IBM OPENS FOURTH COLOMBIAN DATA CENTER IN BOGOTA
Source: datacenterdynamics.com View: 284 Date: 2014-06-09

IBM has spent US$17m building its fourth Colombian data center, in the Siberia district of Bogota.

IBM estimated that its user base is now responsible for 30% of Colombia’s GDP. The computing capacity of the new Siberia data center is said to be enough to process Colombia’s entire library of medical records.

According to a report by analyst firm Frost & Sullivan, Colombia has the largest potential among Latin American countries for exploiting cloud technology.

Revenue cloud technology in Colombia was $31.6m in 2012 but that figure will have grown by more than 600 per cent by 2017, to reach $196.5m (Source: Analysis of Colombia’s Cloud Services Market – Frost & Sullivan).

Invest in Botota’s IT investment promotion officer Felipe Rojas said Colombia is attracting inward data center investment because it is now the IT hub services for central and South America and the Caribbean.

“This data center will focus on national clients, many of whom are also operating in the northern region of South America, Central America and the Caribbean,” Rojas said.

IBM’s investment promotions manager Juan Carolos Jimenez said Bogota is good for cloud computing because it has a good skills base in IT services, software development, digital content and engineering.

This is contributing to a booming business environment that is expected to see it become Latin America’s third largest economy, after Brazil and Mexico.

This in turn is attracting more foreign investors, particularly data center builders.

“There are many Latino companies in the information sector that are experiencing significant growth in their operations in Colombia,” Jimenez said.

In the past 12 years, the number of multinational businesses operating in Colombia has risen 500 to 1,500, according to Invest in Bogota’s figures.

“This is a very significant market for IBM,” Jimenez said.

“The constant growth, development and internationalization of our industry provide a great opportunity for us.”

 

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