With a total investment of US$29.5 million and a gross construction area of approximately 10,000 square metres, the project, Fujitsu's first data center in China, is expected to begin operations in early 2011, said Fujitsu in a statement.
The co-operation between the Nanhai People's Government of Foshan, Guangdong Province and Fujitsu began in 2007, said Fujitsu, adding that the company, the Nanhai government, and the Guangdong Certification Authority (GDCA) signed the MOU for joint establishment of Fujitsu South China Data Centre in Sep this year.
Under this agreement, the three parties will work together to build the Fujitsu South China Data Centre to be located in the Guangdong High-tech Service Zone for Financial Institutions and launch professional data centre services such as co-location services, data backup services and disaster preparedness services, Fujitsu noted.
The new data centre will offer system application management and maintenance through contracted service; IT support management, bank back-office service and data processing service, according to the vendor.
"The Nanhai People's Government and Fujitsu have signed the MOU of strategic partnership. With the strong support of government leaders and departments at all levels, both parties have finally made the first step towards concrete co-operation, which is certainly worth celebrating," said Wang Ling, Deputy Mayor of Foshan. "The signing also demonstrates great confidence of both parties in the economic development of Guangdong Province."
The establishment of the Fujitsu South China Data Centre marks another success of Guangdong Hi-tech Services Zone for Financial Institutions in Nanhai District, following the launch of high-end service projects from domestic and overseas companies such as the AIA supporting centre, the South China information centre of the People's Insurance Company Group of China and Sun Hung Kai Financial Group, Fujitsu said.
Besides customers from government agencies, banking and financial institutions, manufacturing, transport, and logistics sectors, the new facility will also provide SMBs in South China, especially those in the Pearl River Delta, with IT support, as well as professional data storage offerings, the vendor added.