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Published June 2, 2021, 10:00 AM
The global pandemic has been a catalyst for digital transformation as there was a steep rise in the usage of consumer applications from social media to video streaming, gaming, e-commerce, online learning, and telehealth, among others. The pandemic has also pushed the enterprise and public sector over the technology tipping point by accelerating their cloud adoption by increasingly migrating workloads to the cloud and massively using collaboration platforms supporting work-from-home arrangements.
Jeff Mendoza, Asia Pacific Regional Head of PLDT Enterprise
Speaking earlier this year at Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies (APRICOT) 2021, Jeff Mendoza, Asia Pacific Regional Head of PLDT Enterprise said, “The digital transformation dictated by the pandemic among the enterprise and consumer sectors have pushed the hyperscalers in the cloud and content provider space to step on the gas with their data center deploymen
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This is while major data center hubs serving Southeast Asia, like Singapore and Hong Kong, are facing setbacks.
In Hong Kong, geopolitical risks out of the imposition of China’s National Security Law caused hyperscalers in the West to rethink their strategy of building or expanding their server farms in the country.
In Singapore, the government has issued a moratorium to freeze data center construction amid high demand in response to sustainability concerns.
Landmass shortage was also cited as another point of consideration.
“Hyperscalers are in need of options to serve the fast growing demand within region,” he reiterated.