Following a record year for cloud data, IBM wants to boost its number of data centers worldwide by 25 percent to meet increasing demand.
On Wednesday, the company announced that a partnership with Equinix Inc will allow for nine new cloud centers in Australia, France, Japan, Singapore, The Netherlands and the United States.
"We have had a really good year. We would call it a breakthrough year in cloud," Angel Luiz Diaz, vice president of IBM's cloud computing division, told Reuters.
IBM's number of cloud data facilities worldwide has quadrupled in the last year and a half. Besides the nine more cloud centers developed with Equinix, IBM plans to launch three new cloud computer facilities in Germany, Mexico and Japan.
Cloud computing is one of IBM's fastest-growing businesses, with revenue from cloud data at $4.4 billion in 2013 and up by 50 percent in the first three quarters of 2014.
Besides increasing its clientele, IBM has been busy making deals with a range of companies.
"So far this quarter IBM has set major deals with airline Lufthansa, Dutch bank ABN AMRO, advertising giant WPP, audio electronics maker Woox Innovations in Hong Kong and the Dow Water arm of Dow Chemical," Reuters reported.
Forbes noted that IBM has also entered into partnerships with companies that could be seen as its competition.
The company is teaming up with names like Microsoft, AT&T and Intel for various cloud-related projects.
Also Wednesday, IBM announced a deal with National Express Group that will give commuters precise train schedules.
"IBM has helped us get a holistic view of operations that will allow us to improve customer satisfaction in multiple areas, including delivering a first in UK rail with national postcode-to-postcode journey planning," Ruth Harrison-Wood, commercial director for the National Express rail franchise c2c, said in a statement.
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