KDDI TELEHOUSE
“ However , I don ’ t think there will be any major movements , such as player changes , which happened in the last 3-5 years .”
Additionally , Takagi plans to shift from traditional data center hubs into new regions .
Looking at rapid market growth in Southeast Asia and considering the issue with Singapore ' s moratorium on establishing a new data center , it is presently impractical to secure enough capacity to support the explosive growth in Southeast Asia .
He predicts that Thailand could hold the key to solving South East Asia ’ s digital traffic problem .
Thailand is geopolitically located at the center of Southeast Asia , and is the midpoint for traffic and Internet traffic , including submarine cables and land routes .
Suppose a cloud region or an alternative function is installed in Thailand . In that case , the route will shift to away from Singapore , and consequently Telecom carriers and NW managers in Southeast Asia will consider further strategic changes to the architecture to provide a better service .
Considering Tier 2 or 3 data centre markets , such as those in emerging countries where the entry of cloud players is expected , KDDI Telehouse ’ s prediction is that fierce competition between local operators and global players will occur with the aim of expanding scale , especially for hyperscale data centres .
KDDI Telehouse has achieved considerable success with its network-dense data centers in developed markets such as London , and it hopes to replicate a similar business model in Bangkok .
They have worked closely with telco carriers in other markets , and the liberalised Telco sector in Thailand offers a friendly environment for the firm to pursue this business model .
‘ We believe that our interconnection services may well boost the market ’ s attractiveness to international cloud providers and other firms that are only just noticing the market ’ s potential ’ says Takagii , ‘ as it is in its early days and has yet to experience the scale of growth seen in Indonesia ’.
In view of this Takagi predicts that “ interconnected data centre demand is likely to grow in emerging data centre cities .”
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