Investment firm pays $100m for land, plans 20,000 sqm, 50MW facility

Up to 80MW of capacity when fully built-out

The proceeds will go towards data center expansion and R&D

With a focus on China

To the tune of $51 million

It was previously owned by Telstra before being bought in April

A sign of things to come?

TikTok seems to be under the sword of Damocles

It beats having to build your own data center

Employees at Google and Facebook could be jailed if they refuse new Chinese censorship requests, while data centers could be raided

The 24MW facility should be finished by 2021

PLCN's direct connection to the Chinese mainland is dangerous, US government body claims

BDx plans to upgrade the facility

Two giants apply for a reduced trans-Pacific cable system that stops at the Philippines and Taiwan

News from a relative newcomer

One of the bidders is a Canadian pension fund

$150m facility to open in late 2020

On the mainland, but not subject to the same rules as the rest of China

Chinese ownership means Chinese markets

Megaport CEO Vincent English talks to DCD about cloud growth in the APAC region

Local businesses get faster Google Cloud access

Additional connectivity between Singapore, Hong Kong and the United States coming by 2020

Another three planned in Thailand, Russia and Japan

In a bid to grow operations in the South-East Asia region