IBM invests in UK datacentres as tech sector defies Brexit worries


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 22 Nov 2016

(FILES) A sign marks the entrance to IBM Corporate Headquarters March 20, 2009 in Armonk, New York. IBM on AUgust 16, 2012 announced a deal to buy a US firm specializing in high-performance solid state memory, which is fast replacing spinning disks used to store data in computer hard drives. IBM did not disclose financial terms of the agreement to acquire Texas Memory Systems (TMS), which is based in Houston.AFP PHOTO/Stan Honda/FILES

LONDON: Global IT group IBM will triple the number of its cloud datacentres in Britain, it said, joining Facebook and Google in investing in the UK after its vote to leave the European Union. 

IBM said it would build four new data centres to meet demand from its corporate and public sector clients who were increasingly storing data and managing their businesses in the cloud. 

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