AirTrunk news stories

AirTrunk is planning to build TOK2, a new hyperscale data center in Japan which will strengthen the company’s presence in the country.

AirTrunk TOK1 will be designed to support public cloud customers’ demand for growing capacity requirements in Japan.

"MIRA’s strong track record with infrastructure investments in APAC will provide valuable experience as AirTrunk consolidates and expands its Asia-Pacific presence.”

The data center, to be called SYD2, is backed by more than $1 billion investment from AirTrunk and is planned to open in 2020.

“We are excited that through our partnership with AirTrunk, the benefits of the hyperscale data center campus will be made available to our corporate customers."

Australian hyperscale data center specialist AirTrunk has raised SG$450 million in order to finance its expansion across Asia Pacific.

The expansion has been driven by strong customer demand for hyperscale data centre solutions.

"AirTrunk is building a hyperscale data center platform across the Asia Pacific region to service their needs."

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Datacom Group CEO Greg Davidson calls the deal a game changer for Datacom’s offerings in Australia and a key part of the organization’s strategy.

When fully completed, the data center will have a total capacity in excess of 50 megawatts and will meet the Australian Govt's security requirements.

AirTrunk says this new facility is the first step in its wider growth strategy across the Asia-Pacific region.

Slaven joins AirTrunk from Amazon, where he held the position of senior construction manager since early 2014.

It seems that mega data centers are fast becoming a staple of the global technology infrastructure, with another on its way.

AirTrunk has made a bold claim that it will be the major owner of data centers across the Asia Pacific region, & they're putting $1.7 billion into it.