A joint data venture between FPT’s Information System Corporation (FPT IS), KDDI Corporation and ITX Corporation of Japan , called Telehouse Vietnam , began operating in Hanoi on September 7.

According to Dao Vu Long, Telehouse Vietnam ’s Managing Director, the increasing demand for data centres is directly proportional to Vietnam ’s rapid development of its information and technology sector.

The joint venture between FPT IS and the two Japanese corporations aims to bring a new data centre up to international standards to Vietnam , he said.

The centre, which sits on a 1,900 m2 site, is designed and equipped with global data centre Telehouse standards to ensure round-the-clock security for customers’ datum and minimize any risks, even during power cuts.

Covering 39 locations in ten countries worldwide, the global Telehouse central data system, which facilitates telecommunications services, is now ready to provide its services to Vietnam .

FPT IS is a joint stock company under the FPT Group, with eight subsidiary companies and a joint venture with Japan . It has more than 2,200 specialists in software, IT services, general businesses and electrical services./.