Pro-biz, green incentives give S'pore datacenter edge

zdnetasia.com (Nov 3 2011) Cloud Computing

1. Google, for one, announced on Sep. 28 that it was putting together its blueprint for a data center in Singapore after acquiring 2.45 hectares of land. The Web giant said the new facility would provide its users in the country and from the region speedier and more reliable access to its services. "More people are coming online every day in Asia than in any part of the world, so locating data centers here is an important next stage of Google's investment in the region," said Google. Softlayer Technologies, a cloud computing and managed hosting service provider, also announced the launch of its Singapore data center that same month. According to Todd Mitchell, vice president of strategic planning for Softlayer, the company spent a "considerable amount of time" in the region exploring different datacenter sites and weighing up several important factors for its first international expansion out of the ... (Read Full Article)

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