Wipro to setup $75M data center in Cleveland, NC

Wipro Infocrossing, part of Wipro has bought an existing data facility in Cleveland County, North Carolina. Infocrossing offers IT management solutions for large and mid-sized businesses and will be investing to the tune of $75 million in the data center. According to plans, the data center will meet the industry requirements for a tier III facility and LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) certification. These certifications mean that the center will be using green technologies, have redundancies against unforeseen system failures and better security.

The center will be spread across a 215,00 square foot area and cater to Wipro’s cloud computing efforts, remote management and services around mainframes, Windows, Unix and iSeries platforms. With 900 employees and five data centers, New Jersey based Infocrossing was bought by Wipro  in 2007.

Talking about the facility, Sameer Kishore, President of Wipro Infocrossing said, “At Wipro Infocrossing, we are always looking for ways to increase the value we deliver to our customers. Our vision for our Cleveland County data center is to not only increase our data center footprint, but build a data center that brings the best infrastructure technology to our clients. Recently, we announced the addition of our new data center in Meerbusch, Germany. Today, we are announcing our plans to build in Cleveland County, NC. Wipro Infocrossing is committed to building localized and global delivery capabilities, something which we, and our customers, believe differentiates us from our competitors.”

North Carolina is attracting technology companies due to incentives like cheaper electricity prices. Governor Bev Perdue commented on Wipro’s announcement and said, “Google, Apple, Facebook and now Wipro. North Carolina continues to be a prime location for growing and expanding global technology companies.”