Pacnet gets Value-Added Services Licence by MIIT

As per an announcement, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has rewarded Pacnet’s joint equity venture in China, Pacnet Business Solutions (China) with an Internet Data Center (IDC) licence for providing data center network services in Chongqing, China.
 
This award expands Pacnet’s data center network footprint in China, which also includes data centers and network Points of Presence (PoPs) in Shenzhen, Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and Xi’an.
 
Henry Lam, Chief Executive Officer, PBS, said, Chongqing is the most important megacity in Southwest China and a very important hub for Pacnet’s data center network not only throughout China, but also in the rest of the Asia-Pacific region. This new IDC licence provides us the ability to expand our data center footprint to complement our highly reliable Internet bandwidth and IPVPN services both in and out of the region.
 
Pacnet’s Tier-III data center in Chongqing was built on its unrivalled infrastructure in Asia-Pacific combining direct access to Points of Presence (PoPs) in China and its wholly-owned subsea cable network.  It is a self-managed facility capable of holding 2,000 racks of carrier-neutral collocation to providers and businesses in the region.  Services offered through Pacnet’s data centers provide flexible, customized solutions to meet the expanding business requirements of multinational organizations across the globe.