EPLDT Vitro Makati, Clark only data centers in PH with global Tier 3 certificate

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are highly dependent on IT in delivering mission-critical services. With this, it has become a standard for colocation providers to design their data centers with high availability and efficiency in mind to ensure that their customers’businesses are at their optimal state.

ePLDT, Inc., with its ongoing efforts to push for business resilience through its network of data centers, recently announced that its two flagship VITRO Data Centers in Makati City and Clark, Pampanga are the first and only in the country to receive the ANSI/TIA-942 Rated 3 Design Certificate. The standard is based on all physical infrastructure like site location, fire safety, architectural, electrical, mechanical, security, telecommunication and other critical data center requirements.

The guidelines set by ANSI/ TIA-942 emphasized the redundancy design of the data centers to ensure the highest availability during unplanned maintenance and infrastructure expansion. This means that ePLDT’s data centers in Makati and Clark have a concurrently maintainable site infrastructure where each of its components— including all the circuit breakers, panel boards and power strips— can be removed, replaced or serviced without affecting the operations of colocation customers.

“Choosing the right data center that supports the growth trajectory of local businesses is a critical decision for owners,” said Nerisse Ramos, Chief Operating Officer of ePLDT Group. “Because of that, we designed our data centers based on the latest best practices in the industry, putting a premium on the business resiliency needs of today’s businesses in the country. To receive such certificate means that the data centers adopted international infrastructure design yet are flexible enough to suffice the needs of local businesses.”

VITRO Makati is the largest data center facility in the country with a maximum capacity of 3,584 racks. Purposely built and compliant with international standards for data centers, ePLDT’s data center facility in Makati sits on a nearly two-hectare property, equipped with systems and facilities

(PBID) Council which shall provide the overall policy and program directions and coordinate the activities of various agencies and instrumentalities to ensure the implementation, accomplishment and periodic review and enhancement of the PBID Roadmap which sets forth programs and projects for the scientific propagation, development, management and commercialization of Philippine bamboo and bamboo p r o d u ct s.

The bill seeks to establish Bamboo Research and Development Center and Local Bamboo Industry Development Councils in regions, provinces, cities and municipalities all over the country.

In February this year, local officials in Pampanga announced that the bamboo propagation in the province is now in full swing.

The Bamboo and Eco Village situated inside a six-hectare property in Barangay Santa Catalina in Lubao town is now producing school desks, furnitures and other products.

Local businessmen and leaders urged the national government to develop techniques to maximize the use of bamboo. This is expected to lower the production cost of bamboo products like chairs, tables, house building materials, and ot her s.

Lubao Mayor Mylyn Pineda Cayabyab said that 325 fullygrown clumps are planted inside the bamboo hub in Barangay Santa Catalina.