Pacnet opens Singapore’s first data center with tier III design certification

SINGAPORE: Pacnet, a leading provider of integrated network and technology solutions in the Asia-Pacific region, officially opened Cloudspace II (SGCS2), the first data center design in Singapore to be recognized with Uptime Institute's Tier Certification of Design Documents.

The $90 million facility is one of Pacnet's flagship data centers built to help meet the rapidly growing demand for interconnected, advanced data and managed services in the Asia-Pacific region. Leading multinational companies and local enterprises such as Acclivis Technologies and Solutions (Acclivis) have already committed to deploying in SGCS2 to expand their business.

The eight-storey, 155,000-square foot standalone facility, strategically located in Paya Lebar, was built to Tier III criteria and received certification of the design documents by Uptime Institute on 4 December 2013.

The facility is also designed in accordance with the BCA Green Mark scheme - the equivalent to the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification by the US Green Building Council.

"With Singapore firmly entrenched as a dynamic financial hub, the Infocomm Development Authority's recent push to develop into a big data hub translates into a rising need for data center services," said Giles Proctor, VP of Data Center Construction and Operations at Pacnet. "We are excited about launching Singapore's first data center with Tier III Design Certification from the Uptime Institute, and continuing to grow along with the Lion City in the years ahead."

The new flagship data center not only provides customers with colocation and connectivity services, it also offers them access to Pacnet's managed services, including Hardware-as-a-Service (HaaS) and Pacnet Enabled Network (PEN).

Available in the first quarter of 2014, PEN is an industry-first Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) platform that will allow customers in the SGCS2 to manage networking services virtually and build high performance and cloud-ready networks that are cost-efficient, reliable, flexible and scalable.