United Utilities has awarded Fujitsu with a 10-year deal to provide data centre services.

United Utilities which provides water and sewerage services in North West England tendered for a supplier to deliver a transformational IT programme.

Services include the management and support of United Utilities complete data centre framework and the design and provision of a fibre optic network between sites.

The contract will see the IT giant provide scalable data services in order to help the utilities company as it looks to “increase its overall agility and encourage business growth, while reducing costs" according to United Utilities.

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