Tulip Telecom and IBM Work Together to Build India's Largest Data Center

IBM (News - Alert) and Tulip Telecom have worked together to build India's largest data center to address rapid growth of mobile consumers in the emerging markets.

Tulip Telecom is a telecommunications network and data service provider that reaches more than 2,000 cities and towns throughout India.

The facility, which covers over 900,000 square feet and 20 enterprise modular data centers in a four tower building, is designed to international green building standards and engineered with power, chillers, cooling, rack layout and uninterrupted power supply systems.

Officials with IBM said that the company’s data center and SmartCloud infrastructure services will support Tulip in dramatically extending its existing offerings to quickly meet customer demand.

"Our goal is to be the largest data connectivity and managed services provider, and to succeed we needed a modernized data center that could support both business and operational requirements," said Lt. Col. HS Bedi, chairman and managing director, Tulip Telecom, in a statement.

Lt. Col. Bedi said that with a project of such magnitude at hand, the company chose to partner with IBM because it has global expertise in designing and building innovative, energy-efficient cloud data centers that should support the company’s needs now and in the future.

"A data center that can last decades when information technology is changing every two to three years is critical for Tulip to support its growing business," said Steven Sams, vice president, global site and facilities services, IBM.

Sams said that IBM's data center and SmartCloud services will allow Tulip to take the next step in meeting the fluctuating demands of its customers, as well as meet India's environmental efficiency regulations.

Company officials pointed out that IBM has designed and delivered more than 1,000 modular data centers for customers around the globe helping customers save up to 30 percent in energy costs per year compared to traditional data centers.