Hong Kong’s largest data centre is now live with China Telecom Global as its first client
Company starts work on second phase of the project which will open in 2019
UK-based Global Switch on Wednesday unveiled Hong Kong’s largest data centre in Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate built at a cost of HK$5 billion (US$640 million).
The company said the data centre will provide customers a range of cloud and managed services in a highly secure environment and has been equipped with flexible loading dock facilities, storage and staging facilities.
John Corcoran, chief executive of Global Switch, said because of rising market demand, the company has already started construction work on the second phase of the project.
Once the centre becomes fully operational in 2019 it will provide 765,000 square feet of gross space, Corcoran said.
China Telecom Global, a subsidiary of telecommunications giant China Telecom, is the first tenant of Global Switch’s new facility, but the company did not reveal whether it had signed on other tenants.