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 datcenter is massive 45,000sqm and is strategically located near the TKO cable landing station and the HKEX financial exchange datacenter.
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.
| Sites | Sites | Gross SqFt | Gross SqFt | Power (MW) | Power (MW) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global Switch | 1 | 436,756 | 329.77 | |||
| Digital Realty Trust | 1 | 64,583 | 245.75 | |||
| Colt Data Centre Services | 1 | 23,250 | 175.78 | |||
| Singtel | 1 | 0 | 37.44 | |||
| Cyxtera Technologies | 1 | 12,750 | 33.50 | |||
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| Gross SqFt | Gross SqFt | Power (MW) | Power (MW) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global Switch Hong Kong | 484,375 | 30.00 | ||
| Colt Hong Kong HKDC1 | 22.40 | |||
| AirTrunk Hong Kong HKG1 | 86,111 | 20.00 | ||
| iAdvantage TKO MEGA Plus | 16.00 | |||
| Equinix Hong Kong HK2 | 87,509 | 13.50 | ||
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| Company | Region Name | Site Name | Building SqFt | Gross SqFt | Power (MWs) | Estimated Launch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| iAdvantage (SUNeVision) | Hong Kong | iAdvantage TKOTL 131 | 1200000 | 120.0 | Jun 01 2022 | |
| Total | 1200000 | 0 | 120.0 |
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