Archive for the ‘APAC’ Category

Singapore tycoon announces entry into data centre market: One Belt One Net

September 27, 2017
Jabez Tan

Local media reports indicate that Oei Hong Leong, a wealthy Singaporean typcoon, shared plans to inv...

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Microsoft builds out AZs on Azure; build out strategies differ, but with same outcome

September 27, 2017
Philbert Shih

Microsoft introduced availability zone deployments for the Azure cloud infrastructure platform. ...

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ST Telemedia begans construction of sixth Singapore data centre in Defu Lane

September 26, 2017
Jabez Tan

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres has began construction of its sixth data centre in Singapore, dubbe...

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AirTrunk launches first wholesale data centre in Sydney; Melbourne next and potentially other APAC markets

September 25, 2017
Jabez Tan

AirTrunk launched its first 64k gross sqm flagship Australia data centre in Huntingwood, western Syd...

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Alipay expansion in Canada example of need to serve end users outside China

September 25, 2017
Philbert Shih

Alibaba’s mobile payment processing platform Alipay has partnered with SnapPay so that custome...

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Xero in New Zealand moves to public clouds

September 25, 2017
Philbert Shih

Accounting software vendor Xero, based in New Zealand, moved from traditional hosting to two of the ...

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Hostopia said to have acquired Web24 in Australia

September 21, 2017
Philbert Shih

We are hearing though industry resources that Web24, which was acquired by J2 Communications just t...

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Keppel Data Centres invests in waterborne data centre startup Nautilus Data Technologies

September 21, 2017
Jabez Tan

Keppel Data Centres invested US$10m in a California-based data centre startup Nautilus Data Technolo...

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GDS secures new telecom license in China to provide cloud interconnection services

September 20, 2017
Jabez Tan

GDS obtained a new class of telecom license from the Chinese government for the provision of interco...

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Battle for APDC heats up as 360 Capital makes offer unconditional

September 15, 2017
Sacha Kavanagh

Yet another twist in the tale as NEXTDC and 360 Capital battle it out for control of Australian REIT...

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Google mulls second Taiwan data centre; continues expansion

September 14, 2017
Sacha Kavanagh

Local media reports Google is considering setting up another data centre in Taiwan. ...

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SUPERNAP International opens Thailand data centre

September 14, 2017
Jabez Tan

SUPERNAP International, owned by Las Vegas based data centre provider Switch, confirmed that it has ...

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