{"id":248568,"date":"2021-09-07T21:31:48","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T13:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/?p=248568"},"modified":"2022-08-15T14:46:18","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T06:46:18","slug":"demographics-driving-asia-data-centre-investment-mtd-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/real-estate\/events\/demographics-driving-asia-data-centre-investment-mtd-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Demographics and Demand Driving Asia Data Centre Investment Surge: MTD TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container-lazyload container-vimeo js-lazyload--not-loaded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/599292317?h=910591d951\" id=\"599292317\" class=\"lazy-load-vimeo preview-lazyload preview-vimeo\" data-video-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/i.vimeocdn.com\/video\/1234795308-bc1690df8bb6d27e7dd06ce530c91c377293100075e79b712b71b4fca1a3409a-d_295x166\" data-video-title=\"Mingtiandi APAC Data Centre Forum 2021: Data Centre Investment in Asia\" title=\"Play video &quot;Mingtiandi APAC Data Centre Forum 2021: Data Centre Investment in Asia&quot;\">https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/599292317?h=910591d951<\/a><noscript>Video can&#8217;t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: <a href=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/599292317?h=910591d951\" title=\"Mingtiandi APAC Data Centre Forum 2021: Data Centre Investment in Asia\">Mingtiandi APAC Data Centre Forum 2021: Data Centre Investment in Asia (https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/599292317?h=910591d951)<\/a><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>The regional boom in data centres shows no sign of fading as mobile data usage and demand for hyperscale cloud services continue to rise, according to a panel of experts taking part in Mingtiandi\u2019s Asia Data Centre Forum 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Mingtiandi founder Michael Cole welcomed Varoon Raghavan, Princeton Digital Group\u2019s co-founder and chief operating officer, and Jing Zhou, senior director with the alternatives and strategic transactions division at US investment manager Nuveen, on Tuesday for a discussion of the investment landscape in one of Asian real estate\u2019s most dynamic asset classes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/ddm\/trackclk\/N6563.3378992MINGTIANDI\/B30546704.375324595;dc_trk_aid=566156183;dc_trk_cid=192150727;dc_lat=;dc_rdid=;tag_for_child_directed_treatment=;tfua=;ltd=;dc_tdv=1\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"adv-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Copy of APAC_EN_Capabilities_Static_StandoutAPAC_780x250_Real Estate\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Copy-of-APAC_EN_Capabilities_Static_StandoutAPAC_780x250_Real-Estate.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Copy-of-APAC_EN_Capabilities_Static_StandoutAPAC_780x250_Real-Estate.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Copy-of-APAC_EN_Capabilities_Static_StandoutAPAC_780x250_Real-Estate-400x128.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Copy-of-APAC_EN_Capabilities_Static_StandoutAPAC_780x250_Real-Estate-640x205.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" width=\"780\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><script language='JavaScript1.1' src=\"https:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/ddm\/trackimpj\/N6563.3378992MINGTIANDI\/B30546704.375324595;dc_trk_aid=566156183;dc_trk_cid=192150727;ord=+ Date.now();dc_lat=;dc_rdid=;tag_for_child_directed_treatment=;tfua=;gdpr=${GDPR};gdpr_consent=${GDPR_CONSENT_755};ltd=;dc_tdv=1?\" attributionsrc ><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Also joining the one-hour session, which was sponsored by Yardi, were a pair of seasoned deal advisors: Bob Tan, from the data centre practice group of JLL\u2019s capital markets team, and attorney Joel H Rothstein, a shareholder with Greenberg Traurig who leads the law firm\u2019s Asia real estate practice.<\/p>\n<p>With a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jll.co.in\/en\/trends-and-insights\/research\/the-rise-of-new-data-centre-growth-markets\/?utm_source=Linkedin&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=ap-2020-Data-Centres-Report&amp;utm_content=New-Internet-Users&amp;utm_source=linkedin&amp;utm_medium=orgsoc&amp;utm_term=hootsuite&amp;utm_content=c1fe43cf-1b87-4b05-a48a-3add6d3b79a4\">JLL report<\/a> forecasting the global market for hosting, storage and cloud computing services to reach $163 billion this year \u2014 up nearly 30 percent from 2017 levels \u2014 the guests on MTD TV were in agreement that the sector still has plenty of upside potential.<\/p>\n<h3>Hyperscaling Across the Map<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cHyperscalers are looking for data centres across the region,\u201d said Raghavan, whose Singapore-based PDG has amassed 19 facilities in five Asian countries since starting up in 2017. \u201cSo there\u2019s an opportunity to serve that growth and that demand, which is where operators like us and investors like Nuveen and others I\u2019m sure are very excited about it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mingtiandi.com\\\/real-estate\\\/events\\\/demographics-driving-asia-data-centre-investment-mtd-tv\\\/\"}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-248568 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/real-estate\/data-centres\/pdg-opens-22mw-jakarta-data-centre-in-indonesia\/attachment\/varoon-raghavan-2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"202208\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Varoon-Raghavan-1-e1695915762139.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"477,397\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1495712998&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;95&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;keywords&quot;:&quot;Array&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Varoon Raghavan, Co-founder &#038; Chief Operating Officer, Princeton Digital Group\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Varoon-Raghavan-1-e1695915762139-400x333.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Varoon-Raghavan-1-e1695915762139.