Dell Services will open a data centre, called the Halle Technology Center, in Halle, Germany to deliver cloud and outsourcing services.

The Halle center is scheduled to open during the second half of this year and follows last year’s opening of its first European data center in Slough, U.K. and a ‘solution center in Frankfurt.

The services will use ‘automated tools and proven methodologies.’

Dell’s services push is built around what it calls its ‘standardised service management methodology.’
 

“We are seeing an evolution in the data center as our customers evolve from heavily virtualized environments to cloud computing models. The Halle Technology Center is an integral part of our global data center expansion program and we are excited to offer customers regionally delivered IT outsourcing services,” Barbara Wittman, Dell General Manager Germany.

The data center has been built within an existing Dell campus.

“Our existing Frankfurt Solution Center will be used to support technical briefings, proof-of-concept testing, architecture design sessions and solution development. And now with the Halle Technology Center we are able to deliver additional value to our customers through Cloud Services and IT outsourcing services,” Rainer Koppitz, Vice President & General Manager, Dell Services EMEA

“Saxony-Anhalt is leading the way in terms of renewable energy, as round about one third of the power produced here stems from regenerative sources. This is a great precondition also for Dell to be able to run the new datacenter with as much green energy as possible. We always welcome if companies which successfully combine future-oriented investments and the creation of new jobs with environmental responsibility, and we are therefore very happy about Dell’s commitment to Halle,” Dr. Reiner Haseloff, ministerprasident des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt.