? KT-SB data service, a joint venture between KT and Soft Bank Telecom, officially launched
? Data Center to offer full-scale service after pilot program is operated by year's end
? Global market entry to expand based on service operation experience in Japan


A meaningful event to announce the entry of Korea's cloud services into global markets was held in a building about 30 min away from Gimhae International Airport and about 4km away from Gimhae City Hall.
KT (Chairman, Li Suk-chae, www.kt.com ) announced on Nov. 8 that the official launch of the joint venture between KT and Japanese Soft Bank Telecom (SB) (Chairman, Masayoshi Son, www.softbanktelecom.co.jp ), KT-SB data service (KSDS) (CEO: Jang Hyeok-gyun and Co-CEO: Ishioka Yukinori), at the opening ceremony of the Global Data Center, which is a product of the first collaborative efforts between the two companies.
KT G&E Division Head and President Lee Sang-hoon, SB CISO and Executive Director Ata Shinichi, KSDA CEO Jang Hyuk-gyun, Gimhae CEO Kim Maeong Gon and National Assemblyman Kim Tae-ho and others attended the KSDS' Data Center opening ceremony.


? Launch of a joint venture, KT-SB data service
KSDS completed their business registration in November 2011 with KRW 37 billion of capital (KT: 51% and SBT: 49% in stake), as scheduled. Also, Jang Hyeok-gyun, who was the CEO of KT Japan, and Ishioka Yukinori were elected as CEO and Co-CEO, respectively.
The joint venture, headquartered in Gimhae Data Center, will be in charge of center management and service operations, and plans to support consulting in the Japanese language for smooth service assistance for Japanese customers.


? After the system completion of the Global Data Center by the year's end, the full-blown service will be implanted in the first half of next year
The data center, showing itself in four months since its construction commencement in August 2011, has been remodeled based on the existing KT Gimhae Training Center's Welfare Center. The data center was built with a capacity of 7,000 Kw (some 700 racks) in the first phase. In consideration of the business activation, 13,000 additional Kw (some 1,000 racks) are planned to be expanded in the second phase by additionally injecting KRW 48 billion.
Within the center, is a basic system control room, server room, power room and climate control room, and the office environment is offered in such as way that Japanese companies moving into the center can directly operate services and carry out business.
The center has a dual service power system through Samgye Substation and Eobang Substation to secure superb power stability. Although the power supply is cut off from the substations, the center can be operated for more than 24 hours with its own power generating facilities and an additional oil supply method has also been established.
The cutting-edge climate control mode and cooling technologies adopted by Cheonan Cloud Data Center were also reflected in the center. Especially, various reinforcement procedures have been made such as fixing all equipment racks in the building rather than just setting them all up, through a long-term consultation with a Japanese partner regarding an earthquake-resistant design in the initial stages of the center's establishment.
The test run of the systems of the data center will be conducted by the year's end, and the service will formally begin next year. The service is scheduled to be offered in full-scale before July 2012, which is the enforcement period of the power use restriction ordinance within Japan.
The preparation of a 10G class large capacity private line has been finished for network configuration between Korea and Japan. The service is scheduled to be offered mainly using a seabed optical cable set up between Busan and Kitakyushu, which is operated by KT and SB.

? Full-blown entry into global markets, based on service experience for Japanese companies
Since a conference in Japan in May 2011, about 200 businesses within Japan have shown interest in the data center service of KSDS within Japan and consulting is underway. Some of them are predicted to use actual services from the first half of next year after due diligence, according to the data center opening.
Starting with co-location and a server rental service, KSDA plans to operate a cloud-relevant infrastructure rental (IaaS) and platform rental (PaaS) services. KSDA plans to combine the currently operated services by KT within the various requirements of Japanese firms.
KT plans to offer all these services to Japanese markets through KSDS and expand service cooperation with overseas communications providers in Europe, as well as those in Asia, based on the accumulated experience.
KSDS CEO Jang Hyeok-gyun said, "We concentrated all our capabilities on the data center establishment for the past six months in order to provide a prompt service." And he announced, "We will provide optimal services to Japanese companies by using the service capabilities of KT and SB."
KT G&E Division Head and President Lee Sang-hoon said, "We launched the data center service, focusing on the Gimhae Global Data Center as a part of KT's global service expansion plan."
"Based on the service experience within Japan, we expect to find positive effects on the global market entry and the attraction of global companies to use the domestic data center," he added.
 SB Executive Director Ata Shinichi explained, "Many companies within Japan have huge expectations on the service now, and SB is also reviewing a plan to relocate some of our systems to Gimhae before the enforcement of the power restriction ordinance next year."


? Inquiries: Assistant Dept. Manager, Park Chang-gyu for media/press PR, PR Office, KT (02-730-6299)


? Reference data
1. Status of KT-SB data service
 - Address: 235-2, 3-gil, Bunseong-ro, Gimhae-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea
 - Establishment date: Nov. 11, 2011
 - Capital: KRW 37 billion (KT: 51% and SBT: 49%). Additional KRW 48 billion is slated to be injected in the second phase project in 2013.
 - CEO: CEO Jang Hyeok-gyun (49) (Current KT Japan CEO) and Co-CEO Ishioka Yukinori (52) (Current SB Sales Development Division General Manager)
2. Status of Gimhae Data Center
 - Address: Gimhae-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea
 - Construction completion date: 1994
 - Area: 5,450? (Entire training center: Land - 92,914?, Total floor area - 9,332?)
- Construction duration: Aug. 15 ~ Dec. 15, 2011 (Four months)
- Transportation: 22 km from Gimhae International Airport, 18 km from KTX Gupo Station and 4 km from Gimhae City Hall


- Features of the Building
Category
Details
Building
? Application of earthquake-resistant special grade (6.5 on the Richter scale)
? Earthquake sensing frequency: Annual 6.9 times in Korea, and annual 3,488 times in Japan (507 times more than Korea)
Power supply composition
? Dual power supply configuration for power reception from KEPCO (7,000 Kw)
 - Anytime power supply (Underground line): Samgye Substation
 - Spare power supply (Aerial line): Eobang Substation
? Generator's capacity: 8,080 Kw, UPS capacity: 7,500 Kw
Machine facilities
? Application of an energy-saving cooling mode
 - Application of a hot aisle containment mode through which cold air and hot air can be separated.
 - Application of an air side economizer method, which is an external cold air introduction method.  
 - Installation of an inverter type pyrostat that automatically operates through floor temperature analysis
 - Installation of a buffer tank that can continue to carry out cooling for certain time upon power failure
Security
? CCTV, fingerprint recognition, card reader


- Bird's-eye-view of the building

3. Service details
Service
Details
Co-location
? Service offering data center floors and network to corporate customers
Monitoring service
? Service offering naked-eye inspection of stationed personnel within the data center for frequent management of corporate customers' systems and network, including providing equipment rebooting and cabling service upon emergency
Equipment rental
? Service through which the data center users rent servers, network equipment, software, etc. through paying monthly use fees
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