Huawei to open centres in Nusajaya BEIJING: Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, will open its Regional Data Hosting and Logistics Centres in Nusajaya, Johor, within the next two to three weeks. Scott Sykes, vice president, head of International media affairs, said it would be operational once some tax matters are resolved. The Regional Data Hosting Centre will be located in an office space of at least 10,000 square feet, while the Regional Logistics Centre will occupy a warehouse space of at least 80,000 square feet in Nusajaya. Huawei Technologies (Malaysia), which has received the Authorised Economic Operator, or AEO from the Malaysian government, signed an agreement with Khazanah Nasional last October to establish the centre. The data hosting centre will cater for data needed for services, while the logistics segment will serve as the shipment hub for the companys equipment in the region. Equipment manufactured from other parts of the world will be distributed to half a dozen countries like Singapore and the Philippines from Nusajaya, Sykes said. It was reported earlier that the logistics centre will have a cargo value estimated at US$300 million. The centre is expected to handle about 1,500 containers annually and shipped through the Port of Tanjung Pelepas, Sykes told Malaysian media here covering Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razaks visit to Huaweis brand new exhibition centre at its sprawling research and development hub. He said Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei had briefed Najib on the companys global and local businesses, while giving a commitment on its future in Malaysia. The R&D centre at the Zhongguancun Environmental Protection Park, about an hours drive from here, has a workforce of about 10,000 people, including hundreds of doctorate holders. Huawei, which posted US$40 billion revenue last year, has over 70,000 product and solution R&D employees, comprising more than 45 per cent of its total workforce worldwide. It has set up 16 R&D centres in countries that include China, Germany, Sweden, the United States, France, Italy, Russia and India.-- Bernama
Posted on: Mon, 02 Jun 2014 04:53:36 +0000
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