonesia. Their facility is designed with redundancy to meet Tier 3 availability and reliability standards. The data centre is Uptime Institute Tier 3 Designed Certified. At Cyber CSF, customers are ensured continuous power, precision cooling, connectivity and security.
Daniel Korompis, President Director of Cyber CSF said, “We’re glad to be part of this initiative, which seek to achieve consistent customer experience across a regional data centre footprint. With our team of technical experts, we will leverage on the best practices to deliver optimal operations across the three countries.”
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