IBM opens its first public cloud data center in India, in Chennai

BENGALURU: IBM has opened its first public cloud data center in Chennai, India. The announcement was made by IBM's Vanitha Narayanan and her team at a press conference in Bengaluru.

The new IBM Cloud data center in Chennai will offer India customers and end users increased performance and speed for data traveling to and from the region.

"A part of IBM's $1.2 billion investment to expand its global cloud footprint into every major financial market, the Chennai data center underscores IBM's commitment to India, a key growth market for the company, providing the company an end-to-end capability," said Narayanan.

The Chennai data center joins IBM's Mumbai cloud center and is part of an expansive network of data centers that blanket...