Microsoft pushes for increased cloud services adoption in Asia
Software giant says it has more data centres than its closest rivals combined
Microsoft Corp expects to drive the digital transformation of more enterprises in Asia on its cloud computing platform, backed by its expanding network of data centres in the region.
The software giant’s effort represents the heated arms race between the world’s major cloud services industry players to build an extensive infrastructure for their users, according to analysts.
“We have more data centres globally than Amazon Web Services, Alibaba Cloud and Google combined,” Microsoft Asia president Ralph Haupter told the South China Morning Post.
Microsoft estimated it has invested about US$18 billion to date in establishing a network of 38 data centres around the world, with two new facilities in Busan and Seoul in South Korea that opened in February as the latest additions in Asia.
Data centres are secure, temperature-controlled facilities used to remotely store large amounts of data, manage business applications and host cloud computing operations.
“We’re very committed to building up our platform and technologies to enable more companies to pursue digital transformation with our intelligent cloud services,” Haupter said. “This is our priority.”