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W.Media’s Asia Pacific Cloud & Datacenter Awards encourages industry transformation and innovation by recognising achievement and excellence.

Since 2018 our following has grown exponentially across the Asia Pacific. IT and data centre professionals from both established and emerging markets have come forward in their tens of thousands to network and learn through W.Media’s platforms.

Each year we present the W.Media Asia Pacific Awards in each of five sub-regions – Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Australasia and Middle East. Each set of Awards features up to 16 categories. With as many as 61 winners, our Awards series is the largest for the Cloud & Datacenter community across the Asia Pacific.

In 2023, our awards focus on sustainability, innovation, future thinking and talent. Be part of the Awards this year by submitting your entries, by joining a judge panel or through sponsorship. By sponsoring you can benefit from the spotlight running from the start of the nomination process in June through to the C-suite awards ceremony and gala dinner in November. Keen to know more? Get in touch with our organising committee at [email protected].

2023 Schedule

Nominations Open!
Nominations will open on 1st June 2023 and will close on 31st July 2023.
Judging
The Awards Judges have come from around the globe to participate on our esteemed jury panel. Judging is carried out independently by each regional panel of judges made up of reputable industry experts.
Awards Gala & Ceremony
Our Award winners will be announced at our spectacular black-tie Gala Dinner to be held for the first time in Hong Kong on 30th November 2023. Over 150+ C-level executives and award nominees will be gathering to celebrate together and reflect on the outstanding achievements of the industry this year.
Nomination
Judging
Gala

Awards Gala Dinner 2023

Thursday 30th November 2023, 5.30pm-10.00pm (GMT+8)
Hong Kong

Our Award winners will be announced at our spectacular black-tie Gala Dinner to be held for the first time in Hong Kong on 30th November 2023. Over 190+ C-level executives and award nominees will be gathering to celebrate together and reflect on the outstanding achievements of the industry this year. This exclusive event will be the highlight of the year and feature live entertainment, a 3-course banquet dinner and networking drinks sessions.

Seats and tables can be purchased but are limited. To ensure your place at this premier event sponsorship is highly recommended.

Awards Categories

Projects

Delivering the Edge
Data Centre Design & Build
Network & Interconnect Initiative
Digital Technology inside the Data Centre
Innovation in Outsourcing, Migration & Hybrid Strategies
Delivering the Edge

In this category successful entrants will need to show how a real-world Edge project in APAC delivered successfully on IT and corporate objectives. The entry will be judged also on how innovation in the roll-out helped deliver stated project objectives.

This category is open to any recent (<12 months) Edge data center project that has resulted in significant benefits to the client of the project.

Data Centre Design & Build

Entries into this Award category will be judged on how the design and build process meets project objectives and how innovation in design and build delivers on or surpasses requirements of timing, cost control and sustainability.

This category is open to any recent (<12 months) project involving the design and build of a new data center anywhere in the region.

Network & Interconnect Initiative

This Awards category will reward networking and interconnect projects which demonstrate an understanding of the critical importance of connectivity to the data centre ecosystem and which demonstrate innovation in delivering that.

This category is open to any recent (<12 months) project involving network launch, expansion, upgrade and management anywhere in the region.

Digital Technology inside the Data Centre

How is “future thinking” shaping today’s APAC data centres? Which design elements, technology deployments and management practices demonstrate the greatest potential for helping the industry meet key challenges moving forward? Entrants into this category need to show how the combination of design, technology and management are helping to ‘future proof’ their data centres. 

This category is open to any recent (<12 months) project.

 

Innovation in Outsourcing, Migration & Hybrid Strategies

Enterprise companies are faced with an increasing variety and complexity of choice when deciding where to house and operate their digital footprint. This category will recognise initiative and forward thinking in making those decisions. 

This category is open to any recent (<12 months) decision.

 

Planet

Innovation in Energy Efficiency
Sustainability in Design & Build
Sustainable Transformation Strategy
Bridging the Digital Divide
Skills Development Initiative
Innovation in Energy Efficiency
The Award for this category will be presented to the entry that demonstrates significant improvement in energy efficiency and which details the innovation in energy management and thinking that has enabled that improvement.
 
This category is for recent (<12 months) projects.
 
 
Sustainability in Design & Build

Building a data centre can be a carbon-intensive process which usually accounts for a significant proportion of the carbon cost of the data centre’s entire life. This category will therefore reward initiatives that improve the sustainability of data centre design and build and which provide evidence of how these initiatives have worked.

This category is open to any recent (<12 months) digital transformation project.

Sustainable Transformation Strategy

Entries into this category will need to demonstrate how sustainability has been incorporated into their forward transformation strategy for IT and data centres as well as their success in focusing and delivering on particular ESG priorities.

This category reviews transformation strategies in organizations from a sustainability perspective including environmental, social and governance considerations and the monitoring processes used to ensure performance on these requirements. 

Bridging the Digital Divide

The successful entry into this Award category will feature an initiative or project that has enabled particular communities or regions to benefit from improved digital access. Judging will evaluate the success of the initiative against stated objectives.

This category is open to any recent initiative (<12 months) that has resulted in a significant social and/or economic benefit anywhere within the Asia Pacific region.

Skills Development Initiative

The shortage of people with suitable skills and qualifications is a continuing challenge for data centres across the Asia Pacific. This Award will recognise initiatives that seek to remedy this situation imaginatively and effectively through the developing the industry skills base on a local, national or regional level. 

