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].
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
| Time (GMT+8) | Programme |
|---|---|
| 5.30PM | Arrival and Champagne Reception |
| 6.45PM | Welcome Speech by – W.Media |
| 6.50PM | Speech by Industry Partner |
| 6.55PM | 1st Course + 2nd Course Dinner Service: Jazz Band |
| 7.40PM | Special Entertainment |
| 8.00PM | Award Winners Announcement – NEA Region |
| Award Winners Announcement – APAC Leaders | |
| 8.20PM | 3rd Course Dinner Service: Jazz Band |
| 8.50PM | Award Winners Announcement – SEA Region |
| 9.20PM | Closing Speech by – W.Media |
| 9.25PM | Drinks Reception |
| 10.00PM | Session Adjourned |
*Not applicable for South Asia & Middle East Region.
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
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.
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.
