PhonePe Unveils Its First Green Data Center In India With Dell and NTT
PhonePe on Thurday announced the launch of its first Green Data Center in India, leveraging technologies and solutions from Dell Technologies and NTT.
The Green Data Center is set to open up new opportunities in data management for PhonePe, with efficient data security, power efficiency, ease of operations and cloud solutions. The center will also help the company to build sustainable and efficient infrastructure to further seamlessly scale its operations across the country.
Speaking at the launch Burzin Engineer, co-founder and chief reliability officer, PhonePe said, “Today, if there is one thing about PhonePe that echoes with millions of users, it is the reliability and speed of the transaction. It is with this ethos that we are very excited to work with Dell Technologies and NTT to launch our first Green Data Center in India. This data center will not only help in further seamlessly scaling our business but also help in reducing our carbon footprint.”
The 4.8-megawatt facility occupies 13,740 sq.ft at Mahape, Navi Mumbai. It is built and designed with advanced alternative cooling technologies like Direct Contact Liquid Cooling (DCLC) and Liquid Immersion Cooling (LIC). The data center’s Dell PowerEdge servers will expected to provide exceptional performance, simplified management, and intelligent automation while using less energy.
In a statement, Manish Gupta, Vice President and General Manager, Infrastructure Solutions Group, Dell Technologies India said, "The launch of PhonePe’s first Green Data Centre is a significant milestone on its journey to achieving its sustainability goals. We are delighted to extend our long-standing relationship with PhonePe by supporting them with our industry-leading infrastructure."
Addressing a BW Businessworld question on the kind of demand seen in India for green data centres, Gupta said, “We see a phenomenal amount of interest for green data centres in India. From a vertical standpoint the key verticals where we expect a lot of demand to emerge over a period of time would be BFSI and Telecom. We see a lot of interest from government, especially in research and academia.”
