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Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uralo?lu noted that Türksat's planned Gölba?? Data Center will be implemented in a giant area of ??28,500 square meters in order to meet the data and cloud technology needs of Türksat, which plays a critical role in Turkey's digital transformation. Minister Uralo?lu stated that they will meet the needs for all data and cloud services, especially the e-Government Gateway, with the Gölba?? Data Center, which will increase Türksat's data center capacity by more than 8 times, with domestic software.
Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uralo?lu announced that Türksat, which established Turkey’s digital infrastructure, primarily the e-Government Gateway, will implement a new project. Uralo?lu stated that with the Gölba?? Data Center to be established in Ankara, they will meet all data and cloud service needs with local software so that institutions that host critical information can ensure their business continuity. Minister Uralo?lu said in a statement about the center, “The Gölba?? Data Center will be one of the largest data centers in Turkey with its giant area of ??28,500 square meters.”
Turksat's Data Center Capacity Will Increase
Uralo?lu, who stated that the design and project planning work for the Data Center to be established in Türksat’s Gölba?? campus has been completed, said, “The construction, electrical infrastructure, mechanical infrastructure and telecommunication infrastructure of the project will begin this year. With the investment to be made, Türksat’s current data center physical capacity will be increased by 3 times in the first phase and by over 8 times in the second phase.”
Uninterrupted Service Even in Extraordinary Situations
Minister Uralo?lu stated that the Türksat Gölba?? Data Center is planned to have 6 system halls, 2 high performance rooms with 20 cabins each and 6 thousand square meters of white space, and that the facility will also have an office work area with a capacity of 200 people, and made the following statements in his statement:
“The center, which will have an installed power capacity of 21 MVA, will be established in compliance with the LEED-Gold certificate in energy efficiency and Uptime Institute TIER-III and TSE 50600 in data center standards. The data center to be established will have the necessary infrastructure for the provision of services such as data analysis, processing of data sets, training of algorithms, modeling, estimation, classification, and high-speed mathematical calculations under the titles of artificial intelligence applications, deep learning, data mining, and machine learning. The center, which will ensure that Turkey’s largest institutions and organizations receive safe and uninterrupted service even in extraordinary situations, will prevent interruptions in services within the scope of e-Government projects.”
Will be put into service in 2027
Uralo?lu, who stated that they plan to provide Turkey with an environmentally friendly facility with the data center that will have low carbon emissions and high energy efficiency, said, “In addition, Türksat, which will serve as a major player in ensuring competition in the sector and saving in the public, will serve the purpose of using our country's resources effectively. The Gölba?? Data Center, whose foundation will be laid this year, is planned to be opened in the first half of 2027.”
