Keppel Data Center Fund (III) achieves first closing at US$580 million
Asset manager and operator Keppel Ltd. (Keppel) has achieved a first close for its third data centre fund, KDCF III, raising approximately US$ 580 million (S$786 million) in initial capital commitments from various global institutional investors. This is part of the S$ 2.0 billion of overall capital commitments for its Keppel Data Centre Fund III […]
Khazna expands footprint with two new data centers in Abu Dhabi
Khazna Data Centers, a provider of hyperscale wholesale data centers in the Middle East, is continuing to expand its data center footprint by breaking ground on two brand new facilities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). AUH4 in Mafraq and AUH8 in Masdar City – both in Abu Dhabi – will provide a combined 60MW of […]
No data center REIT yet in Malaysia? Chairman of AREA Group, Dato’ Stewart LaBrooy explains why
Why is there no data center REIT in Malaysia? This question has been asked since three years ago when Big Tech’s multibillion dollar investments started pouring into the digital infrastructure space in Malaysia especially data centers. The answer is quite simply because Malaysia does not have the scale yet for a pure play Real Estate […]
Buying connectivity services well: what needs to be factored in?
At W.Media’s Interconnect World in Melbourne in April, two businesses with very different approaches to buying connectivity services – one opex driven and one capex driven – outlined the sequence of decisions that need to be followed when looking to venture into, change or upgrade their network services. Net Number’s opex-only approach to connectivity US-based […]