VNG Corporation launched its tier-III VNG Data Center in Tan Thuan Export Processing Zone, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City on Friday.
With Uptime Tier III certification for Tier Certification of Design Documents (TCDD) and Tier Certification of Constructed Facility (TCCF), the facility is among the top three most modern data centers in Vietnam. It can provide flexible, secure, and reliable access to data storage and data solutions to local and global businesses.
Initially, the 7,800-square-meter data center features 410 racks for installing servers with a designed capacity of up to 10 kW per rack. The facility is set to expand to 1,600 racks to facilitate digitalization in the Southeast Asian nation.
Prior to this data center, the two that meet Uptime Tier III in Vietnam are CMC Data Center Tan Thuan also in Tan Thuan Export Processing Zone and ecoDC in Hanoi.
Vietnam can become a major global data center market given the country's political stability, absence of terrorism, and low incidence of natural disasters, according to Cushman & Wakefield.
Vietnam currently runs about 27 data centers of various sizes and qualities in major cities. Overall, the market is estimated at about 45 megawatts, in terms of power supply to run the centers, Cushman & Wakefield data showed.