£2m Scottish data centre investment

The new collocation data centre will be built at the international technology giant's facility in Greenock and will provide IT services to mid-sized businesses.

Alex Reardon, Director of General Business sector UK and Ireland at IBM, commented: "This new service aims to offer quick financial returns to a medium-sized business by removing the challenge of securing and maintaining their data centres, so potential savings can be ploughed back into their business.

This new service aims to offer quick financial returns to a medium-sized business by removing the challenge of securing and maintaining their data centres

Alex Reardon

Director of General Business sector UK and Ireland

IBM

Furthermore, the firm revealed the new facility will be built to green standards, using cooling and power management technologies which take advantage of local climatic conditions.

IBM also noted it has had a presence in the Inverclyde region of Scotland for 57 years and said the skilled and flexible workforce based there provides support to its international growth strategy.

Reporting the developing, the Glasgow Herald claimed technology firms belief Scotland could become a global hub for data centres.

Gordon Thomson of Cisco told the newspaper up to £3 billion in inward investment could be could be attracted to Scotland as international companies look to set up data centres in cooler climates.