Toshiba’s First Data Center in Europe in Lyon, France

Toshiba Cloud and Solutions Division, in the Toshiba group’s development of cloud computing, announced the opening of Toshiba’s first datacenter in Europe, located in France.

The division is directed at professional markets, public and private-sector companies, and entities within the Toshiba group. The creation of this datacenter is in line with the group’s goal of accompanying its clients from the design of IT products and solutions through to hosting related services tailored to specific needs.

The datacenter’s location illustrates Toshiba’s commitment to the Grand Lyon district. The firm has been chosen to head up the network of private-sector partners in Lyon Smart Community, Europe’s largest eco-renovation project. One of key roles is the design and development of the energy planning system, as well as hosting all the regional tier 3+ cloud servers and applications.

The datacenter also hosts firms located in other regions, illustrating Toshiba’s broader ambitions.

"Developing this first datacenter in Rhône-Alpes highlights the importance of the Grand Lyon project for Toshiba and embodies the group’s investment in the development of its cloud offering," explains Philippe Hartmanshenn, MD of Toshiba Systèmes France’s Cloud and Solutions Division. "This allows us to move both internal and external client resources and services offsite to our high-security servers – located in France. We also plan to use the datacenter to develop and integrate business solutions for our clients from every sector."

Projects include the design and administration of information systems for virtualization projects, rollout of thin clients, and outsourced backup. Structured around vertical markets, the Toshiba Cloud and Solutions offering is based on knowhow developed in mobile computing, e-health and education in particular.