HONG KONG, July 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital
Realty (NYSE: DLR), a leading global provider of data centre,
colocation and interconnection solutions, announced today the
development of a new, carrier-neutral data centre in a
purpose-built facility in Hong
Kong – to be named Digital Realty Kin Chuen (HKG11).
The move marks another significant expansion of PlatformDIGITAL™
across Asia Pacific, closely
following the recent groundbreaking of Digital Realty's new data
centre in Seoul, Korea. The
Hong Kong facility will enable
customers to rapidly scale digital transformation strategies by
deploying critical infrastructure with a leading global data centre
provider at the heart of a growing community of interest.
Digital Realty entered Hong
Kong in 2012 with the acquisition of Digital TKO (HKG10),
located within the Tsueng Kwan O industrial estate and capable of
delivering up to 18 megawatts of critical IT capacity. The
new facility is strategically located in Kwai Chung, Hong Kong's rapidly developing new data centre
cluster and the primary auxiliary location outside Tseung Kwan O,
providing the ability to cater to diverse, multi-site
workloads. Upon completion, the new, 21,000 square-metre
building will deliver up to 24 megawatts of critical IT
capacity.
The new data centre will support the continued development of
Hong Kong as a key technology and
data hub and drive the adoption of cloud computing services and
solutions across the region. The facility is expected to be
built out and ready for global and regional customers by
mid-2021.
"Our investment in Hong Kong is
another important milestone on our global platform roadmap,
enabling customers' digital transformation strategies while
demonstrating our commitment to supporting their future growth on
PlatformDIGITAL," said Digital Realty Chief Executive Officer
A. William Stein. "As we
continue to expand in Asia, the
launch of our second facility in Hong
Kong underscores its importance as a major data hub,
providing customers with the coverage, capacity and connectivity
requirements to support their digital ambitions."
The HKG11 facility will be built up to a total of 12 floors,
eight of which will be dedicated for customer deployments.
The new facility will also offer superior connectivity
through close access to various facilities-based
operators.
"Hong Kong is a regional leader
in cloud readiness and has significant potential for further cloud
adoption along with a strong base of customers with an appetite for
digital technologies," added Mark
Smith, Managing Director, Asia
Pacific for Digital Realty. "We are delighted to
launch our new facility, which will go a long way towards meeting
the rapidly growing demand and bringing value to customers across
the region, especially from China."
Hong Kong is well placed among
Asian cities in terms of cloud readiness. The city claimed
the top spot in the recent Cloud Readiness Index (CRI)1
based on cloud infrastructure, security, and regulation, according
to the Asia Cloud Computing Association (ACCA). The index
found that Hong Kong is already a
strong regional performer in fundamental readiness areas such as
cloud regulation and infrastructure. An opportunity exists
for the city to strengthen areas such as cloud governance and
security to spur broader and faster cloud adoption, according to
the study.
Digital Realty is one of the world's largest owners, developers
and operators of highly reliable data centre facilities. The
new Hong Kong development will
strengthen Digital Realty's presence within the Asia Pacific region, where the company
currently operates a network of industry-leading data centres
located in Tokyo, Osaka, Hong
Kong, Singapore,
Sydney and Melbourne and recently broke ground on its
first facility in Seoul, currently
scheduled to open for customers by the end of 2021.
About Digital Realty
Digital Realty supports the data
centre, colocation and interconnection strategies of customers
across the Americas, EMEA and APAC, ranging from cloud and
information technology services, communications and social
networking to financial services, manufacturing, energy, healthcare
and consumer products. To learn more about Digital Realty,
please visit www.digitalrealty.asia, or follow us on Twitter at
@digitalapac and visit our industry insights at
https://www.digitalrealty.com/insights/blog.
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Digital Realty
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Digital Realty, APAC
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Digital Realty
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Safe Harbour Statement
This press release contains
forward-looking statements which are based on current expectations,
forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties that
could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially,
including statements related to: our new Digital Kin Chuen (HKG11)
data centre in Hong Kong, expected IT load, square footage and
timeline to completion, PlatformDIGITAL, inability to utilize the
capacity of newly planned data centres and data centre expansions,
delays in connection with the development of new data centres or
data centre expansions, significant competition, and data centre
demand, including demand in Hong
Kong and the Asia Pacific
region. For a list and description of such risks and
uncertainties, see the reports and other filings by the company
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The company
disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise.
1 Source: Cloud Readiness Index 2020, Asia Cloud
Computing Association: https://asiacloudcomputing.org/research/
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