HP has announced a multimillion-dollar investment to build and lease a next-generation data center to be located in the Waikato district.

The data center is designed to enable organisations to quickly respond to market demands and new revenue opportunities and will provide IT resources to help organisations simplify applications and improve business process.

“Enterprises need the agility to adjust to dynamic market and community demands for fast, innovative services,” said Gavin Greaves, country manager, Enterprise Services, HP New Zealand. “Having a sustainable infrastructure that combines a modern platform with the services capability of HP Enterprise Services means customers can concentrate more on their business and less on managing their IT.”

The Waikato data center investment is part of HP’s $1 billion transformation to retire legacy assets and build new, modernised facilities.

The facility will provide the infrastructure organisations need for cloud computing services, application modernisation and data center transformation, enabling clients to devote more resources to innovation and increase productivity.