ING Bank Śląski to build international data center, possibly in Katowice

A member of the management board of ING Bank Śląski, Kees Tuijnman, responsi ble for operational and IT related issues, announced that the company was co nsidering plans to build an international data center here, which would serv ice not only the domestic subsidiary, but also all insurance companies owned by the group in Central and Eastern Europe. "These plans are dictated by the need to reduce costs," he said. Poland was considered in order to execute th is type of project, as it has a high quality infrastructure and well trained personnel. The company is also considering the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary, as potential locations to construct the consolidated computer cente r. According to unofficial information, the decision to execute the project in Katowice, has already been made. This will be ING's third largest compute r center in Europe. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B1) A.K