Tigo Paraguay announces the construction of Paraguay’s first UPTIME Tier 3 Certified Data Centre
- Millicom, known as Tigo in Paraguay has successfully obtained UPTIME Design TIER 3 Certification on its new data centre which will go live in April 2016.
- Millicom’s partner who will deliver the data centre in record time is Swedish Pre-Fabricated Data Centre Specialist Flexenclosure.
- The new facility will enable Tigo to target Paraguay’s growing demand from businesses with new services under the Tigo Business brand
- The data centre will deliver much needed disaster recovery services, in line with the government’s Critical Infrastructure Protection, especially in the wake of the natural disasters which struck have struck Paraguay in recent years.
19 January 2016 – Millicom announces that Tigo Paraguay has successfully obtained Certified Design Documents for the first UPTIME TIER 3 Certified Data centre to be built in Paraguay, demonstrating Tigo’s commitment to deliver world-class standards for its corporate clients.
This high tech data centre facility will be built by Flexenclosure, the Swedish expert designer and manufacturer of eCentre prefabricated data centre buildings and eSite intelligent hybrid power management systems for the ICT industry, Flexenclosure. The data centre will be located in Paraguay’s capital Asunción.
The Data Centre will be live in April and will be the first professional colocation facility in the country.
Millicom has adopted a unique hybrid construction, including a traditional bricks and mortar office building combined with Flexenclosure’s prefabricated eCentre data centre modules, thereby drastically reducing time to deliver the new facility and maintaining the quality and reliability of the new data centre. The eCentre modules have been completed at Flexenclosure’s factory in Vara, Sweden, and the modules are currently being transported to Paraguay.
Expanding into Colocation/Cloud business
Tigo Paraguay plans to expand into business services such as co-location and cloud services to support its business clients by delivering enhanced resiliency and reliability of the Tigo network as well as expanded customer services.
Recent natural disasters in the country have highlighted the importance of having a world class data centre in the country which can guarantee a very high uptime (999.982%). This positions Tigo Paraguay strongly to be the partner of choice for enterprises looking for reliable primary IT production sites or back up disaster recovery sites.
The new data centre will also become the central primary site of the Tigo’s network in Paraguay, providing a strong platform on which to support the highest quality network with minimal interruption for all customers.
Juan Emilio Roa, Paraguay Tigo Business Director said: “We see significant opportunities to drive the development of the co-location and cloud services market in Paraguay and need a high quality data centre facility that we can easily and efficiently expand as our business grows.
“We chose our partner Flexenclosure, who has the proven track record in deploying these technical facilities and delivering the first UPTIME TIER 3 Certified Data Centre using a mix of Modular/Concrete built. The production quality, guaranteed delivery time and product flexibility were all important factors in our decision and we’re confident that this data centre will serve the needs of our growing corporate clients.”
David King, CEO, Flexenclosure CEO of Flexenclosure said: “We are delighted to have won this order, extending our relationship with Millicom. This project marks a series of firsts for Flexenclosure – our first Tier III certified facility; our first hybrid facility; and our first data centre deployment in Latin America – and we’re looking forward to further expanding our footprint beyond our traditional markets in Africa and Asia.”
Data Centre Specifications
This 2 MW high tech facility will have an initial capacity of 110 racks and will be able to house up to 260 racks at full capacity. The Data Centre will be managed according to international data centre best practices.
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About Millicom
Millicom is a leading international telecommunications and media company dedicated to emerging markets in Latin America and Africa. Millicom operates in 14 countries, primarily using the Tigo brand, serving 60 million customers. In 1992 Tigo was the first company to offer mobile services in Paraguay and now Tigo is the market leader providing mobile, Internet, fixed broadband, satellite and cable TV to almost four million customers.
- Tigo is Paraguay’s leading mobile operator with almost 4 million of customers.
- Tigo’s network penetration reaches 96 per cent of the national territory
- Tigo’s mobile money service – Tigo Money - has more than 1.2million customers
- Tigo Business serves more than 10,400 companies
- Tigo Paraguay has invested over US $1 billion since 1992
- The company has won Great Place to Work awards in 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015.
- Tigo’s Corporate Responsibility programs include: an educational initiative called Tigo in Your Community that features the installation of digital classrooms in schools; a Telemedicina initiative in partnership with the Ministry for Public Health to improve public healthcare; and an initiative working with UNICEF to reduce infant mortality rates.
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