SIFY TECHNOLOGIES
non-IT facilities are catered to in a way that enterprise and retail customers can partake of the same colocation facility .” Sify ’ s approach to design has moved on from low density retrofits in shared IT spaces to purpose-built facilities and now a third generation of custom designed and built greenfield projects following an inside out design where the whole building is based on the server hall design to support large hyperscale colocation requirements .
Physical site selection is driven by key criteria including the availability of quality power , physical connectivity and telecom infrastructure . “ The platform to innovate is centred around the design philosophy of our infrastructure ,” says Roopesh . “ The modular and scalable backplane design can grow with the business and also multiply capacity in a single floor to meet high demand customer requirements . The design allows us to increase the power density in a single floor by adding components without disturbing the working
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