New Delhi: India's third largest software services firm Wipro on Friday said it has bagged a seven-year contract from European energy company, innogy SE.
The financial details of the contract, which will see Wipro managing the data centre and cloud services for innogy SE, were not disclosed. As part of the agreement signed in November 2016, "innogy transferred its twin data centres in Neurath and Niederaussen in Germany to Wipro on February 1, 2017," Wipro said.
"This engagement is strategic to our IT operations....we have not only signed a contract in Germany but also have extended our contract with Wipro in the UK till 2024," innogy SE CIO Marcus Schaper said.
Arun Krishnamurthi, VP and Global Head (Utilities) at Wipro, said the company will invest in and maintain the twin data centres in Germany "so as to future proof them".