Biography NEC wants to spend 20 billion yen | Two new data centers support US cloud business

According to foreign media reports, NEC will spend 200 billion yen for the construction of two data centers to support the surge in cloud services due to the demand of US technology companies.

Of the 20 billion yen invested, 12 billion will be spent on the Kobe System Center, which started operation in 2016. As a result of having obtained a contract from a US cloud service provider, NEC decided to convert its currently operating complex capacity Doubled

In addition, another 8 billion yuan, NEC is expected to serve customers in central Japan in a new data center in Nagoya. Both of these projects are expected to be completed by April 2019.

NEC also has a strong heritage in the data center and has a broad customer base and strong R & D and delivery capabilities in the ICT industry, especially HPC.

Thanks to the surge in cloud services in the United States, NEC's sales in the cloud service industry doubled from the fiscal 2013 to 2017 fiscal year.