Equinix HK1 is one of the most network-dense data centers in Hong Kong. It is the home of a thriving financial services (FinTech) ecosystem and offers business continuity trading rooms to protect and monitor trading operations for financial firms.
The Global Switch data center is a massive campus of five interconnected buildings that have approx 70,000 sqm.
The HKEX Data Center is where computers are co-located to conduct low latency trading with HKEX's markets, which include:
MEGA Plus is iAdvantage's latest Tier 4 ready data centre, it is built on a plot of land in Tseung Kwan O (“TKO”) that has been specially set aside by the Hong Kong SAR government for high-tier data centre development.
The facility was launched in Dec 2020. It's an eight-story building and have a capacity of 20MW
Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China. It has 260 islands and a long coastline of approximately 730 km (453.6 mile). The territory consists of around 1,104 square km. Hong Kong has a population of approximately 7 million people and an economy that is based on trade and services
Hong Kong's proximity to mainland China and free and open flow of information serves as a gateway for companies to set up infrastructure to serve the Chinese market.
The new data centers currently are clustered around industrial zones, which can be renovated factory buildings or industrial estates. A popular area for new data centers is the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate.
Hong Kong is a major logistics hub for many industries including financial, trading, and telecommunication.
Hong Kong has a robust telecommunication infrastructure with 9 regional and trans-Pacific submarine cable systems, and more than 200 internet service providers licensed in Hong Kong, The city is also one of the 4 primary interconnection hubs in Asia Pacific region. The other Asian Internet peering hubs are Tokyo, Singapore, and Sydney
Major cloud companies are also building data centers in Hong Kong. Both Amazon Web Services and Google have recently announced new data center builds.
| Gross SqFt | Gross SqFt | Power (MW) | Power (MW) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global Switch Hong Kong | 753,474 | 100.00 | ||
| Telehouse Hong Kong CCC | 35.00 | |||
| iAdvantage MEGA Two (SHKLC) | 260,000 | 25.00 | ||
| Digital Realty Kwai Chung HKG11 | 24.00 | |||
| Colt Hong Kong HKDC1 | 22.40 | |||
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| Company | Region Name | Site Name | Building SqFt | Gross SqFt | Power (MWs) | Estimated Launch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vantage Data Centers | Hong Kong | Vantage Tsuen Wan West (HKG5) | 12.0 | Jul 01 2023 | ||
| iAdvantage (SUNeVision) | Hong Kong | iAdvantage TKOTL 131 | 1200000 | 120.0 | Jun 01 2022 | |
| Total | 1200000 | 0 | 132.0 |
Jan 31, 2023 | Posted by MadalineDunn | Digital Realty Trust
Digital Realty is the latest data center company to explore the use of biofuel for backup energy. Through partnering with Spanish energy company Repsol, the company has announced the first data center to switch out fossil fuels for biofuel is its MAD3 facility in Spain, which offers 5.8MW of ...
Jan 24, 2023 | Posted by MadalineDunn | Digital Realty Trust
Digital Realty and Mainova AG have signed a letter of intent for a joint project to explore a potential waste heat project in Frankfurt, which could heat approximately 3,600 households. In partnership, the data center firm, and German energy firm are conducting a feasibility study to decipher...
Jan 23, 2023 | Posted by MadalineDunn | AirTrunk
AirTrunk is expanding into Malaysia, with its first data center in the country. The facility, JHB1, will be in the Johor Bahru area, and span 21,900 sqm (235,750 sq ft) of space across 20 data halls, offering more than 150MW of capacity. In addition to this, it will have 370 sqm (4,000 sqm) o...
Jan 20, 2023 | Posted by MadalineDunn | Global Switch
At a Tower Hamlets Council meeting, the Strategic Development Committee in London has granted Global Switch permission to develop a new data center. Located on a car park adjacent to its existing London East and London North buildings at East India Dock House, 240 East India Dock Road, the fac...
Jan 16, 2023 | Posted by MadalineDunn | Vantage Data Centers
CleanArc Data Centers, a new data center platform, has just launched, as a product of 547 Energy, a clean energy investment firm and led by Vantage Data Centers founder Jim Trout. According to the company, it will offer hyperscale customers green developments via bundling new data center campu...
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