PLDT Group partners with RED Engineering for ‘green’ hyperscale data center build out
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The PLDT Group is partnering with award-winning engineering firm RED Engineering for the build of its newest VITRO Data Center in Sta. Rosa, Laguna, anchored on the best sustainable practices and energy efficiency for the design of the first-of-its-kind data center in the Philippines.
A global company of specialist building services and ICT engineers, RED has led the drive towards the zero-carbon goal for over a decade. RED is a company under ENGIE, a global energy and services group operating in the three key business sectors of low-carbon electricity generation (with particular emphasis on natural gas and renewables), energy infrastructures and customer solutions. Recognized with 28 data center industry awards, their projects include the successful delivery of over 800 data centers in over 40 countries.
“We are excited for this collaboration as it advances the PLDT Group’s drive to incorporate renewable energy and best sustainable practices in the operations of our facilities moving forward,” said PLDT and Smart President and CEO Alfredo S. Panlilio.
“As the pioneer and most experienced data center operator in the Philippines, this partnership further signifies our commitment to constantly improve operational excellence, global competitiveness and ensure sustainable practices within our core,” he added.
“RED is delighted to be partnering with the Philippines premier telecoms provider PLDT and ePLDT on this exciting new data center project for the region to build the country’s first world class Hyper-scale data center to service global customers coming to the Philippines. RED brings an abundance of technical knowledge and expertise to this project, having successfully undertaken more than 1,000 data center projects globally. RED strives to deliver projects at the highest level of quality, and with sustainability at the core of our approach this allows us to push forward with achieving crucially important decarbonization goals,” shared RED Engineering Regional Director - Asia Pacific Martin Webb.