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. w* c4 \, k/ Q2 x7 n wIBM will open a cloud data center facility in Hong Kong for its subsidiary SoftLayer on April 14, according to InformationWeek.+ _, H4 u* O3 A+ m1 J% b
; ]: }! j8 M Z: q4 s! g+ oThe 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$1.2bn investment for the expansion of its cloud storage business.2 _" @8 t. Y* Z' N9 d$ {$ f4 X
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The Hong Kong facility will have capacity for 15,000 servers and will have network connectivity provided by Equinix, NTT and Tata. 2 \6 w/ v5 ]8 z! i8 K ) b6 @4 K. a5 k. ASoftlayer’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./ G" {/ V/ d& D( ^
2 j" i% z- r; P D& L5 R3 R- y7 }5 _IBM 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. + c2 Z+ }) o+ u- J" n2 U ; ?' s0 D( M6 ~4 H6 b) ?" e% I8 uIBM’s BlueMix platform-as-a-service on Softlayer - which was announced last month- will also be available from the Hong Kong site.& s4 a8 T1 O/ z3 l" L
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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.9 f$ D T) C) J# z" {( e b' ?* W
) ]; U1 m' v1 W G5 M4 n2 LIBM 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. 7 I, N2 I8 n' | / m8 Q* B0 Q4 P9 J' N! J8 A! j! J
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