This category is open to any relevant initiative delivered wholly or in part over the past 12 months.

People

Data Centre Project Team
Data Centre Operations Team
Data Centre Client Delivery Team
Technology Leaders
Business Leaders
Data Centre Project Team
This category is open to data centre project teams who have been formed to deliver a data centre project or specific project tasks. Performance will be judged against the objectives which prompted the formation of the team, as well as innovation and initiative in setting up and managing the team and its delivery.
 
The successful entry will demonstrate a high level of excellence in delivery, adherence to best practices and/or bench marking of performance between projects to ensure world class delivery across multiple IT Infrastructure sites.

Data Centre Operations Team
This category is open to data centre operational teams who have been put together to deliver a specific data centre operational outcome. The performance will be judged against the objectives which prompted the formation of the team, as well as innovation and initiative in setting up and managing the team and its delivery of operational outcomes.
 
This category is open to any data center teams who recently (<12 months) established or transformed their operations team to achieve the highest level of operational excellence, drive best practices and/or bench marking of operations between regions to ensure world class operations across a number of data center sites.

Data Centre Client Delivery Team

This category is open to data centre client coordination and delivery teams who have been put together to deliver a specific client-directed outcome. Performance will be judged against the objectives which prompted the formation of the team, as well as innovation and initiative in forming and managing the team and its delivery of client-focused outcomes.  

Entries to this category will demonstrate how the team adapted the digital infrastructure solutions and resources available to them in order to meet and ‘go the second mile’ on specific client requirements.   



Technology Leaders

In the wake of the pandemic, the world in which data centres operate has changed. Technology leadership is of greater importance as the industry negotiates pressures of increasing demand, economic and social uncertainty, and legislative change. The Technology Leader Award will recognise outstanding achievement and leadership and look for technology professionals who have gone above and beyond their call of duty to drive innovation and technological advances.


Business Leaders

Change across business landscapes is accelerating and the data centre industry is becoming increasingly competitive as it matures across the Asia Pacific. It takes strong business acumen and leadership to navigate through complex challenges, to inspire innovation and to build a top tier team. The Business Leader award recognises outstanding achievement and leadership qualities of business professionals in the technology sector who have gone above and beyond their call of duty to lead their companies and initiatives to success.


SEA and NEA Awards Ceremony and Gala Night Agenda
- Hong Kong (30th November 2023)

Time (GMT+8)Programme
5.30PMArrival and Champagne Reception
6.45PMWelcome Speech by – W.Media
6.50PMSpeech by Industry Partner
6.55PM1st Course + 2nd Course Dinner Service: Jazz Band
7.40PMSpecial Entertainment
8.00PMAward Winners Announcement – NEA Region
Award Winners Announcement – APAC Leaders
8.20PM3rd Course Dinner Service: Jazz Band
8.50PMAward Winners Announcement – SEA Region
9.20PMClosing Speech by – W.Media
9.25PMDrinks Reception
10.00PMSession Adjourned

*Not applicable for South Asia & Middle East Region.

Sponsorship Opportunities

Sponsoring these Awards offers your organisation the opportunity to be centerstage throughout the Awards Season from June through December–not just at the Gala dinner.

Align your brand and offerings with an Award Category that amplifies your marketing message. Throughout your marketing campaign, you’ll have opportunities to deliver premiere digital keynote addresses to curated audiences, featured video at our Awards Digital Summits, editorial content on W.Media Platforms, category branding on Awards night, and much, much more.

Attendance to the Awards Ceremony and Gala is on invite only.

Want to know more?

Sponsorship slots are limited so do get in touch with our organising committee at [email protected] or fill in this Online Form below to get involved and take advantage of this unique branding opportunity.

*Note: Gala Dinner & Digital Summit is not applicable for South Asia & Middle East Region

Enquire About Sponsorship

Award Winners from 2022

The Asia Pacific’s most prestigious data center Awards conclude in style with Gala Dinner & presentation ceremony.

Thursday 24th November 2022 – W.Media’s annual Awards Gala Dinner took place on Thursday 24th November at the Marina Bay Sands Convention Center, Singapore. Over 200 people enjoyed the spectacular black-tie event complete with a 3-course banquet dinner, networking drinks and entertainment…

Click Here for the Full List of 2022 Award Winners.

Winner Interviews from 2022

11 Videos

O'Neil DISSANAYAKE, Socomec Group

Leonard Ong, GE Healthcare

Matthew Benic, Keppel Data Centres

Lauren Ryder, Leading Edge Global

Bert Ong,Princeton Digital Grouo

Tan Tin Wee, National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC)

Tho Lye Yit, Bridge Data Centres

Marco Cioffi, DCI Indonesia

Dennis Ang, Nanyang Technological University (NTU)

Asher Ling, Princeton Digital Group

Mayank Srivastava, BDx

2022 Event Highlights

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Awards Special Edition Editorial

 

In the lead up to our Awards Gala, we are thrilled to announce the launch of our Awards Special Edition Editorial: Issue #1.  In this beautifully crafted memento, we take the time to reflect on our inaugural 2021 Awards, hear from our previous winners and see how even through global unforeseen circumstances, creativity and innovation can rise. We take a glance at the market outlook across SEA and NEA, as well as some of the challenges we face moving forward. With sustainability being at the forefront of this year’s Awards, we also look at the road to a greener future.

40 International Judges

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