INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Data Centres
Digital Realty breaks ground on
first facility in South Korea
Digital Realty, a leading global provider
of cloud and carrier-neutral data
center, colocation and interconnection
solutions, has begun construction on its first
facility in South Korea following a virtual
ground-breaking ceremony.
Digital Seoul 1 (ICN10), the first carrierneutral
facility in Korea, will be built on a
22,000 square foot land parcel within the
Sangam Digital Media City in northwest
Seoul, a newly developed urban planning
zone focused on technology and media
companies, designed to promote South
Korea’s digital economy.
The move marks a significant expansion
of PlatformDIGITAL across Asia Pacific
which will enable customers to rapidly scale
Digital Transformation by deploying critical
infrastructure with a leading global data
center provider at the heart of a growing
community of interest in Seoul.
ICN10 is designed to accommodate 12
megawatts of information technology
(IT) load. The building will encompass
over 162,000 square feet, spanning 12
levels. It will provide seamless connectivity,
with a vibrant community of domestic
and internal bandwidth and data service
providers, Internet transit and multiple
Internet access services.
The facility is scheduled to be ready for
customers in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Executive Officer A. William Stein. “The
current pandemic has accelerated the pace
of Digital Transformation and adoption of
cloud services across the world. Customers in
the Asia Pacific region are set to gain from
our new ICN10 facility, as they ramp up their
own digitalization efforts.”
Mark Smith, Managing Director APAC for
Digital Realty, added that South Korea
was one of the key digital hubs in the
APAC region with a major focus on digital
technology and solutions.
“Applications such as Big Data, Artificial
Intelligence, 5G mobile services and the
Internet of Things are already gaining
SOUTH KOREA IS
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FASTEST GROWING
DATA CENTER
MARKETS IN THE
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momentum,” he said. “South Korea is also
one of the fastest growing data center
markets in the region and a strategic market
for us to enter as the first global provider to
build from the ground up.”
Digital Realty is one of the world’s largest
owners, developers and operators of highly
reliable data center facilities.
The new Seoul development will strengthen
Digital Realty’s presence within the Asia
Pacific region, where the company currently
operates a network of industry-leading data
centers located in Tokyo, Osaka, Hong Kong,
Singapore, Sydney and Melbourne.
“We are eager to welcome customers to
ICN10,” added Jay Weon Khym, Country
Manager, Korea at Digital Realty. “There is
a significant opportunity for us to provide
a trusted foundation for the nation’s
technology roadmap.
“Upon completion, the multi-story facility will
not only support domestic business growth,
but also broaden opportunities for more
international companies to expand their core
digital assets into the South Korean market
with a truly-carrier neutral platform.” •
“Our investment in South Korea is an
important milestone on our global platform
roadmap, adding coverage, capacity and
connectivity capabilities to enable our
customers’ Digital Transformation strategies
while demonstrating our commitment to
supporting customers’ future growth on
PlatformDIGITAL,” said Digital Realty Chief
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