On October 25, VNPT opened a Data Center (IDC) at Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park. Mr. Huynh Quang Liem, General Director of VNPT, said that together with IDC Hoa Lac, VNPT currently owns 10 data centers present in major provinces and cities including Hanoi, Da Nang, and Ho Chi Minh City. These centers all fully meet strict domestic and international standards. Among them, IDC Hoa Lac is the largest and most modern in Vietnam, capable of providing the most advanced data services in Vietnam, ready to meet the "tailored" requirements of all customer segments. domestic and international goods.
It is expected that in the coming time, VNPT will continue to seek opportunities to cooperate with partners and investors to build new, regional and world-class data centers, using green and sustainable technology. solid. This affirms VNPT's role in accompanying the Government and businesses to realize the country's digital transformation aspirations, aiming to become a regional digital hub.
Built on a separate plot of land in the center of Hoa Lac High-Tech Park, VNPT IDC Hoa Lac has a total usable area of up to 23.000 m2 of floor space, with a scale of up to 2.000 racks - the largest in Vietnam currently. now. IDC Hoa Lac has achieved Uptime Tier III certification for design, construction and installation and will soon be certified for operations.
The equipment in IDC is provided by famous brands from G7 countries such as Cumin, Hitachi, Siemens... In particular, the IDC center has super-speed network connection capabilities, an average of 2Gbps/rack for connection. domestic and 0.5Gbps/rack with international network connection, thanks to VNPT's advantage of being the leading telecommunications network in Vietnam.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung said that data infrastructure is the most important part of digital infrastructure. Telecommunications carriers have been at the forefront of telecommunications infrastructure, but now they must take the lead in data infrastructure. Investing in data centers is a new type of investment for telecommunications carriers. Without investing here, telecommunications carriers will have no new growth space. If we don't invest here, telecommunications carriers will be replaced.
“Every three years, world data doubles. Vietnam is growing faster. Vietnam has 3 small and medium data centers, equivalent to the 39 data centers of VNPT in Hoa Lac opened today. Thus, every year we must inaugurate at least 15 centers like this to basically meet Vietnam's data needs," Minister Nguyen Manh Hung said.
Also according to the head of the Ministry of Information and Communications, Vietnam still does not have a large data center. VNPT's data center in Hoa Lac has a capacity of 2.000 racks, which is medium-sized. A large center has at least 5.000 racks. Carriers still don't have a big enough vision of data.
Data is the most important resource of the digital economy. A country's future wealth is measured by data. Big data and big data processing will be the biggest industry. VNPT as well as other Vietnamese telecommunications carriers must have a correct vision of a country's data infrastructure.
“Today, we are here again to witness the launch of VNPT IDC Hoa Lac, witnessing the realization of VNPT's commitment to building modern Vietnamese digital infrastructure, meeting international standards. … On behalf of the Ministry of Information and Communications, I congratulate VNPT, and request VNPT to continue building large data centers on an international level in the coming time, providing digital infrastructure to meet the needs of the Digital Government, digital economy and digital society in our country, so that Vietnamese businesses no longer have to worry about finding places to store and process data outside of Vietnam, as well as attract customers globally", Ministry the chief said.
At the opening ceremony, Mr. Nguyen Hoang Anh, Chairman of the State Capital Management Committee at Enterprises, said that the opening of IDC Hoa Lac is a testament to VNPT's desire to accompany the Government in building Modern digital infrastructure, meeting international standards, so that Vietnamese data will be stored and processed in Vietnam according to the direction of the Government and the Ministry of Information and Communications, by 2025 there will be 100% of Government agencies, 70% of businesses. Enterprises using cloud computing in domestic units. Currently, many Vietnamese businesses that are using foreign cloud computing infrastructure are switching to using Vietnamese infrastructure. VNPT's role is very important to turn Vietnam into a digital country and this is the corporation's mission.
Also at this ceremony, Mr. To Dung Thai, Chairman of VNPT, said that the opening event of the IDC Center today is a process of striving, from the burning desire to make VNPT become a leading IDC supplier. Vietnam and the region. To realize the mission and vision of becoming a leading service provider, making an even greater contribution to the national digital transformation, VNPT has identified and taken internal resources, including the tradition of surpassing difficult, rising, investing in human resources is basic, long-term, strategic, decisive; Taking external resources such as modern technology and advanced management is important and groundbreaking.
