Strong customer demand and investment returns make data centre investments in Japan and Korea attractive despite high costs, power constraints and other obstacles, according to speakers from NTT, DCI, Goldman Sachs and DC Byte at Mingtiandi’s 2025 APAC Data Centre… Read More>>
Panel: Opportunities for Data Centres in Japan and Korea Mingtiandi APAC Data Centre Forum 2025
Japan stood as Asia Pacific’s largest data centre market (excluding China) at the end of 2024 with nearly 1.6GW of installed capacity and Tokyo’s over 1.2GW of IT power is more than double the total available in runner-up Mumbai, making… Read More>>
Future-Readiness Key to Investing in Japan, Korea Data Centres: MTD TV
Preparing for evolving customer requirements is key to ensuring profitability for digital infrastructure investments in Japan and Korea as the industry adapts to rapid adoption of cloud and AI, according to Diarmid Massey, CEO of data centres for HKEX-listed… Read More>>
Digital Realty, ESR, Gaw, DC Byte Join Mingtiandi Data Centre Forum This Week
Mingtiandi’s fifth annual data centre forum continues this week on MTD TV with a spotlight interview session with the Asia Pacific head of the world’s largest pure-play data centre operator, followed by a panel exploring the Japan and Korea markets.
Panel: Opportunities for Data Centres in Japan and Korea MTD TV APAC Data Centre Forum 2024
Despite regulatory challenges in developing large-scale data centers in South Korea’s Seoul Metropolitan Area, total server facility capacity is projected to surge to 3.2 gigawatts by 2027, marking a 2.4-fold increase from 2023, according to Savills Korea. At the same… Read More>>
Speaker Bio: Jingwen Ong of DC Byte MTD TV Productions
Jingwen sits across the South Korean and Japanese data centre markets. She has delivered briefings, analyst support, and consultancy work on all of these markets and beyond for major global investors and operators to influence multi million-dollar business decisions. One… Read More>>
Singapore Opens Applications for New Data Centre Development
Data centre operators eager to serve Singapore’s growing tech sector received some good news this week as the city-state formally reopened applications for the energy-hungry facilities after a three-year hiatus. However, only the efficient and green need apply for the… Read More>>
APAC Data Centre Capacity Grew 24% in 2021, Outpacing EMEA Region
Asia Pacific’s data centre sector added 1.5 gigawatts of fresh capacity in 2021 to bring the region’s total power potential to 7.9GW, with the 24 percent year-on-year surge outperforming the 19 percent rise seen in Europe, the Middle East and… Read More>>
Singapore Confirms Data Centre Permit Process Will Kick Off in Q2
A Singaporean official has confirmed that regulators will start accepting applications for development of new data centre next quarter as part of a pilot program to reopen the city to development of new server facilities after a hiatus of more… Read More>>
Singapore Sets Efficiency Targets as Data Centre Reopening Kicks Off
New data centres are on the way in Singapore, the government revealed late last week, but not very many and only under tight efficiency guidelines, according to information provided by regulators to data centre industry players in an online meeting.