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Varoon-Raghavan-1-e1695915762139-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Varoon Raghavan, Co-founder &amp; Chief Operating Officer, Princeton Digital Group\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-202208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Varoon-Raghavan-1-e1695915762139-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Varoon-Raghavan-1-e1695915762139-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Varoon-Raghavan-1-e1695915762139-260x260.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-202208'>\n\t\t\t\tVaroon Raghavan, Co-founder &#038; COO, Princeton Digital Group\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/real-estate\/speaker-bio-jing-zhou-of-nuveen\/attachment\/jing-zhou-nuveen-resized\/'><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"242078\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Jing-Zhou-Nuveen-resized-e1627028373852.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"780,797\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;keywords&quot;:&quot;Array&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Jing Zhou, Senior Director, Alternatives and Strategic Transactions, Nuveen\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Jing-Zhou-Nuveen-resized-e1627028373852-391x400.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Jing-Zhou-Nuveen-resized-e1627028373852.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Jing-Zhou-Nuveen-resized-e1627028373852-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Jing Zhou, Senior Director, Alternatives and Strategic Transactions, Nuveen\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-242078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Jing-Zhou-Nuveen-resized-e1627028373852-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Jing-Zhou-Nuveen-resized-e1627028373852-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Jing-Zhou-Nuveen-resized-e1627028373852-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Jing-Zhou-Nuveen-resized-e1627028373852-420x420.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Jing-Zhou-Nuveen-resized-e1627028373852-250x250.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-242078'>\n\t\t\t\tJing Zhou, Senior Director, Alternatives &#038; Strategic Transactions, Nuveen\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/real-estate\/events\/join-the-mingtiandi-data-centre-forum-2021\/attachment\/bob-tan-3\/'><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"247161\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bob-Tan-e1692623677782.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"779,591\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;keywords&quot;:&quot;Array&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bob Tan, Executive Director, Capital Markets, Data Centre Practice Group, JLL\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bob-Tan-e1692623677782-400x303.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bob-Tan-e1692623677782.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bob-Tan-e1692623677782-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Bob Tan, Executive Director, Capital Markets, Data Centre Practice Group, JLL\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-247161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bob-Tan-e1692623677782-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bob-Tan-e1692623677782-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bob-Tan-e1692623677782-260x260.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-247161'>\n\t\t\t\tBob Tan, Executive Director, Capital Markets, Data Centre Practice Group, JLL\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/real-estate\/speaker-bio-joel-h-rothstein-of-greenberg-traurig\/attachment\/joel-rothstein-resized\/'><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"233279\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Joel-Rothstein-resized-e1677509736382.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"684,589\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;keywords&quot;:&quot;Array&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Joel H. Rothstein, Shareholder and Chair, Asia Real Estate Practice, Greenberg Traurig\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Joel-Rothstein-resized-e1677509736382-400x344.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Joel-Rothstein-resized-e1677509736382.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Joel-Rothstein-resized-e1677509736382-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Joel H. Rothstein, Shareholder and Chair, Asia Real Estate Practice, Greenberg Traurig\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-233279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Joel-Rothstein-resized-e1677509736382-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Joel-Rothstein-resized-e1677509736382-90x90.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-233279'>\n\t\t\t\tJoel H. Rothstein, Shareholder and Chair, Asia Real Estate Practice, Greenberg Traurig\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The former Tata Communications executive noted that despite the gold rush into the data centre space, challenges exist in terms of building mission-critical facilities for clients and running them with high degrees of operational excellence, reliability and consistency across markets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t call it easy money, but I would certainly say it\u2019s the smart money,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>JLL\u2019s Tan summed up Asia Pacific\u2019s data centre uprising with one word: population.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the day, it is the population that is driving demand,\u201d he said, adding that APAC\u2019s population accounts for more than 50 percent of the estimated global count. \u201cIf you have to put it down to one single factor, I think it\u2019s the continued growth of population in this part of the world, and the increasing rate of urbanisation, and along with that comes a lot of new goods and services and the digital economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tan cited corporate cloud services, social media, streaming content and gaming as further drivers of data use in the region.