ST Telemedia partners with GDS to expand data centre footprint in China
Summary: Singapore Technologies Telemedia (ST Telemedia), an investment arm of parent company Singapore Technologies that focuses on communications, media, and technology businesses globally, has taken...
View ArticleEast meets West: Global Switch opens new DC on Sydney campus
Summary: Global Switch launched the first phase of its tenth data centre, Sydney East. The facility is located on Global Switch’s Sydney campus adjacent to its Sydney West facility at 400 Harris St....
View ArticleAlibaba’s F-1 reveals more data points on cloud business
Summary: Alibaba recently filed its F-1 with the SEC which revealed several data points on the size and growth trajectory of its cloud business. Interesting data point: Alibaba disclosed that its cloud...
View ArticlePCCW opens tenth data centre in HK; colocation, cloud services
Summary: PCCW launched its tenth facility – named Powerb@se MCX10 – in Hong Kong located at Kwai Chung. The new data centre will provide colocation and hosting services in addition to being a...
View Article21Vianet, Foxconn form data centre joint venture
Summary: China-based data centre operator 21Vianet and Taiwan-based electronics manufacturer Foxconn created a new company: Smart Time Technologies. This is a joint venture between the two firms to...
View ArticleColt Group to acquire KVH; infrastructure platform for Asia-pac expansion
Summary: Colt reached an agreement for a proposed acquisition of Japan-based data centre operator KVH. Details: Colt has agreed to pay €130.3m in an all-cash transaction for a 100% stake. KVH is a...
View ArticleColt Group to acquire KVH; infrastructure platform for Asia-pac expansion...
Update: More details and commentary on Colt’s acquisition of KVH below. Interesting data point: Colt generated 34.4% of revenue in 2013 from MNCs, while KVH generated 92%. Post-acquisition: The KVH...
View ArticleLeaseWeb adds second data centre location in Hong Kong with Pacnet
Summary: LeaseWeb added another data centre location in the Asia-pacific region. A first data centre was opened this year in Singapore. This second location is in Hong Kong. Details: LeaseWeb is...
View ArticleTelstra buys Pacnet with eye to infrastructure services; to what extent a...
Summary: Australian telco Telstra acquired Pacnet for $697m USD and includes about $400m in debt. The deal includes the joint venture – Pacnet Business Systems – Pacnet set up to enter China, where it...
View ArticleTelstra buys Pacnet; more data points on financials, data centres (update)
Update: Here are more data points from our proprietary database which comprehensively tracks Pacnet’s data centre footprint on a facility-by-facility level as well as financial metrics not available to...
View ArticleiTech Tower building second wholesale facility in Hong Kong
Summary: iTech Tower confirmed plans to bring a second data centre online in Hong Kong by end of 2015. We met with management recently in Hong Kong, more details below. Management: iTech Tower is...
View ArticleNTT Communications to launch direct connect service between JPX and SGX
Summary: NTT Communications is set to launch an interconnection service in April 2015 that directly connects two financial trading colocation facilities in Japan and Singapore. … Please sign in to...
View ArticleSUNeVision reports 2H14 results; breaks out iAdvantage
Summary: SUNeVision Holdings reported its 2H14 results which included a break out of its data centre colocation arm: iAdvantage. More details below. … Please sign in to view Username: Password: Forgot...
View ArticlePCCW reports FY14 results with details on PCCW Solutions
Summary: PCCW in Hong Kong reported its FY14 results that included a break out of the PCCW Solutions business encompassing data centre and hosting services. … Please sign in to view Username: Password:...
View ArticleEquinix deepens its footprint in Hong Kong with multi-phase expansions
Summary: Equinix confirmed during its recent 1Q15 results release that it would be expanding incrementally at two of its three data centres in Hong Kong: HK1 (phase 9) and HK2 (phase 3). Total...
View ArticleEquinix deepens its footprint in Hong Kong with multi-phase expansions (update)
Update: We followed up with Equinix on its expansion plans in Hong Kong. Management noted that the smaller HK1 expansion was to mainly address existing customer expansions whereas the larger HK2...
View Article21Vianet reports 1Q15 results; strong growth despite seasonality
Summary: 21Vianet reported its 1Q15 results, which continued to show consistent growth numbers across its core data centre business. There was an uptick in cloud services growth as the IBM cloud...
View ArticleEquinix and Alibaba enable direct connections to cloud, SaaS apps
Summary: Equinix and Alibaba partnered to enable direct connections to the Alibaba cloud – Aliyun – through the Equinix Cloud Exchange. … Please sign in to view Username: Password: Forgot your...
View ArticleMoneySwap moves to Rackspace in Hong Kong
Summary: Rackspace’s newest customer is MoneySwap, a payment platform based in Hong Kong. It previously housed its infrastructure in the UK but moved it to Rackspace’s data centre in Hong Kong to get...
View ArticleThe not so curious case of Hong Kong’s Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate
The Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate (TKOIE) issue: There has been notable controversy surrounding the TKOIE, specifically pertaining to the potential impact on data centres operating within its...
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