Data Centre Magazine April 2021 | Page 154

DIGITAL REALTY

The facility will bring another 50 MW of capacity to a market where the company already delivers 69.4 MW through its SIN10 ( 45 MW ) and SIN11 ( 24.4 MW ) facilities . “ SIN12 ’ s high power capacity will ensure more storage capability and host larger amounts of data . It also serves as a gateway for customers to strengthen their connection regionally and globally ,” adds Fong . “ We ’ re also expanding our customer reach covering both large scale as well as smaller enterprise customers through our product offerings .”

In Hong Kong , Digital Realty is spinning up its second carrier-neutral data centre in the back half of 2021 . Located in the urban area of Kwai Chung , HKG11 will deliver an additional 24 MW of critical IT capacity , right in the heart of Hong Kong ’ s rapidly developing data centre cluster .

Also on the horizon is Digital Seoul 1 , a 12 MW facility scheduled to start operating in Q4 of 2021 . The project was announced at a virtual groundbreaking ceremony in June last year , and represents a vital first step into the South Korean market which , despite being one of the most digitally-developed markets in the world , has often proved a tough nut to crack for international firms .

When selecting these sites , Fong explains that there are a number of factors that Digital Realty takes into account , from “ land availability , access to power , domestic and international telecom services ,” to “ government stability and regulation , domestic adoption of hybrid cloud services , and international market interest .”

It ’ s an interesting market to operate in , says Fong . “ APAC is not a single country like the US or a union like the EU , and that poses unique challenges in having to account for vastly differing regulatory frameworks when doing business , as well as culturally different ways of buying and selling .”

MARK FONG , VP SALES , APAC AND JAPAN , DIGITAL REALTY

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