Sustainability Magazine July 2023 | Page 92

BDx
From services like Netflix and Amazon Prime to Dropbox and One Drive , cloud and storage capabilities will be pivotal in the years to come , so businesses will look to grow to all corners of the globe to ensure that their services are made accessible . In Indonesia , Patankar explains that these types of services , along with Amazon and Azure , there is a demand for entry points that will allow them to create a complete global infrastructure to support their offerings wherever their customers are located .
BDx Indonesia plans to serve these companies to achieve their goals and create brand loyalty .
The main factor in the company ’ s rate of progress cannot be ignored , with the pandemic provoking shortages of necessary components and infrastructure via supply chain disruption .
“ The pandemic shifted the entire way people work , learn , bank , shop , and interact ,” says Patankar .
“ That created an instant demand for IT hardware , software services and data centres was one of them . At that same time , because of the supply chain and logistic problems , I myself witnessed hundreds and thousands of containers docked at sea port as the ships were not available .”
This was one of the main struggles that BDx experienced in the process of acquiring and operationalising its Indonesia data centre , which was due to the shortage of equipment necessary to not only function , but to build a data centre that supported the needs of its clients .
“ We had a challenge , we had to keep the operations running . And we , at the same time ,
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