(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Indian IT services provider Infosys Technologies (www.infosys.com) announced on Wednesday it has opened a new data center in Melbourne, Australia, according to a report by ZDNet Australia.
According to the report, the Victorian Government’s ICT Minister John Lenders revealed that the company has already hired 90 of the 100 employees it was aiming to hire by next month.
The job creation was part of an expansion program in Australia to meet the increasing local demand for outsourcing services.
“We are investing A$8m in a data center to support the growing client demand for our range of cloud services across HR, procurement and other functions,” says Jacqueline Korhonen, CEO and managing director at Infosys Australia. “Infosys has won substantial contracts from Victorian-headquartered businesses that are looking to be more competitive in an increasingly global marketplace.”
The data center opening continues in Infosys’ ongoing growth strategy.
Last June, Infosys, along with EDS, signed a five-year $450 million application development and maintenance deal with Australian teleco Telstra.
Prior to that, the company launched in April a consulting and systems integration practice covering Australia and New Zealand.
