IBM is setting up its first cloud data centre in India. The company has built a 30,000 sq ft data centre facility in Airoli, on the outskirts of Mumbai.
The new Mumbai IBM Cloud Centre is part of a 15 cloud center expansion, and a $1.2 billion investment by IBM Cloud to enhance its cloud presence around the world.
IBM recently partnered with SAP to host SAP's HANA Enterprise Cloud on IBM cloud. The data centre will allow SAP to offer its cloud-based platform to Indian customers who have been wary about their data residing in other countries.
IBM is also providing resiliency services through the new facility to let enterprises continue with their business during a disaster.
Microsoft announced last month that it would set up cloud data centres in India by the end of 2015. Amazon has also talked about the possibility of local data centres in India.
The IBM data centre in Mumbai will primarily focus on private cloud services for enterprises and small and medium businesses. The company is also expected to announce another data centre in India, which will cater to IBM's public cloud service called SoftLayer.
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