IBM To Deploy Three Scalable Modular Data Centres For Religare

IBM is deploying three energy-efficient and green Scalable Modular Data Centres (SMDCs) in a $3.1 million IT infrastructure services agreement with Religare Enterprises Limited (REL), an integrated financial services group.

IBM is designing, building and will be maintaining the above data centres in Delhi, Noida and Mumbai for REL. In addition, IBM will put in place the networking infrastructure and a disaster recovery solution for the company. The solution implemented by IBM will help REL reduce annual power costs by 30-35 percent and enable them to effectively meet technology requirements of the company’s expanding business.

As a player in the Indian equity and securities market handling huge volumes of trading, REL needed to put in place a highly scalable yet resilient data centre infrastructure. At the same time, REL needed to ensure high operational cost-efficiency; given that power consumption is a major factor in any company’s operational cost. IBM’s SMDC design leveraging high density computing and precision air-conditioning ensures a saving of more than 3600 units (KWH) per day in power consumption alone as compared to an 8,000 sq ft conventional data centre.

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Shachindra Nath, group chief operating officer, Religare Enterprises, said, “IBM engaged with us from the very beginning to understand our critical business needs and design appropriate solutions. IBM’s expertise to build a scalable and energy-efficient facility will certainly support our dynamic growth plans effectively.”