"There’s a common misconception that it was the pandemic that crystalised data centre demand as everyone moved online."

"With the growing number of data centres around the world, there is a need to address the key challenges faced by the industry. Major challenges include scarcity of land, operational efficiency and hight energy consumption."

"Demand for data centers continues to grow driven by the surge in data consumption. With vacancy approaching zero for centers in the Seoul Metropolitan Area, new types of players such as institutionalinvestors, asset managers, and construction companies have taken an interest in the market."

"Given the city’s reliable power supply, rich network connectivity, low climate risk, and strong data protection, Hong Kong is well positioned to serve as a regional data centre hub."

"The data center market in India is expected to grow at 12% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2019-2024 according to the Synergy Research Group."

"Data governance has significant implications for the data centre industry. Hence it is important to understand and distinguish the three concepts of data residency, data sovereignty and data localisation"

"Consolidation amongst service providers is surging. The amount of data centre M&A hit a record high in 2020"