PH Consulate in Chicago Engages Major Telecom Firm for Investments to PH Data Centers
Left photo: Philippine Consul General J. Susana V. Paez and Consul Ryan Gener virtually meet with Mr. Albert del Rosario, Jr. ( top right) PLDT USA Product and Marketing Head and Ms. Roselle Geronga-dela Cruz ( bottom right), PLDT Vice President for Americas and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). (Photo from Chicago PCG)
CHICAGO 06 May 2022 - Philippine Consul General J. Susana V. Paez virtually met PLDT Vice President for Americas and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Ms. Roselle Geronga-dela Cruz, and PLDT USA Product and Marketing Head, Mr. Albert del Rosario, Jr., on 26 April 2022 to discuss prospects for the Philippines’ data center sector.
PLDT expressed intent to collaborate with the Consulate in exploring opportunities for US companies to consider the Philippines as an investment hub, and work with Philippine companies such as PLDT that have ICT capabilities, particularly in the emerging sector of data centers.
PLDT currently has 10 data centers, and is now investing in “hyperscalers”, which are massive business-critical data facilities designed to efficiently support robust, scalable applications and are often associated with big data-producing companies such as Google, Amazon, Facebook, IBM, and Microsoft.
The first hyperscaler in the Philippines is currently being constructed in Sta. Rosa, Laguna. PLDT sought to connect with American firms that are interested in being a locator in its hyperscaler and localize their content and store them in data centers in the Philippines.
The meeting was timely as the Consulate has started reaching out to Fortune 500 companies in the Midwest to invest or expand their operations in the Philippines, sharing the good news about the Philippine economy and the improving investment climate.
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