OREANDA-NEWS.  T-Systems, Deutsche Telekom's corporate customer arm, has opened the campus for the largest data center in Germany in Biere, near Magdeburg. Tim Hцttges, CEO of Deutsche Telekom, Sigmar Gabriel, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, and Dr. Reiner Haseloff, Premier of Saxony-Anhalt, ceremoniously opened the IT factory of the future after 18 months of construction. This new data center is Telekom's response to the steep increase in demand for secure cloud services based in Germany. The building complexes are fully shielded and top security measures protect data from unauthorized access.

"We are investing in Germany as a center of IT business because German data protection standards are highly valued. Our customers now have a "High-Tech Fort Knox" from a cloud provider they trust fully. IT made in Germany is in demand. We would be very pleased if the political framework continues to make ambitious IT projects possible in Germany, said Tim Hцttges in his opening address.
The new digital factory underlines his strategy to make Deutsche Telekom the leading European telecommunications provider. The combination of high-performance data centers and fast, secure networks is essential to push ahead with technological developments such as Industry 4.0, the Internet of Things, or big data analyses.

Telekom has fitted out an existing T-Systems data center in Magdeburg, not far from Biere, almost identically. The two data centers will work as twins, storing data in parallel, so that even if one of them goes offline, the data can always be accessed via its twin. The buildings are protected by state-of-the-art security installations and access is strictly controlled. The servers can only be accessed via bridges and powerful emergency generators ensure a constant power supply. On top of that, Telekom gives its networks and data centers the highest level of technical protection from hacks and cyber attacks.

T-Systems will bundle its IT production at eleven international sites by 2018. The Biere/Magdeburg twin site will be a significant hub in Telekom's worldwide data center infrastructure. The new building in Biere will be the largest cloud data center in Germany and one of the largest in Europe once all roll-out phases have been completed. With floor space of 5,400 square meters and space for around 30,000 servers, the current IT production area of the twin site can be expanded to almost 40,000 square meters.