BT Global
Servicesis building a new £17m data services
centre within the M25 perimeter to serve the enterprise
market.
The South London facility will host high end IT services such
as business continuity, IT transformation, and IT infrastructure
hosting and management for large enterprises and public sector
customers.
BT said the new datacentre will use biometric security measures
to conform to the high infrastructure security standards required
by the likes of financial services firms and government.
Andy Green, CEO of BT Global Services, said, “Datacentre
services are fundamental to the delivery of networked IT services.
This significant investment demonstrates our long-term commitment
to supplying networked IT services globally.
“Our ambition is to achieve growth of 20% per annum in the
datacentre services market.”
The new datacentre is scheduled to be in service by this
September, said BT.
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