Etix Everywhere is considering setting up a second data center in Thailand.
“A second site is on the table to serve customer demand, as we have to be ready to deliver it fast. We have shortlisted real estate that could be used to serve this demand,” Pierre Patris, Etix Everywhere's chief executive for Asia, told the Bangkok Post.
Plans around potential capacity or timelines weren't shared.
Etix acquired a 67 percent interest in Genesis data center, which operated a facility in the Bang Chalong area of Bangkok, for around AU$15.2 million (US$10.8m) in early 2022. The facility at the time offered around 1.2MW of capacity, and the company said it planned to turn the site into a data center campus.
Genesis was launched in 2018 by Interlink, local IT firm Advanced Information Tech, and Thai industrial property development company WHA Corp. Interlink continues to own 33 percent of the facility.
Etix Everywhere and Interlink Telecom Plc (ITEL) then set up Etix Itel Bangkok Co, a joint venture that operates the Etix Bangkok#1 facility.
According to Etix’s website, the Bangkok facility has 7MW of incoming power to deliver 4MW of IT capacity, and space for around 1,000 racks. It offers access to 11 carriers, two meet-me rooms, and four fiber points of entry.
The site features 6,000 sqm (64,585 sq ft) of rooftop solar capable of generating 830kWp, totaling around 11 percent of the site’s energy needs.
Phase three of the development, which added 1.5MW of capacity, was completed this year at a cost of US$11 million. Another US$9 million is being invested in phase four to add another 1.5MW.
“We plan to fill it up in two years,” said Patris. “Thailand's data center market has just started to take off, and it will take some time to structure it effectively to develop a solid market share in Southeast Asia.”
After Vantage acquired most of Etix’s European hyperscale footprint, ASX-listed Global Data Centre Group (GDCG) bought the remainder of Etix in 2020. European private investment firm Eurazo invested $46.8 million into Etix last year, and French investment firm Infranity bought the remaining stake from GDCG earlier this year.
Today, the company operates small Edge facilities in France, Belgium, Thailand, and Colombia.