<\/p>\n<h3>Lawyers Kept Busy<\/h3>\n<p>Greenberg Traurig\u2019s Rothstein was able to neatly quantify the sector\u2019s impact on his property-focused legal practice, as he now spends 30 percent of his work time immersed in data centre deals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have all these new market entrants, new players that want to have exposure to this space, and yet they have to navigate something that\u2019s totally unfamiliar to them,\u201d the Tokyo-based attorney said. \u201cIf you look at a data centre building, it just looks like an industrial building; but then when you look at it inside, it\u2019s a completely different type of building.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/real-estate\/events\/oxford-ivanhoe-kic-savills-on-singapore-india-markets\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"adv-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"14 NOVEMBER 2023 conrad centennial Singapore\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/14-NOVEMBER-2023-conrad-centennial-Singapore.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/14-NOVEMBER-2023-conrad-centennial-Singapore.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/14-NOVEMBER-2023-conrad-centennial-Singapore-400x128.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/14-NOVEMBER-2023-conrad-centennial-Singapore-640x205.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" width=\"780\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beyond the arcane technical aspects of the data centre world, the fact that Asian countries vary greatly in terms of development level means that some places lack a strong set of market standards for benchmarking investment deals, Rothstein said.<\/p>\n<p>From her vantage point at fund manager Nuveen, Zhou sees investors becoming more sophisticated and knowledgeable about this complicated and multi-layered asset class.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt can be as simple as an industrial shed, all the way to the mission-critical with the cabling and connectivities,\u201d said the former portfolio manager for data centre giant Digital Realty. \u201cSo for investors it really depends on which level you\u2019re actually looking at on your investment strategy and your return.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Zhou agreed with the other panellists that interest in the sector remains strong, she said the biggest question is how to pick the right opportunity to suit one\u2019s portfolio.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can watch the full discussion above.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Spotlight Interview Thursday<\/h3>\n<p>The Asia Data Centre Forum continues Thursday with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/real-estate\/events\/interview-with-braham-singh-of-bdx-data-centres\/\">a spotlight interview with Braham Singh<\/a>, chief executive of Hong Kong-based BDx Data Centres, who will share insights from his experiences leading one of the region\u2019s top providers of co-location services, as it stretches beyond its roots in Greater China into Southeast Asia and India.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"mingt-1327319536\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.asia\/Resource\/?resource=Technology+Transformation+in+Asian+Real+Estate+%28White+Paper%29&#038;utm_source=mingtiandi&#038;utm_medium=website&#038;utm_campaign=wp23ttare\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"adv-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Yardi &#8211; Asia Proptech Report 2023 v3_250\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Yardi-Asia-Proptech-Report-2023-v3_250.gif\" alt=\"\"  width=\"780\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/p>\n<p>With sustainability among the biggest challenges for data centre operators and investors, a panel discussion featuring PDG executive vice president Chris Street, BDx chief operating officer Jeremy Yew and JLL senior director Andrew Green <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/real-estate\/events\/pdg-bdx-jll-join-sustainable-data-centre-panel\/\">on 14 September<\/a> will be dedicated to exploring how the industry is creating greener server facilities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/real-estate\/events\/panel-building-north-asia-data-centre-networks\/\">On 23 September<\/a>, the final session in this year\u2019s forum will focus on the region\u2019s largest market, the North Asia region. That discussion of opportunities in Greater China, Korea and Japan will feature BDx vice president and CEO for Greater China Bill Gao and Thomas Liu, a partner with Actis who has led the UK fund manager\u2019s data centre investments in Greater China and Korea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container-lazyload container-vimeo js-lazyload--not-loaded\">https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/599292317?h=910591d951Video can&#8217;t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Mingtiandi APAC Data Centre Forum 2021: Data Centre Investment in Asia (https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/599292317?h=910591d951)<\/div>\n<p>The regional boom in data centres shows no sign of fading as mobile data usage and demand&#8230;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/real-estate\/events\/demographics-driving-asia-data-centre-investment-mtd-tv\/\">Read&nbsp;More>><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9671,"featured_media":248569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3456],"tags":[5382,6441,5359,8479,1671,8380,8400,6595,8435],"ppma_author":[8847],"authors":[{"term_id":8847,"user_id":9671,"is_guest":0,"slug":"christopher-caillavet","display_name":"Christopher Caillavet","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/500c291c35a85a2ad5827cf7c6d198e1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","user_url":"","last_name":"Caillavet","first_name":"Christopher","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248568"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9671"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248568"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mingtiandi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=248568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}