# R: M9 n0 o9 h" l, }IBM will open a cloud data center facility in Hong Kong for its subsidiary SoftLayer on April 14, according to InformationWeek.- G' G' w; U7 u- k) Z( u
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The opening of the Hong Kong facility will mark the first of 15 data centers IBM said it is building throughout the year as part of a US$1.2bn investment for the expansion of its cloud storage business. v- h: y t/ \. C + Y/ i! \8 d+ x/ U- H% MThe Hong Kong facility will have capacity for 15,000 servers and will have network connectivity provided by Equinix, NTT and Tata. " ?0 i$ }$ p/ ~) r2 n6 S9 y, W+ i7 f& m* T/ _
Softlayer’s CEO Lance Crosby said in an interview with InformtionWeek the next Softlayer data center sites will most likely be Canada, Mexico, UK and Australia.) U5 A) R2 K% w$ w, x2 h
$ P* I! e) |" ?* J8 RIBM Watson will be available in the new Hong Kong facility making it only one of three facilities to provide the business intelligence engine- the other facilities to provide Watson are in London and Dallas. ) u# ]+ }' G0 i+ A3 T& ?0 i0 b% u4 m9 h
IBM’s BlueMix platform-as-a-service on Softlayer - which was announced last month- will also be available from the Hong Kong site.8 o- i. x3 i6 G" F* {
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BlueMix is an implementation of IBM’s Open Cloud Architecture, leveraging Cloud Foundry to enable developers to rapidly build, deploy, and manage their cloud applications, while tapping a growing ecosystem of available services and runtime frameworks. & U- b# s7 _+ J; F' |$ ]% `2 M- c! k3 N8 W
IBM said it will follow flexible pricing schemes as it deploys BlueMix, allowing customers to consume it by the hour, by the month, or by the seat.& d' f- l% E5 r! R( a2 n
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