Knight Frank and DC Byte expand data centre research to include Asia Pacific regions
NEWS night Frank , the global property
K adviser , and DC Byte , a leading resource for intelligence in the
data centre sector , have announced that The Data Centre Report has been expanded to include the Asia Pacific ( APAC ) region . The Data Centre Report is the most comprehensive data centre market report available and now covers 10 carefully selected markets representing a combination of established cities such as Singapore , Hong Kong , Mumbai , Sydney , Seoul and Tokyo as well as investigating new data centre
destinations – Hanoi , Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur . The DC Byte team is also actively conducting research into Shanghai to provide the best view of the region yet .
According to the report , the development pipeline in the APAC markets stands at nearly 5,900MW with Shanghai and Tokyo recorded as the first Asian data centre markets to become gigawatt markets , with a supply pipeline exceeding 1,000MW IT power . Shanghai with 1,058MW capacity while Tokyo follows closely with 1,008MW . Interestingly , the Mumbai market capacity has been reported to now exceed many European markets , including Paris , while attention also turns to the pending potential in new high growth in markets , such as Hanoi and Bangkok .
Across all the regions included in the report , total live capacity stands at 3,042MW , with a further 2,838MW either under construction or in committed phased development .
NTT expands US footprint with opening of new Silicon Valley data centre
TT , a global technology services
N provider , has announced that its Global Data Centres Americas
division is opening a new 16MW Silicon Valley Data Centre . SV1 is the latest addition to a growing portfolio across North America .
Ryuichi Matsuo , Executive Vice President for NTT ’ s Global Data Centres division , said : “ The Silicon Valley Data Centre reinforces our investment in the US data centre market and commitment to growth for our clients . With NTT ’ s flexible , scalable , secure infrastructure and fullstack services , SV1 will accommodate the needs of a variety of clients , helping them achieve their business objectives .
Doug Adams , CEO for the Global Data Centres Americas division of NTT , said : “ We are excited to open this new data centre in the highly sought-after Silicon Valley market as it represents the next step in our strategic expansion to all key US markets . We ’ re continuing to put our clients at the centre by meeting them where they want to be – in this case in the tech capital of the world – and evaluating options for future expansion .”
“ Clients today are looking for a data centre provider with a growing global portfolio and this adds one more to NTT ’ s five other US campuses and the more than 160 data centres that we operate globally .”
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