Data Centers in Pakistan

Data center is a facility used by enterprises to house computers, servers and networking systems and components for the company’s information technology (IT) needs. Typical data centers includes redundant facilities like power, environmental control, communication links and security aspects.

The rise of Internet, Intranet and Web-based technologies has made the data center more strategic than ever, improving productivity, enhancing business processes, and accelerating change. Data centers are the strategic focus of IT efforts to protect optimize and grow the business. Data Center offers strategies that enable your business to respond to industry trends and prepare for the future which reduces the total cost of ownership by introducing a new and innovative architecture.

Data Center solution allows businesses to protect critical applications and confidential data, enhance data center operational efficiencies, and rapidly create new secure application environments to support new business processes.

Commercial Data Centers is an ideal choice for companies who want the flexibility to relocate their Primary, DR and BCS sites and choose from variety of services as their business demands.

Here is the list of top 3 commercially available Data Centers in Pakistan

1. PTCL Wafaqi Colony Data Center, Lahore

PTCL wafaqi colony Data Center is built on international standards. Its a Tier 3+ Data Center. State of the art construction and the ultimate facilities a Data Center can provide. PTCL Tier 3+ Data Centers helps you to virtualize system, storage, and network resources to reduce the number of systems you need to manage, while increasing asset utilization.

• Rack availability: Yes (APC)
• Power: Yes (Dual Source)
• Cooling: Yes (Dual Source)
• Security: Yes (Fire suppression, 24/7 surveillance, access control, 24-hrs NOC Operations)
• Connectivity: Yes (On-demand)
• Cost per rack: PKR 150k-175k/month

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2. PITB Data Center, Lahore

PITB (Punjab Information Technology Board) Data Center is owned by Punjab government. They have recently renovated their Data Center to the POD (Performance Optimized Datacenter) based structure which includes APC containment solution. POD design is the latest trend in datacenter structure as it minimizes the utilization of resources such as cooling which ultimately results in less power consumption. Its a Tier 3+ Data Center. PITB Data Center ensures secure hosting of data with best technologies and enterprise infrastructure. PITB aims to provide low cost services, to both public and private sector, through a dynamic data center which in turn ensures privacy and security.

• Rack availability: Yes (APC)
• Power: Yes (Dual Source)
• Cooling: Yes (Dual Source)
• Security: Yes (Fire suppression, 24/7 surveillance, access control, 24-hrs NOC Operations)
• Connectivity: Yes (Up to 10Gig Network Connectivity)
• Cost per rack: PKR 120k-150k/month

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3. PTCL Data Center, Karachi

PTCL Data Center in Karachi is the first international standard Tier 3+ data center in Pakistan. PTCL Karachi’s data center is connected with PTCL’s global MPLS backbone to offer a rich portfolio of hosting solutions. With availability of PTCL’s data center across the country, PTCL is now able to offer largest redundant solution for corporate and SME customers.

• Rack availability: Yes (APC)
• Power: Yes (Dual Source)
• Cooling: Yes (Dual Source)
• Security: Yes (Fire suppression, 24/7 surveillance, access control, 24-hrs NOC Operations)
• Connectivity: Yes (On-demand)
• Cost per rack: PKR 200k-250k/month

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