In a remarkable shift, Sydney’s data centre market is on the rise, evidenced by a drop in the vacancy rate from 9% to a striking 5.2%. This shift emphasizes the city’s growing stature as a regional hub for data centres, as highlighted in a recent report by…
SpaceDC, a Singapore-based visionary data center provider, is working with JLL, a global real estate services firm, to build a secure, resilient, network-rich, data center called <MNL1, which will be situated in Cainta, part of Greater Manila. The green data…
Huawei has revealed plans to adopt the Open Compute Project’s (OCP) Open Rack standard for rack and power delivery architecture for its new public cloud data centers worldwide. The Open Rack initiative seeks to redefine the data center rack to significantly…
SUPERNAP Thailand celebrated the grand opening of one of the most advanced data center in ASEAN region, the Bangkok Campus located at the Hemaraj Industrial Estate 2, in Chonburi. The event was marked with a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by several…
SUPERNAP International today announced the opening of one of the largest, most advanced data centers in the ASEAN region, SUPERNAP Thailand, The Bangkok Campus. The opening of the campus is a major catalyst for propelling the success of “Thailand 4.0” – the…
Software-driven networking vendor Extreme Networks has arranged to buy the data center networking business of Brocade for $55 million. Extreme Networks has entered an agreement with Broadcom – which itself arranged to purchase Brocade in November last year…
The Australian big data and analytics market is forecast to grow from $244.1 million in 2015 to $585.1 million in 2019, according to IDC. Banking, retail and government sectors have made impressive strides into the analytics domain with an objective of…
Toyota Tsusho, Internet Initiative Japan, and Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities announced the start of a joint demonstration project in the Lao PDR. The firms said the project is aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of greenhouse gas emission…
Fujitsu has commenced operations at its new Tatebayashi Data Center. The newly opened Annex C, featuring optimized air conditioning systems and operating environment, meets Japan’s highest environmental performance standards. Fujitsu built the facility with a…
Equinix has expanded its JK1 data center in Jakarta, through its partnership with DCI Indonesia (DCI). Coupled with its alliance with DCI and a premium connection with the Indonesian Internet Exchange (IIX), the second phase of development at JK1 is an…
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