PLDT firing up 3 Mindanao ICT projects next monthThe Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) is completing three major ICT projects in Mindanao next month to enhance the region’s digital infrastructure and support economic growth. For its part, the new Davao data center will be designed to meet global data center standards and accommodate hosting, collocation and business continuity services for enterprises. Todate, PLDT operates seven data centers in the country with the recent addition of its largest data center situated in Makati City. The telco targets to expand its data center facilities to 10 by 2017 with total rack capacity of over 9,000 – the largest by any provider in the country. Located in Davao City, the ICT projects include PLDT’s fourth cable landing station, an innovation laboratory (Innolab) and the telco’s eighth data center – all part of its P48 billion capital expenditure for 2016.

Source: Manila Bulletin August 09, 2016 14:15 UTC