Taiwan Mobile the nation’s No. 2 telecoms operator has said it plans to spend NT$5 billion (US$170 million) building “green” cloud-computing facilities in Neihu District, Taipei. The phone company is scheduled to complete the construction of the facilities in the first quarter of next year, according to a company statement.

Far EasTone Telecommunications Co the nation’s third-largest telecoms operator, has also said it had invested NT$10 billion building eight cloud-computing Internet data centres. The company said it is building a ninth one for NT$6 billion in Neihu District this year. The two providers’ plans to spend billions of NT dollars on their cloud-computing businesses came after their bigger rival, Chunghwa Telecom Co said last week it would deepen its collaboration with Intel Corp to capitalize on new growth opportunities in the computer industry.

Source: Taipei Times